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French civilians lean over their garden wall to greet an american solider of the allied Expeditionary force which made the initial landings in Northern France. June 6th 1944
Transport lighters for the Navy made at Alexandria. On the beach of Alexandria a special type of naval, lighters (a form of flat-bottomed barge) is now being constructed
Horsa Bridge - Pont de Ranville is a road bridge spanning the Orne River about 350m east of Benouville-Pegasus Bridge. The Operation Deadstick was part of the Operation Tonga
Prefabricated Ports. Picture shows: LST Spud pierhead assembly showing clearing ring casualties at the same time army vehicles are being discharged from landing craft. 23rd October 1944
Petra for Normandy. A fleet of small ships are enabling our troops in Normandy to keep on the move. Thousands of 4-gallons Jerry Cans of petrol being stored into a casting vessel. 29th June 1944
This R. A. F reconnaissance picture shows British Horsa glidersThis R.A.F reconnaissance picture shows British Horsa gliders and parachutes after allied airborne landings had been in fields north east of Caen.The fuselage is not broken as it would appear
Liberation of Europe British troop sin Normandy. A street scene in Douvers, as troops take a rest on their way to the front line. 16th June 1944
Paratroops sitting with their kits ready for emplaning, they have a Union Jack which will be one of the first to be planted on French soil. 7th June 1944
The first of many interrogating a night pilot and navigator returning from D-Day operational sortie. 8th June 1944
Liberation of Europe, Airborne troops who made the first landings. Paratroops putting on their war paint before emplaning. 7th June 1944
American paratroopers file along with full equipment to board their transport for the invasion. 8th June 1944
Made at an equipment depot somewhere in England a 25 pounder gun receiving coat of paint at gun park. 26th April 1944
Members of the American unit board LCAs (landing craft auxiliary) carrying full combat equipment before the assault on main land France. 6th June 1944
GI.s (with equipment) entering landing craft during WWII. 6th June 1944
OPERATION PLUTO were pipes played under the ocean during WWII. The scheme was developed by Arthur Hartley, chief engineer with the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
H. M.s Warspite off Le Harve shelling German gun battened in support of the landingsH.M.S Warspite off Le Harve shelling German gun battened in support of the landings on Sword Beach. 6th June 1944
An aerial view of the storming of Beach Head in the great allied attack on the French coast. Tanks and other assault vehicles are seen swarming ashore from landing crafts to open powerful offensive
Inland from French beaches under shell, mortar and sniper fire. Special service troops halt ahead of shelling and scarred buildings. 10th June 1944
Prelude to invasion. U.s Army infantry units, after extensive invasion manoeuvresPrelude to invasion. U.S Army infantry units, after extensive invasion manoeuvres somewhere in England start the long march back to their camps, some of which are 15 miles away. 17th March 1944
The desert villages of South Devon coast are battle scarred and shattered after the area had been used as a battle field by the American forces in extensive invasion training
At 1: 30am on June 8th Allied Supreme H. Q Announced the capture of BAYEUXAt 1:30am on June 8th Allied Supreme H.Q Announced the capture of BAYEUX. Progress beyond the town continued in the face of stiff German resistance
Men of the 11th armoured Division at a communion service in a field prior to the attack on Verson and Eterville 10th July 1944
The Normandy landings were the landing operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II
Lines of A. E. C armoured fighting vehicles with 6 pounder gun at an ordnance depotLines of A.E.C armoured fighting vehicles with 6 pounder gun at an ordnance depot. 26th April 1944
Omaha, commonly known as Omaha Beach, was the code name for one of the five sectors of the Allied invasion of German-occupied France in the Normandy landings on June 6, 1944
American motorised troops rushing to the battle of Cherbourg, pass waving crowds of already liberated France. 27th June 1944
Members of a combat engineer unit march abroad an LST at an English port. 6th June 1944
Prefabricated Ports. Two Prefabricated Ports, each as big as Gibraltar were manufactured in Britain in sections, towed across the channel and set down off the coast of Normandy
Troops wading ashore from landing craft on Queen Sector, Sword Beach. 6th June 1944
An infantry unit undergoes its briefing on receiving assignment for D-day. Captain Robert C. Crission is addressing the men. Circa May 1944
Scenes aboard a British ship as landing ships and craft of the great armada reached the beaches of Normandy. Picture shows: Captain Sir Harold Campbell, R.N
Liberation of Europe. Picture shows: These four officers set their watches before taking off. (left to right) Lieutenant Bobby de Iatour (London) Lt.Don Wells (London)
Allied Invasion of Normandy during the Second World War. A chaplain taking Sunday service aboard the HMS Scylla shortly after D-Day while she was in anchor, still off the Normandy coast
Airborne troops of 6th Airlanding infantry Brigade admire the graffiti chalked on the side of their Horsa glider at an RAF airfield in England as they prepare to fly out to Normandy as reinforcements
Prefabricated Ports. Two Prefabricated Ports each as big as Gibraltar were manufactured in Britain, in sections, towed across the channel, and set down off the coast of Normandy
Hobarts Funnies were a number of unusually modified tanks operated by the 79th Armoured Division and the Royal Engineers. These specialized tanks were developed under the guidance of Major General
Wounded American servicemen are loaded on to an emergency landing strip on the Skytrain Hospital ship of the Ninth Air Force Troop Carrier Command
American paratroopers file along with full equipment to board their transport plane for the allied invasion of Nazi occupied Europe on D-Day. 6th June 1944
Vapour trails over London as planes speed to Normandy, Northern France during the Second World War. June 1944
Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery with Prime Minister Winston Churchill during a tour of the Normandy beach head, following the invasion of Northern France by Allied forces in June 1944
The advance south of Le Beny Bocage continues. British infantry are seen here rushing past the burning remains of a farmhouse in pursuit of the enemy
WW2 France Falaise British tanks and armour passing through Falaise to forward positions. The town was left burning by German incendiaries and havoc caused by RAF bombings. August 1944
Citizens of Courseulles, Normandy read public notices put up by the Allied military authorities following the Allied landings in Northern France. June 1944
WW2 British troops serving refugees in the liberated town of Bayuex, Normandy. Food and dairy produce normally sent to Germany and Paris now available for local use. July 1944
Troops of the Canadian 9th Infantry Brigade part of 3rd Division carrying their bicycles ashore from landing craft LCL 299 in the Nan White Sector of Juno Beach shortly after mid-day on D-Day 6th
American troops in jeeps making their way through a bomb damaged Normandy town in Northern France shortly after the D-Day landings begun the Allied invasion of the continent during World War Two July
Canadian Troops landing on the beaches of Northern France durring the Allied D-Day landings. June 1944
