Omaha Beach, today Normandy American Cemetery Visitor Center Colleville-sur-Mer « Sixty-three years after Allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy to turn the tide of World War II in Europe, a new visitor center at the Normandy American Cemetery in France opened in May 2007 to tell the story of the 9,387 Americans buried there and put the D-Day landings and follow-on battle in Europe in perspective as one of the greatest military achievements of all time. One-third of the building’s 30,000

178K views · 4.3K reactions | This restored and colorized 1947 documentary, "The Airborne Invasion of Fortress Europe," offers a stunning and authentic look at the American paratrooper operations during the D-Day landings in Normandy, June 6, 1944. | Aviation And History | Facebook

4.8K views · 157 reactions | Eighty years ago today at the crack of dawn on June 6, 1944, it was on Normandy's beautiful beaches that the allies finally gained a foot-hold in France and Nazi Europe began to crumble. In this video Rick travels along Normandy's 75 miles of Atlantic coast sharing memories of the largest military operation in history. #RickStevesEurope #RickSteves #DDay | Rick Steves' Europe | Facebook

On June 6, 1944, 156,000 Allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy. The fighting was so fierce that steel, bone, and debris fused into the sand itself. Even today, geologists find traces of iron, lead, and glass microscopic relics of the day that changed history. #TheWarRoom #DDay #WWIIHistory #fblifestyle | The War Room

32 reactions | Today, 79 years ago, at around 0630, thousands of Allied troops reached the the beaches of Normandy. They surged forward in a foreign land, by air, land and sea…in a fearless step toward saving the world. Two of these heroes have a special message for our Soldiers sent from Normandy, France. #DDay79 #beallyoucanbe | U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit | Facebook