D-Day Landing
Seeing this picture in color is enough to taste the nerves in this water-to-land assault vessel. A massive strength of 156,000 Allied soldiers breached the beaches of Normandy on June 6th, 1944 and successfully overran the Nazis. They didn’t do so without mass casualties, though.
Calling For Reinforcements
An American soldier in camouflage gear uses his walkie-talkie to radio request reinforcements. This color World War II picture looks nothing like what we imagine when we think of a war fought in the 1940’s.