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The Allied landings on Normandy beaches began early in the morning of 6 June 1944. The operation had been postponed due to bad weather, so, by the time they sailed, the men had already been crammed into their landing craft for a day and a night.

British troops struggle ashore, some helping wounded, on Sword Beach, Normandy, on D-Day.

British commandos sit on board a landing craft bound for Sword Beach, Normandy, on D-Day.

American troops crowd the deck of a landing craft setting out for Normandy on D-Day.