Allied Troops Launch Largest Seaborne Invasion In History

D-Day: 150,000 Allied Troops Land in Normandy on June 6, 1944

Allied Troops Launch Largest Seaborne Invasion in History

D-Day Marks Turning Point in World War II

More than 150,000 Allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy, France, on June 6, 1944, as part of the largest seaborne invasion in history. Known as D-Day, the name and date loom large in the collective memory of the world as the turning point in World War II.