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General Dwight D. Eisenhower - General Dwight D. Eisenhower gives the order "Full victory-nothing else" to paratroopers in England just before they board their airplanes to participate in the first assault of the invasion.

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Prisoners of war - German prisoners of war march along Juno Beach to a ship taking them to England, after they were captured by Canadian troops at Bernieres Sur Mer, France.

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Prepared - American troops on board a landing craft the night before D-Day.

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Allies - An American paratrooper and a French woman enjoy a joke together in the shell-torn streets of Sainte Mere Eglise.

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Marker -

A US flag lies as a marker on a destroyed bunker two days after the strategic site overlooking D-Day beaches was captured at Pointe du Hoc, France.

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March - US Army reinforcements march up a hill overlooking Omaha Beach after the D-Day landings.

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Paratroopers - US Army paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division drive a captured German Kubelwagen at the junction of Rue Holgate and RN13 in Carentan, France.

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Canadian troops - Canadian troops come ashore at a Juno Beach landing area on D-Day at Bernieres Sur Mer, France.

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Landing - American soldiers land on the coast of France under heavy machine gun fire.

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Survivors -

Survivors of a landing craft sunk by enemy fire are helped ashore on Utah Beach.

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Marker - A monument to a fallen comrade left on a shell-blasted Normandy shore.

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Injured - American assault troops of the 16th Infantry Regiment, injured while storming Omaha Beach, wait for evacuation.

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Omaha Beach - A view of Omaha Beach shortly after the beach was secured.

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Paratroopers - US paratroopers walk to board their transport for the invasion of Normandy.

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Barrage balloons - Barrage balloons at Omaha Beach during the Allied assault.

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Communications - Bomber crews of the US Ninth Airforce leave their aircraft after returning from a mission to support the D-Day landings in Normandy by disrupting German lines of communication and supply.

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Departure - US Army troops embark from the coast of England on their way to Normandy.

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Boarding - US troops board at Torquay Hards, England prior to landing on the Normandy coast.

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Ready - A landing craft carrying American soldiers approaches the northern coast of France.

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Arrival - US troops land on Omaha Beach.

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Landing - American soldiers arrive at Omaha Beach.

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Uniformed - US soldiers in full battle-dress board a landing craft.

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Helping - American soldiers rescue other Americans from a sinking landing craft that was hit by enemy fire.

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Injured -

American troops help injured soldiers from a dinghy after the landing ship was hit by enemy fire.

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Wet - American assault troops wade ashore on Omaha Beach.

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Reporting - Reportedly one of the first pictures of the D-Day landings in Normandy, showing US jeeps and men landing on the French coast.

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Supplies -

Members of the Allied Invasion Force keep watch from fox holes dug in the beachhead while fresh troops and equipment land.

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