Paratroopers falling sky

Paratroopers jump over Sainte-Mere-Eglise, Normandy, western France, on June 3, 2012, during the ceremonies of the D-Day's 68th anniversary. Some 156,000 Allied personnel landed in France on June 6, 1944 during the World War II event that changed the course of history. An estimated 10,000 Allied troops were left dead, wounded or missing, while Germany lost between 4,000 and 9,000, and thousands of French civilians were killed.