Omaha Beach was one of five beach landing sectors of the amphibious assault component of Operation Overlord during the Second World War.
Into the Jaws of Death: Troops from the U.S. 1st Infantry Division landing on Omaha, as photographed by Robert F. Sargent
A VK 30.01 (H) tank turret mounted on a Tobruk at Widerstandsnest 68, photographed in September 1944
Widerstandsnest 65 defending the E-1 draw at Omaha Beach
USS Samuel Chase, infantry transport ship, part of Assault Group O1
Operation Overlord was the codename for the Battle of Normandy, the Allied operation that launched the successful liberation of German-occupied Western Europe during World War II. The operation was launched on 6 June 1944 (D-Day) with the Normandy landings. A 1,200-plane airborne assault preceded an amphibious assault involving more than 5,000 vessels. Nearly 160,000 troops crossed the English Channel on 6 June, and more than two million Allied troops were in France by the end of August.
LSTs with barrage balloons deployed, unloading supplies on Omaha Beach for the breakout from Normandy
US Army M4 Sherman tanks loaded in a landing craft tank (LCT), ready for the invasion of France, c. late May or early June 1944
D-day assault routes into Normandy
Air plan for the Allied landing in Normandy
