Remembering D-Day
76th Anniversary: Remembering D-Day.<br />On June 6, 1944, Allied troops invaded Normandy, France, to fight Nazi Germany in World War II.<br />It was the largest invasion force in history, with hundreds of thousands of American, British, Canadian and other troops.<br />It was one of the most important events of the second World War.<br />More than 13,000 aircraft and 5,000 ships supported the operation.<br />An estimated 10,000 Allied forces were killed, wounded and missing in action.<br />The invasion is credited with sparking the liberation of German-occupied northwestern Europe from Nazi control and laid the foundations for the Allied victory on the Western Front.