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An aerial photo of a beach in Normandy shortly after the D-Day landings in 1944.
Photo from the LIFE Magazine Archives - Photographer Frank Scherschel










A couple demonstrating the use of a Morrison shelter. Used in the UK during WWII, half a million had been distributed by the end of 1941. In an examination of 44 severely damaged homes 120 out of 136 occupants escaped without serious injury. I can't imagine going to bed in a cage like that just to hope to live through the night. The British citizens were a tough bunch, and just kept fighting the Nazis. We can all be thankful they did.