Decisive action by Allied destroyers turns the tide at Omaha Beach 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 6 1944)


Video: 'Operation Overlord & Neptune (D-Day documentary)' (June 6, 1944, 10:30 a.m. BDST at 1:00:53)

(Tuesday, June 6, 1944, 10:30 a.m. British Double Summer Time (BDST)/4:30 a.m. Eastern War Time(EWT); during the Normandy landings, part of Operation Overlord on the Western Front of World War II) — Decisive action by Allied destroyers to risk going aground to support soldiers pinned down have turned the tide at Omaha Beach by this hour.