In Photos: Remembering Operation D-DAY
Seventy five years have passed since the D-Day, the greatest military operation in history that forever altered the course of time.There are several reasons for it to be dubbed the greatest operation of all time. The sheer enormity of death and destruction that followed the unprecedented mobilisation of military might is chief amongst them.Although there is no official D-Day body count of soldiers who perished, some have pegged the number to be higher than 425,000. Among the allies it is believed 209,000 died, nearly 37,000 of them ground troops and 16,714 from the air forces.German losses can only be estimated but are believed to be around 200,000 killed and wounded. Another 200,000 (not included in the total casualty estimation of 425,000) were captured as prisoners of war.Here are some historical photographs of the historic operation.
Last Updated : 06 June 2019, 03:32 IST
A French veteran of the First World War greets Universal Carriers of the South Saskatchewan Regiment during a Canadian advance in Normandy
A jeep of U.S. Army combat engineers unit drives past the destroyed Saint Malo church following the D-Day landings operation in Valognes in this handout photo
A LCVP landing craft from the U.S. Coast Guard attack transport USS Samuel Chase approaches Omaha Beach on D-Day in Colleville Sur-Mer
A U.S. Army medic moves along a narrow strip of Omaha Beach administering first aid to men wounded in the Normandy landing on D-Day
British LCT's line the Normandy shore sometime before the D-Day invasion
Published 05 June 2019, 15:54 IST