June 6, 1944. Nearly 7,000 ships and 160,000 troops set sail from southern England to land on five of Normandy's beaches in France. The goal? Break Hitler's grip on Europe. ⁣ ⁣ It cost 10,000 Allied casualties in a single day, but the D-Day landings split Nazi Germany between two fronts, and set World War II's end in motion.⁣ ⁣ 82 years later, UNESCO has added these beaches to their World Heritage list, protecting and immortalising what happened on the sandy shores all those years ago.⁣ ⁣ Swipe for the story behind the D-Day landings. ⁣ ⁣ #DDay #UNESCO #WorldHeritageSite⁣