LIFE.com presents masterfully restored color photos from England and France in 1944 that feel at-once familiar and utterly new.

Beautifully restored color photos from England and France made before and after D-Day feel somehow familiar and utterly, vividly new.

Beautifully restored color photos from England and France made before and after D-Day feel somehow familiar and utterly, vividly new.

Beautifully restored color photos from England and France made before and after D-Day feel somehow familiar and utterly, vividly new.

Beautifully restored color photos from England and France made before and after D-Day feel somehow familiar and utterly, vividly new.

Beautifully restored color photos from England and France made before and after D-Day feel somehow familiar and utterly, vividly new.

Beautifully restored color photos from England and France made before and after D-Day feel somehow familiar and utterly, vividly new.

Beautifully restored color photos from England and France made before and after D-Day feel somehow familiar and utterly, vividly new.

Beautifully restored color photos from England and France made before and after D-Day feel somehow familiar and utterly, vividly new.

Beautifully restored color photos from England and France made before and after D-Day feel somehow familiar and utterly, vividly new.

Beautifully restored color photos from England and France made before and after D-Day feel somehow familiar and utterly, vividly new.

Beautifully restored color photos from England and France made before and after D-Day feel somehow familiar and utterly, vividly new.

Beautifully restored color photos from England and France made before and after D-Day feel somehow familiar and utterly, vividly new.

Beautifully restored color photos from England and France made before and after D-Day feel somehow familiar and utterly, vividly new.

LIFE.com presents masterfully restored color photos from England and France in 1944 that feel at-once familiar and utterly new.

LIFE.com presents masterfully restored color photos from England and France in 1944 that feel at-once familiar and utterly new.

Beautifully restored color photos from England and France made before and after D-Day feel somehow familiar and utterly, vividly new.

Beautifully restored color photos from England and France made before and after D-Day feel somehow familiar and utterly, vividly new.