D-Day: 17 stunning photos from 1944 show how hard the Normandy invasion really was
One of the photos included was this one.
https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/06/05/21/14421748-7109427-image-a-63_1559768184674.jpg
With this caption:
Paratroopers of the Allied Army land on La Manche, on the coast of France on June 6, 1944, after Allied forces stormed the Normandy beaches during D-Day.
I'm not sure that caption is accurate. The paratroopers landed in the dark. The airborne divisions' glider regiments landed at sundown of June 6th, but I do not think any Allied paratroopers landed in daylight on June 6th. I think that photo may be from Holland (where the paratroopers did jump in daylight), or maybe Operation Varsity (Montie's crossing of the Rhine in March 1945).
One of the photos included was this one.
https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/06/05/21/14421748-7109427-image-a-63_1559768184674.jpg
With this caption:
Paratroopers of the Allied Army land on La Manche, on the coast of France on June 6, 1944, after Allied forces stormed the Normandy beaches during D-Day.
I'm not sure that caption is accurate. The paratroopers landed in the dark. The airborne divisions' glider regiments landed at sundown of June 6th, but I do not think any Allied paratroopers landed in daylight on June 6th. I think that photo may be from Holland (where the paratroopers did jump in daylight), or maybe Operation Varsity (Montie's crossing of the Rhine in March 1945).
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