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Robert "Smokey" Noody of F Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne with his M1 Bazooka on the eve of the Normandy landings on June 5, 1944.

 

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Infantrymen of the Royal Winnipeg Rifles in a Buffalo amphibious vehicle taking part in Operation VERITABLE en route from Niel to Keeken Germany 9 February 1944

 

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Demolition men of the 3rd Marine Raider Battalion stand outside of a Japanese dugout they helped to take at Bougainville In the Solomon Island January 1944

 

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February 19th 1945 About 30000 United States Marines land on the island of Iwo Jima beginning the Battle of Iwo Jima

 

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Captain Thomas H Garahan Easy Company 2nd Battalion 398th Infantry Regiment 100th Division flies a Stars and Stripes flag made secretly by local residents.

 

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Brigadier General Gerald Higgins the assistant commander of the 101st Airborne Division This photo was taken hours before the 101st jump into the Netherlands.

 

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Since December 1942, the night defense of Malta was entrusted to RAF No. 23 Squadron, who relied on their Mosquito IIs. In this image, you can see the commanding officer and their navigator meticulously inspecting the Mosquito P-Peter, while the rest of the crew "supervise" the operation from a distance. Take note of the four 20mm cannons, cleverly corked to keep out dirt and debris.

 

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A US Paratrooper of the 101st Airborne prepares to jump into Normandy on June 6 1944.
On this day in history Thousands of US troops attacked the Atlantic wall

 

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D-Day is a term used generically by the Allied military in World War II to indicate the day on which an attack was carried out in a combat operation. Historically, the term D-Day is used to refer to June 6, 1944 in World War II, the day on which the so-called Operation Overlord began to be carried out.

This operation consisted of carrying out a large landing on the beaches of Normandy as a strategy to open a new front in Western Europe and reduce German dominance, although it began at dawn with the landing of three gliders from the 6th Airborne Division of the British Army and the subsequent taking of the Pegasus Bridge by Company D of the 2nd Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Regiment, integrated into the Air Landing Brigade of said Division. On this date, Operation Overlord achieved a significant number of its planned objectives, causing the Allied troops to enter the French coast and thus begin the liberation of Western Europe occupied by Nazi Germany during World War II.

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D-DAY

 

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Into the Jaws of Death Soldiers of the 1st Infantry Division Big Red One charge into the face of death on Omaha Beach June 6 1944.

 

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North American P51 Mustang Fools Paradise IV tail Nº 413309 of the 380th Fighter Squadron 363rd Fighter Group 9th USAAF at Maupertuis Airfield near Cherbourg

 

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Lieutenant Edwin Wright of the 404th Fighter Group shows off the damage caused by flak to his P47 Thunderbolt USAAF airfield near SintTruiden Belgium

 

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Wehrmacht Inspection at Paris, France / 1941

 

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The Commander in chief General Władysław Anders on board of the Polish Navy destroyer ORP Ślązak after decorating petty officers and sailors with Crosses of Valour, March 1945.

 

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German cavalryman armed with a lance advancing through the snow on the Eastern Front, 1915.

 

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Pictured below are young American soldiers of the 16th Infantry Regiment 1st Infantry Division Big Red One in their landing craft awaiting to go ashore during.

 

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80 years ago today, paratrooper Elmer Habbs of the 82nd Airborne Division rests next to the German road sign on the north side Sainte-Mère-Eglise, France.

 

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Signallers of the Polish Independent Podhalan Rifles Brigade working on a wireless set in Borkenes, Borkenes, Kvaefjord, Troms County, Norway, June 1940.

Note a signal lamp on their right.

 

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Germany's own T-34 "Battalion." Unlike the Allies, who typically scrapped or used captured enemy equipment for target practice, the Germans often utilized trophy weapons and vehicles. While not sustainable due to a lack of spare parts, they made the most of what they had.