Talyn
SAINT
Operation Neptune—the naval component of the Normandy invasion—was the most epic undertaking in the annals of amphibious warfare, unleashing a tidal wave of manpower onto France’s shores that marked the beginning of the end for the Third Reich.
www.usni.org
U.S. destroyers move into dangerous shoal waters to pump salvos of 5-inch shells into stubborn German emplacements along Omaha Beach on D-Day, 6 June 1944. American forces fought all day for this particular stretch—the same one described by Ernest Hemingway in his famous article “Voyage to Victory.”
BONUS
A Tale of Two Invasions
The United States devoted massive resources to the invasion of Normandy but during the same month still was able to conduct one of the biggest amphibious landings of the Pacific war.
www.usni.org
Marines hug Saipan’s shoreline amid Operation Forager. The vast scale of the two June 1944 invasions attested to the power of the United States’ industrial and military might.
The Invasion Fleet that Liberated Europe
An 80th-anniversary tribute to Operation Neptune, the naval component of the Normandy invasion, which hit France’s shores with the largest amphibious assault in world history.
U.S. destroyers move into dangerous shoal waters to pump salvos of 5-inch shells into stubborn German emplacements along Omaha Beach on D-Day, 6 June 1944. American forces fought all day for this particular stretch—the same one described by Ernest Hemingway in his famous article “Voyage to Victory.”
Operation Neptune: Liberating Europe
BONUS
A Tale of Two Invasions
The United States devoted massive resources to the invasion of Normandy but during the same month still was able to conduct one of the biggest amphibious landings of the Pacific war.
A Tale of Two Invasions
In the two-ocean war, June ’44 was witness to two epic amphibious operations: Normandy in the Atlantic and Saipan in the Pacific.
Marines hug Saipan’s shoreline amid Operation Forager. The vast scale of the two June 1944 invasions attested to the power of the United States’ industrial and military might.
Last edited: