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==== Landings on the beaches====

The landings occurred on a series of beaches and they are all shown in the movie. Zanuck’s movie shows all the beaches Juno, Sword, Utah Gold and Omaha where the Allies landed on June 6th, 1944. However, as was noted at the time and since the landings themselves are not very realistic. The first problem is the landing craft, many of the craft used by the movie were not from the correct the time period. Indeed, many of the amphibious landing craft from which the Allied troops emerged in the movie are contemporary vessels. The producers could not secure enough landing craft from the period and so simply used ones then in use with the American navy in 1962.

====Airborne landings====

D-Day was the greatest sea-born invasion in history, but airborne forces played a crucial role in the invasion.<ref> Keegan, p. 13</ref> The Allied High Command ordered that British, American and other allied paratroopers be dropped behind the German positions to capture territory and to disrupt the Nazis supply lines and even to cut-off their units on the beaches in Normandy. The film accurately portrays the paratroopers who landed in Normandy by gliders or by parachuting into the area. These men played a crucial role in the success of the Allied landings and displayed incredible bravery.