Authentic footage from the D-Day landings and following days in June 1944. #dday #NormandyTrip #WW2History #NormandyInvasion #DdayAnniversary #WW2Travel #NormandyBeaches #DdayLandings #WW2Normandy #NormandyTour #DdayMemorial #WW2Sites #NormandyHistory #Dday75 #WW2Traveler #NormandyBattlefields #DdayTour #WW2Remembrance #NormandyExperience #DdayHistory #omahabeach #dday79 #britishhero #britishveteran #WWIIBritishArmy #BandofBrothers #N4OH #walkamongheroes #greatestgeneration #dday80 | Walk Among

Powerful images of the D-Day landings have resurfaced 80 years after they were taken by American cameramen on Omaha Beach and Utah Beach. French documentarian Dominique Forget rediscovered the forgotten footage and, alongside the cameramen’s ancestors, now wants to preserve and honour their memory. The footage, taken on 6 June 1944, gives a unique insight into how the landings played out. #AFP 🎥Carmen CUESTA-ROCA RICHARD TAYLOR COLLECTION / US NATIONAL ARCHIVES JACK LIEB COLLECTION / US NATIONA

DYK: The airborne assault into Normandy, as part of the D-Day allied invasion of Europe, was the largest use of airborne troops up to that time. Paratroopers of the U.S. 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions, the British 6th Airborne Division, the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, and other attached Allied units took part in the assault. D-Day 77-year Anniversary | U.S. Army Chief of Staff

On June 6, 1944, forever on known as D-Day, the 82nd Airborne Division jumped into history as more than 12,000 All American glider and parachute infantry took part in the Airborne assault over Normandy, France. As they landed among the farmhouses and fields, they quickly realized they were not facing their enemy alone. French Patriots quickly came to their aid, often risking their lives to assist their would-be liberators. Under normal circumstances, the All American Division would be in France