诺曼底登陆66周年回顾回目录
6月6日是盟军成功攻入法国66周年纪念日。1944年,经过精心策划,多方合作,盟军成功展开了历史上最大的两栖登陆战役——6月6日,在5000多艘舰船、轰炸机、滑翔机和空降兵的协助下,超过16万的盟军部队登陆。当天,在海滨作战中,数千名士兵牺牲——在随后的进攻中,有更多的士兵牺牲。盟军进攻成功,把德军赶往东方,最终取得1945年的盟军胜利。这里收集了1944年诺曼底登陆日的准备、实施和后果,以及2010年的几张照片。
1.U.S. troops disembark from a landing vehicle on Utah Beach on the coast of Normandy, France in June of 1944. Carcasses of destroyed vehicles litter the beach. (Regional Council of Basse-Normandie/U.S. National Archives)
2.U.S. Soldiers march through a southern English coastal town, en route to board landing ships for the invasion of France, circa late May or early June 1944. (Army Signal Corps Collection/U.S. National Archives)
3.General view of a port in England; in foreground, jeeps are being loaded onto landing craft - in background, larger trucks and ducks are being loaded, June 1944. (U.S. National Archives)
4.The sight of a low-flying Allied plane sends Nazi soldiers rushing for cover on a beach in France, before D-Day June 1944. The aircraft was taking reconnaissance photos of German coastal barriers in preparation for the June 6th invasion. (AP Photo)
5.Coast Guard Flotilla 10 tied up along with British landing craft, preparing to sail the English Channel and invade Nazi-occupied France. These landing craft landed U.S. troops on Omaha Beach. (U.S. Army)
6.German soldiers observe the coast during the occupation of Normandy by German forces in 1944. (Regional Council of Basse-Normandie/U.S. National Archives)
7.A-20 bombers make a return visit to the Pointe Du Hoc coastal battery on 22 May 1944. (U.S. National Archives)
8.Allied convoys of ships on the open sea - June 1944. (Regional Council of Basse-Normandie/U.S. National Archives)
9.Allied troop carriers near Omaha beach, one covered with a thick white smoke, June 1944. (Regional Council of Basse-Normandie/U.S. National Archives)
10.U.S. soldiers approach Omaha Beach, their weapons wrapped in plastic to keep them dry, June 1944. (Regional Council of Basse-Normandie/U.S. National Archives)
11.Allied forces push through the breakers toward Omaha Beach. (Regional Council of Basse-Normandie/U.S. National Archives)
12.U.S. reinforcements wade through the surf as they land at Normandy in the days following the Allies' June 1944, D-Day invasion of France. (AP Photo/Peter Carroll)