Tense photos capture the atmosphere as New Yorkers wait for news on D-Day
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People in Times Square watch the news ticker on the New York Times building.
Image: Library of Congress
Image: Library of Congress
At 6:30 a.m. London time on Tuesday, June 6, 1944, the German news agency DNB issued the first reports that thousands of Allied paratroopers were touching down near the mouth of the Seine River, with fierce fighting near the city of Caen.
When the sun rose in New York City, thousands of troops had already landed on the beaches of Normandy and had been fighting for hours. The Daily News proclaimed in bold lettering, “INVASION BEGINS.”
A special 6 a.m. edition of the New York Times carried the first terse communique from the Supreme Headquarters of the Allied Expeditionary Force. Read more...
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