#Reposting theuso with instarepost_app -- On this day 73 years ago, 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of beach in Normandy, France. Here is General Dwight D. Eisenhower speaking to paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division before the start of Operation Overlord. 📸: National Archive #DDay73 #HonorThem #greatestgeneration #sacrifice #WWII #alliedforces