Powerful images of the D-Day landings have resurfaced 80 years after they were taken by American cameramen on Omaha Beach and Utah Beach. French documentarian Dominique Forget rediscovered the forgotten footage and, alongside the cameramen’s ancestors, now wants to preserve and honour their memory. The footage, taken on 6 June 1944, gives a unique insight into how the landings played out. #AFP 🎥Carmen CUESTA-ROCA RICHARD TAYLOR COLLECTION / US NATIONAL ARCHIVES JACK LIEB COLLECTION / US NATIONA

Today marks the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings when Allied forces launched the largest naval, air and land operation in history. On 6 June 1944 over 5,000 ships and landing craft were used to land more than 150,000 troops on five beaches in Normandy 🌊 🎥 In preparation for this operation, secret experiments took place at the Great Pagoda at Kew to develop the smoke curtain technique used by Allied forces on D-Day. Archive Footage supplied by Imperial War Museums. | Historic Royal Palace

Authentic footage from the D-Day landings and following days in June 1944. #dday #NormandyTrip #WW2History #NormandyInvasion #DdayAnniversary #WW2Travel #NormandyBeaches #DdayLandings #WW2Normandy #NormandyTour #DdayMemorial #WW2Sites #NormandyHistory #Dday75 #WW2Traveler #NormandyBattlefields #DdayTour #WW2Remembrance #NormandyExperience #DdayHistory #omahabeach #dday79 #britishhero #britishveteran #WWIIBritishArmy #BandofBrothers #N4OH #walkamongheroes #greatestgeneration #dday80 | Walk Among

80 years ago today, the D-Day landings were underway. Just after midnight on 6 June 1944, around 18,000 airborne troops were dropped or landed behind enemy lines. They were followed by the main invasion force: 130,000 Allied soldiers, ferried by an armada of 5,000 boats. Allied forces landed across five beaches on the Normandy coast codenamed: Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, and Sword. It was a mammoth multi-national and multi-service effort, which gave the Allies a foothold in North-West Europe and al