D-Day- the Battle of Normandy

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Landing craft and tanks at Omaha beach during the D-Day landings, many of which had departed from Penarth (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Medical team at work during the Battle of Normandy. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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Allied invasion plans and german positions in the Normandy. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The build-up of Omaha Beach: reinforcements of men and equipment moving inland (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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D-Day: The Normandy Invasion (Photo credit: The U.S. Army)

D-Day: The Normandy Invasion (Photo credit: The U.S. Army)

D-Day: The Normandy Invasion (Photo credit: The U.S. Army)

D-Day: The Normandy Invasion (Photo credit: The U.S. Army)

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D-Day: The Normandy Invasion (Photo credit: The U.S. Army)

D-Day: The Normandy Invasion (Photo credit: The U.S. Army)

D-Day: The Normandy Invasion (Photo credit: The U.S. Army)

D-Day 65th Anniversary (Photo credit: The U.S. Army)

D-Day: The Normandy Invasion (Photo credit: The U.S. Army)

Classroom resources:

Generals Dwight D. Eisenhower and Omar Bradley talk with a young member of the French resistance in the American sector during the liberation of Lower Normandy in the summer of 1944. ID: p013328 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/entity/%2Fm%2F01lhv6?v.filter=exhibits&hl=en

http://edition.cnn.com/2014/06/06/world/europe/tony-vaccaro-wwii-soldier-armed-with-camera/index.html

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