D-Day has drawn the attention of numerous filmmakers over the years. Here are ten of the best D-Day films, each showing the invasion’s prominent place in international memory.
Members of E Company of the 16th Infantry Regiment approach the Normandy beaches in the first wave of the D-Day invasion.
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In the first wave to hit the beach, troops were met by withering German gunfire. But they kept pushing and established a small beachhead from which the invasion could continue.
U.S. Army Rangers prepare to depart England for the D-Day invasion.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has said D-Day ‘was not a game changer’ in World War II – and Soviet media delivered that message starting the day after the invasion.
One of war photographer Robert Capa’s images shows a wave of troops arriving on the Normandy beaches on D-Day.
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