Normandy: Did you mean...?

An aerial view of Gold Beach during the D-Day Normandy Landings of 6 June 1944. The smoke is from German defensive positions struck by Allied naval and air bombardment. (Imperial War Museums)

A photograph showing destroyed vehicles of the U.S. Army on Omaha Beach during the Normandy Landings which began on D-Day 6 June 1944. (Imperial War Musuems)

A photograph showing members of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division attacking Juno Beach as part of the Allied D-Day Normandy landings of 6 June 1944. In the background is Bernieres-sur-Mer. (Imperial War Museums)

A photograph showing the follow-up landing of men and material of the U.S. Army on Omaha Beach during the Normandy Landings which began on D-Day 6 June 1944. (Imperial War Musuems)

A photograph showing sections of a Mulberry Harbour at the Normandy Landings which began on D-Day 6 June 1944. The Mulberry Harbour was a floating structure which allowed vehicles and supplies to be landed without the need to capture a port...

The forward observation post belonging to the German gun battery at Pointe du Hoc, located between Utah Beach and Omaha Beach during the D-Day Normandy Landings of 6 June 1944.

An aerial view showing the Allied landing craft and assault troops at Juno Beach, Normandy on D-Day, 6 June 1944. (Imperial War Museums)

A photograph showing U.S. troops (7th Corps) breaching the sea wall at Utah Beach during the D-Day Normandy Landings of 6 June 1944. (Imperial War Museums)

A photograph of an abandoned British flail tank on Sword Beach during the D-Day Normandy Landings of 6 June 1944. (Imperial War Museums)

A photograph showing the crater damage inflicted by RAF Lancaster bombers on the German Merville battery on the Orne estuary. The four guns of Merville (believed bigger than they actually were by the Allies) threatened Sword Beach of the...