137K views · 214 reactions | Incredible. This video shows hundreds of paratroopers re-enacting D-Day airborne operations in Normandy. An awe-inspiring tribute to the brave men who made the real jump into Nazi-held territory 77 years ago. | Speaker Kevin McCarthy | Facebook

More than 1200 U.S. Army and international paratroopers conduct airborne operations at historic St. Mere Eglise, Normandy, France, June 9, 2024, to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings. 82nd Airborne Division U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa | U.S. Army Europe and Africa

178K views · 4.3K reactions | This restored and colorized 1947 documentary, "The Airborne Invasion of Fortress Europe," offers a stunning and authentic look at the American paratrooper operations during the D-Day landings in Normandy, June 6, 1944. | Aviation And History | Facebook

923K views · 2.2K shares | The Allied force that invaded Normandy was the largest armada ever assembled. See the stormy day brought to life with colorized and restored footage on Apocalypse: The Second World War - https://bitly.com/37T31gj | Smithsonian Channel Aviation Nation | Facebook

3.4K views · 132 reactions | The Normandy invasion required Allied control of the air. The USAAF strategic bombing campaign achieved this by crippling the Luftwaffe’s fighter force in battles over Germany before D-Day. USAAF bombers also destroyed airfields that could threaten the invasion and continued to hit them after D-Day. #DDay80 #DDay | National Museum of the U.S. Air Force | Facebook