On June 6, 1944, 79 years ago, Allied Forces invaded Normandy, France by air and by sea. This was largest amphibious invasion in history and marked the launching of Operation Overlord to repel German forces from Western Europe. About 160,000 soldiers crossed the English Channel that day, but over 10,000 soldiers lost their lives on the beaches of Normandy. In this video, Jared shows a reproduction of the front page of The Sacramento Bee newspaper published the evening of June 6, 1944. The Sacram

June 6 1944 Normandy The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. Codenamed Operation Neptune and often referred to as D-Day, it was the largest seaborne invasion in history. The operation began the liberation of France (and later Western Europe) and laid the foundations of the Allied victory on the Western Front. The Allies failed to achieve any of their