D-Day. (2011). The History Channel website. Retrieved 7:57, June 6, 2011, from http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/d-day. [American Troops Landing on D-Day, Omaha Beach, Normandy Coast], 1944 Robert Capa (American, born Hungary, 1913–1954) Gelatin silver print Source:Robert Capa: [American Troops Landing on D-Day, Omaha Beach, Normandy Coast] (1987.1100.501) | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art Although the term D-Day is used routinely as military lingo for the day an operation or event will take place, for many it is also synonymous with June 6, 1944, the day the Allied powers crossed the English Channel and landed on the beaches of Normandy, France, beginning the liberation of Western Europe from Nazi control…