B 5261. Troops from 50th Division coming ashore from LSI(L)s Gold area 6 June 1944.

This year marks the 73rd anniversary of the D-Day landings: a massive Allied forces invasion of the Nazi-occupied part of Europe launched on the beaches of Normandy during the World War 2. And to commemorate that fateful day, a Brazilian artist Marina Amaral have colorized the photos taken during one of the bloodiest encounters of WWII.

MH 33547. Film still of commandos of 1st Special Service Brigade about to disembark from an LCI on Queen Red beach Sword area 6th June 1944.

B 5032. A battery of M7 Priest 105mm self-propelled guns from 33rd Field Regiment Royal Artillery near Hermanville-sur-Mer 6 June 1944.

B 5170. LSTs (Landing Ship Tank) and LCTs (Landing Craft Tank) off the Normandy coast as seen from LST 406 6 June 1944. Visible are LST 228 and LCT 3627

B 5203. Commandos of 1st Special Service Brigade with captured Germans in a jeep with gliders of 6th Airlanding Brigade in the background near Ranville on the evening of 6 June 1944

B 5084. Troops and vehicles of 3rd Division waiting to move inland from La Brèche d’Hermanville 6 June 1944.

A 23873. An LST (Landing Ship Tank) US 52 and other invasion craft off Gold assault area 6 June 1944.

B 5043. French civilians pass a British military policeman of No. 6 Beach Group in La Brèche d'Hermanville 6 June 1944.