Allied Invasion Of France Collection

The landing craft, vehicle, personnel (LCVP) or Higgins boat, a landing craft used extensively in amphibious landings in World War Two

The first British troops to enter Cherbourg were four RAF members of an Embarkation Unit. They entered the town with the Americans and took up their headquarters by the quayside

French civilians stand at attention and an American Army Gl salutes as the American and French flags are unfurled side by side in the centre of the city of Cherbourg

This is where we go... airmen who may be waiting to join their comrades on the continent study a map of France and the progress of the invasion, in a city bookshop

Airmen of the Second Tactical Air Force Bomb Disposal Flight, assisted in clearing the streets and houses of the ruined city of Caen, Normandy of booby traps left by the fleeing Germans

American paratroopers pictured in the C-47 of the Troop Carrier Air Division of the 12th Air Force, en route to dropping zones in Southern France during the Second World War

At a football match held at Delivrand, in Normandy, a Scottish Pipe band, (Black Watch) entertained the crowd of French civilians and British troops who had gathered to watch the match

The recent heavy rains have taken the creases out of the kilts and Piper Milne of Cainery Road, Aberdeen, and Piper Fraser of Kintore, both of a Scottish military pipe band

Group of US Army nurses first to land with the vanguard of American troops on Normandy beachheads, take time for dinner on the site of the Field Hospital

The first party of Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) attached to the 21st Army Group arrive in Normandy, Northern France following the successful Allied landings on the beaches on 6th June

After long months and even years of hard training and battle, US soldiers register apparent happiness at embarkation for invasion of Normandy, Northern France

American soldiers laden with equipment and weapons assemble on board a small landing craft. ahead of the D-Day invasion and landings on the coast of Normandy, Northern France. Circa 4th June 1944

Photo taken from an American landing craft approaching a beachhead oh the northern coast of France shows American soldiers ready to leap into the surf during the D0-Day landings in Normandy

A panoramic view showing the great armada of warships and merchantmen standing by before returning to the French coast. June 1944

A French villager aids RAF traffic control policeman Corporal Syd Highens of Leicester at a busy road junction in Creully, Normandy, Northern France

Beer and other NaFI supplies are now arriving in France and British troops are once more getting acquainted with British brews. Here are Corporal F. R. Webb of Fulham and Corporal J

As the great Allied tank drive south of Caen along the Odon valley continues in Northern France, as well as the push east of the city to Trouarn

British and Canadian troops captured the city of Caen in Northern France after a massive assault from air land and sea. The Germans resisted bitterly before the city was entered

American soldiers of the US Ninth Division and French patriots ride a captured German tank through the streets in the the centre of the city of Cherbourg

Aerial view showing the rejoicing crowds on the streets of Paris as they greet the entry of the Allied troops, liberating their city from over 4 years of Nazi German occupation

Liberation of the town of Cherbourg in Northern France by the American forces shortly after the successful Allied landings on the beaches of Normandy

An American tank burns furiously after being taken out by a German tank in France, where a bridgehead was being thrown across the Moselle River. September 1944

French Forces of the Interior and civilians stage a victory parade in Paris after the liberation of their city from Nazi occupation.A German effigy is carried atop this truck. 26th August 1944

British soldiers making friends with French families in the Bayeux area of Normandy, Northern France, shortly after the Allied landings. 11th June 1944

General De Gaulle waves to the wildly cheering crowds of his countrymen as he leaves the town square of Laval, France, following an address to the citizens of the recently liberated town

An American M-10 tank destroyer of the US Army rambles along a debris strewn road near St Fromond, Manche, France. This vehicle is moving against Rommels forces in the interior of the continent of

The liberation of Paris from Nazi occupation during the Second World War. At the Arc De Triomphe, three British soldiers once more pay tribute to Frances fallen of 1914-1918

On a narrow strip of beach on the Normandy coast of Northern France, reinforcements of American assault troops assemble before moving in to the interior of the continent in support of the Allied

American soldiers waist deep in water, man a lifeline rigged from a swamped landing craft to the shore on the North coast of France

Operation Bluecoat was a British offensive in the Battle of Normandy, from 30 July until 7 August 1944, during the Second World War

Anxious for news of the outside world, news which has been barred to them for so long, local people of Caen scan leaflets issued by the liberating Allied forces. July 1944. 10th July 1944

Allied forces in Northern France following the invasion of Normandy in the Second World War. The Germans used dummy tanks and decoys in Normandy

After a concentrated air bombardment the British launched an attack from the Caumont area of Northern France at dawn. Photo shows

Scenes at the village of Hottot near the town of Tilly Sur Seulles in Northern France shortly after the D-Day landings. The village which is on the main Caen to St Lo road has seen some bitter

French families being transported to new homes from the war torn Northern French city of Caen by Civil Affairs. The driver, Bert Scott RASC of 55 Links Road, Tooting

American soldiers liaise with members of the French Resistance during the Allied Invasion of France, 1944

The Mulberry B harbour "Port Winston"pre-fabricated port at Gold Beach
The Mulberry B harbour " Port Winston" pre-fabricated port at Gold Beach, Arromanches, Normandy, which was built to to simplify the problem of supplying the Allied Armies in Northern France

Medical officer Captain Rs Devor of South Africa goes on his rounds in his Jeep, with Madamoiselle Dervis, a dispenser from a local hospital who acts as his interpreter in the village of Benouville

Allied Advance through France and Holland to the Rhine River. British army soldiers. Arnhem, Holland. September 1944

A British armoured brigade on the move in Britain during the Second World War. Picture shows tank men enjoy a break and a cup of tea after unloading their Sherman tanks onto a train. 20th April 1944

Soldiers of the Sherwood Foresters infantry regiment, part of the British Second Army in Northern France during Operation Overlord

The British Advance east of Tilly in Normandy, Northern France during the Second World War. Following a heavy opening barrage on 25th June

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