And as the world comes towards marking the 75th anniversary of the Normandy landings, The News is sharing these amazing photos that capture the event as it unfolded. Taking place on June 6, the D-Day landings turned the tide of the war and involved more than 100,000 Allied troops – many of whom set sail from Portsmouth.
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August 1944: General George S Patton (1885 - 1945), Head of the 3rd Army, talks to Allied war correspondents in Normandy. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images) Photo: -
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Normandy Delivery 6th June 1944: Bombs are unloaded from a Norwegian merchant ship onto an American amphibious landing craft during the Invasion of Normandy by allied forces. (Photo by Keystone Features/Getty Images) Photo: -
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Evacuating Wounded June 1944: A serviceman wounded during the Allied landings is lifted on a stretcher onto a DC-4 Dakota in Normandy, bound for England. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images) Photo: -
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Stubborn Sniper 7th June 1944: Soldiers try to flush out a German sniper located in a church in the centre of Sainte Mere Eglise, after the Normandy town's liberation. (Photo by Bob Landry/Keystone/Getty Images) Photo: -