U.S. Soldiers disembark a landing craft at Normandy, France, June 6, 1944.
By the end of the day some 150,000 Allied troops had landed on five Normandy beaches and three airborne drop zones. The invasion marked the beginning of the final phase of World War II in Europe, which ended with the surrender of Germany the following May. (DoD photo courtesy of the National Infantry Museum/Released). Original public domain image from Flickr