58,000 Americans landed in Omaha and Utah beach. On Omaha, American forces were pumbled by German machine gun fire, the end result left over 2000 American soldiers dead. Consider paying respects for the 2000 brave American soldiers that heroically gave their lives today
On this day in 1944, the largest air, sea, and land invasion in human history took place. Over 150,000 American, British, Canadian and troops from several other nations took part in this ambitious operation.