By end of May, D-day for ground invasion was a definite date on the allied high command's calendar. But invasion by air, which was just as real as one by foot soldier and artillery, had been a definite military fact for months before. The particular bombs on the cover are 500-pounders, tumbling on an oil refinery in Leghorn, Italy.(LIFE's cover, June 12, 1944 - Caption on page 22)
On the right the same area now, captured from Bing Maps.
See also: LIFE June 12, 1944 (Google Books)
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