Allied troops land in Normandy during reinforcement operations in June 1944, in the weeks after D-Day, in World War 2. The U.S. 3rd Armored Division on Landing Ship Tanks (LST) heads towards Normandy. Tanks, trucks, vehicles and equipment on the LSTs. British crew and officers including the Captain on deck. The Captain looks through binoculars. A sailor looks through a telescope. The beach at Normandy filled with battle ships, carriers and Landing ships wait for the tide to recede off shore to avoid unloading equipment in deep water (landing ramps having been destroyed by earlier storms). Barrage balloons overhead. Soldiers build ramps on the beach. Half tracks, trucks and other vehicles driven off the LSTs and across the ramps on the beach.
Allied troops on the French coast shortly after the Allied Invasion of Europe in World War 2. Abandoned fortifications built by slave labor. A soldier looks at metal fences. Officers and soldiers walk through the fort. German weaponry destroyed by retreating German forces. A soldier walks on rubble in Granville. Observation post of the U.S. Navy. A lighthouse that separates Normandy from Brittany. A U.S. soldier on the lighthouse looks out to the sea.
Allied assault force tied up, prior to the invasion of Normandy. Soldier mans 20mm on craft. Landing Ships Tank (LST) and Landing Crafts Utility (LCU) underway. Barrage balloons flying overhead. A sunken liberty ship. 20mm gun mount in the foreground. Officer of the Deck (OOD) walks up with a pair of binoculars and looks out over assault force. Four wounded soldiers on stretchers being hoisted by crane; enlisted men look on. The wounded being received on another ship as sailors look on. The soldiers being lowered on to deck. Navy Lt. in charge of receiving injured men looks on. (World War II period).
Allied fleet advances during the Invasion of Normandy. Bow section of a Landing Ship Tank (LST) underway. Troops, equipment, and guns on board. Wrecked ship, almost sunken. AP or transport ship in the background. Down side of sunken ship. (World War II period).
Allied fleet advances during the Invasion of Normandy. A Red Cross boat steamer. with women on it. Boat is hoisted aboard the ship. Smoke from the steamer stacks. The ship underway. (World War II period).
Allied fleet advances during the Invasion of Normandy. Soldiers and equipment on a Landing Ship Tank (LST). Side of the LST. Bow section of LST. Soldiers seated on military vehicles. Boats tied up alongside. Soldiers stand by the railing on the deck. Ship lines hang nearby. A soldier on edge of the ship ramp.
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