Rare Historical Pictures That You Can’t Miss American Soldiers approaching Normandy Beach in 1944: On June 6, 1944, more than 160,000 Allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy, France to fight the Nazi regime. Prev Next Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38