Here are some interesting and enlightening shots from Getty Images D-Day archive.
5. D Day soldiers
(From left) British Prime minister Winston Churchill, Sir Miles Dempsey, British 2nd Army commandant, and British general Marshal Bernard Montgomery visit destroyed city of Caen, 23 July 1944 after Allied forces stormed the Normandy beaches on D-Day. D-Day, 06 June 1944 is still one of the world's most gut-wrenching and consequential battles, as the Allied landing in Normandy led to the liberation of France which marked the turning point in the Western theater of World War II. (Photo credit should read STF/AFP/Getty Images) Photo: The News archive
6. D Day soldiers
June 1944 of British soldiers joking as they read a tourist guide about France aboard a landing craft while Allied forces storm the Normandy beaches on D-Day. D-Day, 06 June 1944 is still one of the world's most gut-wrenching and consequential battles, as the Allied landing in Normandy led to the liberation of France which marked the turning point in the Western theater of World War II. (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images) Photo: The News archive
7. D Day soldiers
6th June 1944 - A Normandy farmer offers a glass of Calvados to a British paratrooper from the 6th Division's Hampshire Regiment in this file photo taken 06 June 1944. The British were dropped between the villages of Ornes and Dives in the first hours of Operation Overlord. AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read B/AFP/Getty Images) Photo: The News archive
8. D Day soldiers
14th June 1944: British army reinforcements enjoying a cup of tea before leaving for France. (Photo by Reg Speller/Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Photo: The News archive