The D-Day invasion as it happened

Casualties from the invasion have been estimated at 10,000 dead or wounded

Early on the morning of June 6, 1944, tens of thousands of Allied troops converged on a stretch of coast in Normandy, northern France, and began the bloody task of securing a toehold in western Europe, which Nazi Germany had conquered four years earlier. The Americans had Utah and Omaha beaches in the west, then came the British at Gold, then the Canadians at Juno Beach and finally the British at Sword on the east.

Landing craft approach the Normandy, France beach during the D-Day invasion in June 6, 1944. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Gilbert A. Milne/National Defence

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