Robert Capa and the D-Day
Seventy-six years have passed since June 6, 1944, when, under the command of General Dwight Eisenhower, the Allies landed in Normandy, in German-occupied France. That day, marking the beginning of Operation Overlord, went down in history as D-Day—an epic and tragic event that changed the course of World War II.
Alongside the thousands of soldiers ready to invade Omaha Beach was Robert Capa, a Hungarian photographer assigned to document the crucial stages of the landing. He was among a small number of photographers, most of whom were either unable to capture any images or died on the battlefield.
Capa documented the second assault on Omaha Beach, producing what has since been described as one of the most intense war reportages of all time. He took around one hundred photographs that morning on June 6. Only about ten of them survived. Here’s what happened:
