Allied convoys at Omaha beach in Normandy, France during World War II. United States Army half tracks, motor carriages, two and a half ton trucks tow covered artillery pieces as the convoy moves down a road under the direction of British Military Police officers. English children wave to a convoy of trucks as it moves past them. Trucks, jeeps and other military vehicles being loaded onto a Landing Craft Tank( LCT). A truck backs onto a LCT. Soldiers push vehicles onto a LCT.
Map shows French coast and principal cities of interest, during the Allied invasion in World War 2. Truckloads of German troops, including one filled with German woman in uniform, drive rapidly along a dirt road to confront the Allied invasion at Normandy, France, during World War 2. An improvised sign in a tree reads, "Einhahnstrasse Z. Front," identifying the road to the front lines. A German soldier hands out newspapers to others passing on bicycles. A headline in the paper reads:"Eisenhower hat uns nicht überrascht" (Eisenhower didn't surprise us). German soldiers on bicycles ride past the camera. A Sign in large letters reads:"Feindeinsicht" (Enemy in sight) and adds precautionary comments. German army vehicles camouflaged with foliage drive past destroyed Allied armored vehicles. Closeup of a German soldier with foliage on his helmet, looking about as he rides along in an open vehicle. Formations of allied warplanes appear overhead. German troops on the road scurry to the sides of the road and take cover as precaution against Allied air attack. German antiaircraft batteries in action. One Allied aircraft is hit. The pilot bails out. His chute is visible. A U.S. B-17 bomber falls, with part of its left wing blown off. Smoke rising from wreckage of two Allied aircraft on the ground.
U.S. Merchant Marine amphibious vehicles during the invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. Equipment roll out of a landing barge. An amphibious DUKW rolls up on a beach. British hospital ship Prague (#61) underway. Men and supplies on the Normandy beach. Allied infantry climb up. The beach in the background. An LCT (Landing Craft Tank) disgorge supplies. A tank is driven away. Soldiers unload supplies. A wind indicator on a masthead. A cargo ship underway in a harbor. Cargo ships at a dock.
Allied fleet underway in the Atlantic Ocean towards Normandy, France during World War II. Four LCIs ( Landing Craft Infantry ) underway. A dim coastline in the background. Sea gulls fly overhead. A British cruiser of the Country Class underway and smoke rises from its stacks. A steel barge being loaded down with heavy gear. An LCT ( Landing Craft Tank ) and an LCM ( Landing Craft Mechanized ) near Normandy beachhead as barrage balloons fly overhead. An LST ( Landing Ship Tank ) on the beach as it unloads heavy equipment. Rough sea breaks over the wreckage at the beach. A cargo ship anchored off the coast of Normandy with a rough sea in the foreground.
Allied fleet underway in the Atlantic Ocean towards Normandy, France during World War II. A wrecked LCI ( Landing Craft Infantry ) fleet underway at sea in the background and a rough sea in the foreground. A large group of amphibious craft tied up alongside a mother ship. An LCI underway with bow completely out of water. A Coast Guard patrol boat underway in water. A Task Force off the coast of Normandy with barrage balloons flying overhead. An LST ( Landing Ship Tank) and a patrol boat underway at sea with an LCVP ( Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel ) underway in the foreground. A French boat near Normandy beach. A steel pier built in water. A Liberty ship with two LCTs ( Landing Craft Tanks) tied up along side. A sunken ship in the background. A city on the beach as barrage balloons fly overhead. The LST ( Landing ship Tank ) with its bow up on the beach as barrage balloons fly overhead.
Allied fleet at Normandy, France during World War II. A Cutter being beached at a coast in Normandy. A Coast Guard patrol boat with a cargo net hanging over its side. The bow of a patrol boat and a wrecked landing craft in the background. A wrecked patrol boat. Soldiers walk past in the foreground. Patrol boats docked as American flags fly aboard them. Four patrol boats tied up along side one another. Men come out of a hatch on a patrol boat. Two men come near a ready box and grab two 20 mm magazines. Gun crew mans a 20 mm anti aircraft gun. A man puts on a magazine. A patrol boat and two cargo vessels anchored in the background.