Remembering D-Day By Wire Sources Share on Facebook Share on Twitter U.S. soldiers gather around trucks disembarking from landing crafts shortly after D-Day June 6, 1944, after Allied forces stormed the Normandy beaches. D-Day is still one of the world’s most gut-wrenching and consequential battles, as the Allied landing in Normandy led to the liberation of France which marked the turning point in the Western theater of World War II. (AFP/Getty Images) U.S. soldiers of the Allied Expeditionary Corps stand guard on a beach June 6, 1944, after Allied forces stormed the Normandy beaches during D-Day. (STF/AFP/Getty Images) U.S. soldiers from the 2nd Ranger Battalion surround German prisoners June 6, 1944, on the Pointe du Hoc located on a cliff which overlooks Omaha Beach after Allied forces stormed the Normandy beaches during D-Day. Elements of the 2nd Ranger Battalion scaled the 100 foot cliff and seized the German artillery pieces that could have fired on the Allied forces landing at Omaha Beach. (AFP/Getty Images) Allied soldiers cross a herd of cows as they make their way through the Normandy country in June 1944, after Allied forces stormed the Normandy beaches. (AFP/Getty Images) Allied aircrews work around C-47 transport planes at an unidentified English base in this file photo taken shortly before the D-Day landings in Normandy, France. The C-47’s dropped parachutists from the US 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions behind Utah Beach near Saint-Mere-Eglise 06 June 1944, during the first hours of Operation Overlord. (/AFP/Getty Images) U.S. troops disembark from landing crafts during D-Day June 6, 1944, after Allied forces stormed the Normandy beaches. (AFP/Getty Images) American assault troops in a landing craft huddle behind the shield June 6, 1944, approaching Utah Beach while Allied forces are storming the Normandy beaches on D-Day. (STF/AFP/Getty Images) American troops landed on Normandy beaches (north-west of France), to come as reinforcements during the historic D-Day, June 6, 1944, during World War II. (STF/AFP/Getty Images) American troops landed on Normandy beaches (north-west of France), to come as reinforcements during the historic D-Day, June 6, 1944, during World War II. (STF/AFP/Getty Images) Canadian soldiers land on Courseulles beach in Normandy, June 6, 1944, as Allied forces storm the Normandy beaches on D-Day.(STF/AFP/Getty Images) Some of the first German soldiers to surrender to the Americans during the battle of the Normandy beaches on June 9, 1944. (AP Photo) Related Highlighted Galleries, History, News, Photos, Wide View