Robert Capa (1913-1954)

Capa was a Hungarian war photographer who died after stepping on a landmine whilst covering the First Indochina War for Life Magazine. His most famous work, sometimes known as ‘Magnificent Eleven’, is eleven photographs of the allied forces landing at Omaha Beach during the 1944 Normandy Landings (Magnum Photos, 2018).

: FRANCE. Normandy. Omaha Beach. The first wave of American troops lands at dawn. June 6th, 1944.

: FRANCE. Normandy. W.W.II. Operation OVERLORD. Omaha Beach. June 6th, 1944. In June 1944 the Allied forces opened a second front in Normandy (after the one in North Africa and Italy) to liberate France. On June 6th, in what was later called D-Day, 90,000 soldiers landed on Omaha Beach (the coded name for Coleville-sur-Mer). Many of them were killed by German troops, but the Allies managed nonetheless to defeat the Germans. FRANCE. Normandy. W.W.II. Operation OVERLORD. Omaha Beach. June 6th, 1944. The first wave of American troops lands at dawn.

: FRANCE. Normandy. W.W.II. Operation OVERLORD. Omaha Beach. June 6th, 1944. In June 1944 the Allied forces opened a second front in Normandy (after the one in North Africa and Italy) to liberate France. On June 6th, in what was later called D-Day, 90,000 soldiers landed on Omaha Beach (the coded name for Coleville-sur-Mer). Many of them were killed by German troops, but the Allies managed nonetheless to defeat the Germans. The first wave of American troops lands at dawn.

: FRANCE. Normandy. W.W.II. Operation OVERLORD. Omaha Beach. June 6th, 1944. In June 1944 the Allied forces opened a second front in Normandy (after the one in North Africa and Italy) to liberate France. On June 6th, in what was later called D-Day, 90,000 soldiers landed on Omaha Beach (the coded name for Coleville-sur-Mer). Many of them were killed by German troops, but the Allies managed nonetheless to defeat the Germans. The first wave of American troops lands at dawn.

Bibliography

Magnum Photos. (2018). D-Day and the Omaha Beach landings • Robert Capa • Magnum Photos. [online] Available at: https://www.magnumphotos.com/newsroom/conflict/robert-capa-d-day-omaha-beach/ [Accessed 16 Mar. 2018].