World War Two - D-Day Rehearsals

Armoured personnel carriers roll off the landing craft during the landing exercises in preparation for the D-Day landings, off the coast of Slapton Sands, Slapton, Devon, England, December 1943. The selection of Slapton Sands as the location for the training ground was due to its similarity to 'Utah Beach', the code name for one of the five landing points chosen for the Normandy landings in June '44. (Photo by Keystone Features/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)