🇫🇷 "In 1944, it's hell here". Between the #DDay landings and the liberation of Paris on August 25 lies the Battle of #Normandy. For three months, the Allied forces fought fiercely against the Wehrmacht of #Nazi Germany. #FRANCE24's Florence Gaillard and Héloïse Mélan report for #FranceInFocus ⤵️ | FRANCE 24 English

The Allied force that invaded Normandy was the largest armada ever assembled. See the stormy day brought to life with colorized and restored footage on Apocalypse: The Second World War - https://bitly.com/37T31gj | Smithsonian Channel Aviation Nation

10K views · 155 reactions | #DDay  80 years ago, on June 6, the beaches of #Normandy saw the largest naval, air and land operation in military history. FRANCE 24 looks back at the staggering numbers of ships, aircraft and soldiers involved in D-Day | FRANCE 24 English | Facebook