On June 6 , 1944 , or what add up to be known asD - Day , Allied troops carried outOperation Neptune — the computer code name for the landings on the beach at Normandy . The encroachment free France from Nazi Germany , and ultimately led to the Allied triumph on the Western Front inWorld War II . D - Day can be read about in innumerous story books , and thanks to footage blastoff that 24-hour interval , it can be viewed online as it unfolded .
Global News ’s YouTubechannel feature archival footage of the encroachment of Normandy . The action was captured by professional cinema crews with 35 mm cameras the day the Allies invaded . The public copulation division of Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces ( SHAEF ) , head by GeneralDwight D. Eisenhowerat the time , organized the motion-picture photography . The motion pictures trance that twenty-four hours were after sport in news reel like the one below .
This video , which apply cartridge clip from the U.S. National Archive , starts with the military planning chair up to the day . Ships , troops , and the amphibious duck’s egg boats that made the commission potential are feature . The newsworthiness storyteller says , “ Never in military history has any campaign been so long anticipated , so much discussed , so thoroughly organize as the 2nd front . ” later on in the video , soldiers can be see wading through the water to invade Nazi - occupied France .
The amount of moving-picture show captured at D - Day helped make it one of the most iconic events of World War II . you may watch the full telecasting below .
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