Around 156,000 Allied troops landed in Normandy during D-Day, June 6 1944 (Image: Getty)On June 6 1944, around 156,000 heroic Allied soldiers stormed Normandy in northern France by land and sea. The overall objective of D-Day was simple; to begin the liberation of Nazi-occupied Western Europe.The mission, codenamed Operation Overlord, required months of planning and deception to trick Germany about where a possible Allied invasion may unfold. D-Day was the largest amphibious invasion in warfare history and the turning point in the Second World War, paving the way for Allied victory in Europe. To mark the anniversary of one of...