The
invasion of Northwest Europe by the Allies, code-named Operation Overlord,
saw more than 2 million troops land on French soil between D-Day and late August; hundreds of thousands of casualties and tens of thousands of deaths, constituted one of the largest amphibious military assaults in history.
Men of the 16th Infantry Regiment seek shelter from German machine-gun fire in shallow water
behind "Czech hedgehog" beach obstacles, Easy Red sector, Omaha Beach.
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