Coast Guard landing barges hitting the French coast with the first wave of the invasion. American soldiers wade ashore under heavy machine gun fire from Nazi beach nests.

Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum of the National Archives and Records Administration

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Title: Coast Guard landing barges hitting the French coast with the first wave of the invasion. American soldiers wade ashore under heavy machine gun fire from Nazi beach nests.
Creator: Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum of the National Archives and Records Administration
Location: Normandy, France.

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2nd millennium European theatre of World War II France Invasion of Normandy Normandy Normandy Campaign Normandy landings Operation Overlord Western Front

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