40 Rare Photos Showing What D-Day Was Really Like

Published on 09/01/2021
ADVERTISEMENT

35. Before The Storm

The G.I.s appear calm when talking to Mary Jane Cooke, the Red Cross worker. But the troops were very quiet. It is impossible to believe. They wait for a day excursion on the English Channel to Normandy. After all, they wait in line. Things are far from calm. There will be things.

35. Before The Storm

35. Before The Storm

ADVERTISEMENT

34. Taken For A Ride?

These British troops see their bicycles battling in the water and do not land on the banks of Normandy. In fact, this is a practice on the south coast of England on Hayling Island overlooking the English Channel. And while this photograph shows merely the simulated war, these guys are going to fight for real… bicycles and everything in just a few weeks.

34. Taken For A Ride

34. Taken For A Ride

ADVERTISEMENT