Allied fleet during D-Day Normandy invasions during World War II. Aerial view of the Allied fleet sailing on the English Channel heading to Normandy. A bomber formation in flight. Barrage balloons flying over Allied ships on the English Channel. A British officer uses a microphone on deck. Ships firing artillery at German positions on the coast of Normandy. Landing crafts sail toward Normandy beaches. Battleship firing artillery. British soldiers on landing craft sailing rough waters. Explosion from Allied ship artillery fire. Famous shot of British Infantry soldiers exiting from landing craft upon arrival on the beachhead. Troops move through the beachhead. Famous shot of soldier falling dead after being shot on Omaha Beach
Troops on the beachheads during the Allied invasion of Normandy during World War II. Allied fleet of ships firing artillery at German positions on the coast of Normandy. Waves crash at rocky cliffs as United States soldiers assemble on Omaha Beach. United States soldiers use shovels to dig in on against cliff face. An injured soldier lies down on the trench while watching another soldier dig. Soldiers assembling TNT explosive charges and detonating cord.
Troops receive medical care on the beachheads during the Allied invasion of Normandy during World War II. Injured and dead soldiers on the beach after German firing ends. United States soldiers carry dead on stretchers against cliff faces. An injured soldier without a shirt being treated for wounds. Soldier holds an IV fluid bag while a medic treats a patient. A United States medic treats a German soldier’s hand wound. Two captured German soldiers sitting on beach.
Barrage balloons fly over Allied fleet during the invasion of Normandy during World War II. A flag with 4 stars on the mast the HMS Apollo where United States General Dwight D. Eisenhower sails. United States General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Admiral Bertram Ramsay talk while they observe the invasion of Normandy onboard a ship. United States General Omar Bradley climbs a rope ladder to join General Eisenhower and Admiral Ramsey. Soldiers standing in formation upon the arrival of British General Bernard L. Montgomery. Aides assist General Montgomery as he comes aboard ship. Admiral Bertram Ramsay, General Dwight D. Eisenhower and General Bernard L. Montgomery smiling together.
A German map depicting the French, British and Belgian cities located near the English Channel during World War II. German Luftwaffe pilots preparing their Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighters. Luftwaffe Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant Colonel) and night-fighter ace Helmut Lent briefing with officers. Helmut Lent smiling. A fighter spinner propeller begins to move. Helmut Lent’s Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter takes off from the airfield. A group of German Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighters taking off. German gunmen shooting at Allied aircraft with Flak 38 anti-aircraft gun. German crew with 88-mm FlaK-37 anti-aircraft artillery shooting at Allied aircraft in France. Crash site of a United States bomber shot down by German forces. Bent propellers and smoldering wreckage of crashed plane. A downed Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber captured by German forces after a belly landing. German troops capture United States crewmen standing next to parachutes and wrecked plane. German soldiers frisk captured crewmen. German soldiers lead captured crewmen away.
French casualties due to allied air raids during World War 2. Houses and storefronts on fire during an air raid. German troops respond to fires. Two men evacuate a girl. A French family hugging. German troops transport French casualties on stretchers. An upset French woman comforting her daughter. French men and women watch as German medics evacuate patients and casualties into trucks. A German soldier delivers mail to slit trenches. German troops reading mail. German troops sharing mail to each other. A young German soldier smokes a pipe. German SS soldier eating bread while smiling. A German SS soldier smoking a cigarette and smiling. A SS Division Hitlerjugend Commander shakes hands with officers after presenting decorations. Soldiers respond with a Nazi salute.