Normandy '44
Photographic Record
Archival photographs from June 6, 1944, preserved by the U.S. National Archives, the Imperial War Museums, and Wikimedia Commons.
Into the Jaws of Death — Co. E, 16th Inf., 1st Inf. Div. wading ashore at Omaha Beach.
Robert F. Sargent / U.S. Coast Guard — NARA
Assault troops in an LCVP approach Omaha Beach under fire.
U.S. Coast Guard — NARA
LSTs unloading supplies onto Omaha Beach with barrage balloons overhead, June 1944.
U.S. Coast Guard — NARA
Supplies and vehicles pour ashore at Omaha in the days following the landing.
U.S. Coast Guard — NARA
General Eisenhower addresses paratroopers of the 101st Airborne, 5 June 1944.
U.S. Army Signal Corps — NARA
Landing craft approach Omaha Beach in the first wave of the assault.
U.S. Coast Guard — NARA
Commandos of 1st Special Service Brigade landing at Queen Red, Sword Beach.
Capt. J.L. Evans / War Office — Imperial War Museums
British troops of 3rd Division move inland from Sword Beach.
Sgt. Jimmy Mapham / War Office — IWM
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Royal Navy warships shell German positions on the Normandy coast.
Royal Navy official photographer — IWM
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British infantry advance past a wrecked German position in Normandy.
No. 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit — IWM
Sherman tanks of the 13th/18th Royal Hussars move off Sword Beach.
No. 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit — IWM
Royal Marine Commandos of 4 Commando wade ashore from an LCI(S).
No. 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit — IWM
Sources: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), Imperial War Museums (IWM), U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Army Signal Corps — via Wikimedia Commons.