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Colorized Photos Make Normandy Invasion Come To Life On 73rd Anniversary Of D-Day
A remarkable set of colourised photos has emerged on the 73rd anniversary of the D-Day
landings shedding new light on the day Allied troops fought their way on to the beaches
of northern France.
Black and white images of brave soldiers wading onto Omaha beach on the Normandy coast and
advancing on Nazi positions have been transformed using Photoshop.
Separate pictures show exhausted servicemen being dragged ashore by medics and British,
US and Canadian troops and members of a US parachute regiment preparing for the landings.
The colourised images emerged on the 73rd anniversary of Operation Overlord, which saw
some 156,000 Allied troops landing in Normandy.
It is thought as many as 4,400 were killed in an operation the Second World War Prime
Minister Winston Churchill described as ‘undoubtedly the most complicated and difficult that has
ever taken place’.
Brazilian artist Marina Amaral painstakingly researched the images as she gave them a new
lease of life with colour using Photoshop.
She told MailOnline: ‘Besides the uniforms, I tried to reproduce the atmosphere of the
places and get as close as possible to what these soldiers actually saw with their own
eyes.
‘The generation of World War II are almost all gone, so I think it is extremely important
to rescue these photos through a process that interests the new generation – so maybe
people will be able to better understand what happened.
This is what I’ve been trying to do since I began colourising photos two years ago.
‘I like to keep in mind that I’m working with historical facts, and it’s not my job
to change that story and make it look the way I want it to look.
See more of Marina’s stunning images on the Daily Mail.