On the 80th anniversary of the operation, images of the D-Day landings and the invasion of Normandy.

1943: President Franklin Roosevelt appoints General Dwight D. Eisenhower as supreme commander of Allies forces in Europe. Pictured: General Eisenhower speaks with U.S. Army paratroopers of Easy Company, 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment (Strike), 101st Airborne Division, at Greenham Common Airfield, England, the day before the D-Day invasion, June 5, 1944.MORE PHOTOS: D-Day: June 6, 1944

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