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The first RAF Repair and Salvage Unit was working operationally within three days of landing on the shores of Normandy, Northern France
Red Cross flag seller in central London catches up on the latest news from Normandy following the Allied invasion. 7th June 1944
The aftermath of the Battle for Caen. The town fell to Canadian and British troops on the 9th July after a sustained bombardment which caused substantial damage to the town
Madame Scarlett, hotelkeeper of the Hotel Des Fleurs in Les Andrelys on the Seine, France, proudly wearing her blouse made from a Union Jack flag as she welcomes liberating British troops into
Lorries, Bren Carriers and despatch riders all fork part of this long convoy of Canadian men and equipment moving in to Caen during the Battle of Normandy in the Second World War. July 1944
An American Sherman tank on the British front in Normandy, Northern France, mounting a 17 pounder British gun. The conversion has been made in the United Kingdom
These photographs give some indication of what a gigantic task the construction of the two prefabricated ports, their towing across the Channel, and installation off the coast of Normandy entailed
Two pre-fabricated Ports, each as big a a Gibraltar were manufactured in Britain in segments, towed across the Channel and set down off the coast of Normandy
Sherman tanks pass other tanks and crew waiting for the order to advance on Caen, which was captured by British and Canadian forces on 9th July 1944
Preparations for the Allied invasion of Normandy, Northern France during the Second World War. The mounting mass of materials produced by factories, and the training of men to use them
Allied D-Day landings on the beaches of Normandy, Northern France during the Second World War. American G.I. soldiers with equipment entering the landing craft before the invasion. June 1944
Landing craft infantry of the 9th Canadian Infantry prior to their landing on Juno beach during the D-Day landing sin Normandy, Northern France. 6th June 1944
British troops continue to land on the beach-heads of Normandy, Northern France to support their comrades who made the crossing the previous day as part of the Allied D-Day landings
British and Canadian troops enter the liberated town of Falaise, Northern France. The Falaise Pocket was the decisive engagement of the Battle of Normandy
Spitfire fighter aircraft piloted by pilots of the Royal Norwegian Air Force give fighter cover and close support to the Navy and Amy
In a flower covered field in France, an American Waco CG-4 glider takes off for the first time on foreign territory since the D-Day landings
The first British 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
When Caen was captured by British and Canadian forces on 9th July 1944, Sherman tanks took a large part In the attack. Picture shows: Royal Riglneers engaged on mine clearing
On 9th July 1944, British and Canadian troops captured the city of Caen in Normandy, Northern France after a massive assault from air, sea and land
After heavy fighting in the advance on Tilly-sur-Seulles, the village of Christot in Normandy, Northern France was taken. The village was damaged by heavy shelling Many snipers were left behind by
Allied forces in Northern France following the invasion of Normandy in the Second World War. In support of the Allied landings on the French coast
On the morning of 25th June, an attack was made by British troops on the village of Fontenay-le-Pesnal in an effort to straighten the line in the Tilly-Sur-Seulles area of Normandy, Northern France
The German army retreat north east of the Calvados town of Fire in Northern France during the Allied advance. Photo shows: Planting positions for field guns near Villers-Bocage
A truck carrying members of an Artillery unit roars over the highways of France, towing an eight inch gun. It is such artillery support that has paved the way for the rapid American advance in
French villagers and farmers in the forward areas are, of necessity, suffering from the wars backwash, forced during the fighting to scatter to shelter with what possessions they can carry
Tenacious fighting has been in progress on the Tilly-Caen front in Normandy, Northern France and fresh German Panzer divisions have been thrown into battle
British and Canadian troops pushing on beyond Caen on July 10 and all have been engaged in the fiercest battles Normandy has yet seen
The British attack between Tilly and Caen in Normandy, Northern France is being fiercely fought out. Extensive gaps have been made in the enemy lines
While US troops overrun the Cherbourg Peninsula, British troops fought a holding battle between Caen and the Cerisy Forest
US tanks and infantry move up near Saint-Jores, France with supporting infantrymen creeping and crawling through a ditch taking protective cover from the foliage along side the route. 17th July 1944
Thousands of Allied Naval Craft ferry to and from the beachhead in Northern France form an impressive picture, taken from a B-26 Marauder of the Ninth US Air Force which was on its way to bomb
GERMAN TROOPS RUN FOR COVER AS ALLIED PLANE MAKES ATTACK ON BEACH OBSTACLES DURING D-DAY LANDINGS. This picture, taken from an Allied fighter
