File:Normandy landing beaches (48011780647).jpg

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This is Omaha Beach in Normandy, France. At this spot 75 years ago, on 6 June 1944 American forces invaded Nazi-held Europe.

The view is similar to what the German's would have had but the beach has since been completely cleared of obstacles. What had been a machine gun position is now a memorial. Many Americans lost their life here.

In the far distance we can see the remains of the "Mulberry" temporary harbour that was put in place by the British, to facilitate the landing of men and supplies at Gold Beach.

It was used for 10 months after D-Day and over 2.5 million men, 500,000 vehicles, and 4 million tons of supplies were landed. A similar harbour was constructed here at Omaha beach but it was damaged by wave action and was abandoned.

Behind me, when I took this picture, is the large American cemetery, where more than 9000 US men lie.
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Author Mike McBey

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by M McBey at https://flickr.com/photos/158652122@N02/48011780647. It was reviewed on 15 February 2021 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0.

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