Welcome back to the Daily Aviation for a feature on the advancement of technology and strategy in military amphibious insertion technique, and how beach landing operation remains relevant today.

Because Omaha Beach was the bloodiest landing beach, the US Army lost the most men in the amphibious landings. Some 2,500 American troops died in the beach assault and airborne operations on D-Day ...

LCVPs (Landing Craft Vehicle, Personnel), or Higgins boats, head for Omaha Beach. Landing began at 6:30 am. Men can be seen wading ashore; their initial objective, the bluffs above the beach.

Step into history like never before. This POV footage puts you right in the boots of a WWII soldier during America’s largest WWII re-enactment—D-Day Conneaut in Ohio. From the roar of landing ...

The initial beach landings on D-Day were dubbed Operation Neptune. Allied landing craft protected by barrage balloons cross the English Channel on June 6, 1944. (Stacker/Stacker) ...

The initial beach landings on D-Day were dubbed Operation Neptune. Allied landing craft protected by barrage balloons cross the English Channel on June 6, 1944. (Stacker/Stacker) ...

Because Omaha Beach was the bloodiest landing beach, the US Army lost the most men in the amphibious landings. Some 2,500 American troops died in the beach assault and airborne operations on D-Day ...

Because Omaha Beach was the bloodiest landing beach, the US Army lost the most men in the amphibious landings. Some 2,500 American troops died in the beach assault and airborne operations on D-Day ...

Because Omaha Beach was the bloodiest landing beach, the US Army lost the most men in the amphibious landings. Some 2,500 American troops died in the beach assault and airborne operations on D-Day ...