Submerged tank with only turret visible offshore on D-Day. Landing craft sinks in rough waters as three soldiers cling to it during the Invasion of Normandy (D-Day) in World War 2. United States soldiers jump into the water from sinking landing craft. Soldier swims to a lifesaver. Thick smoke from fire on the beach of Normandy. More Allied vehicles such as jeeps, trucks, and tanks, arrive on the beaches of Normandy. A United States GMC DUKW 353 amphibious truck with soldiers on the beach. A stone house on fire. Pillbox in ruins and on fire after assault by allied soldiers. A surviving German soldier partially buried in a trench brushes sand away from his face, trying not to suffocate.
Allied soldiers fighting in battle during the Invasion of Normandy (D-Day) in World War 2. A house is on fire, with explosion. An artillery piece on the beach. United States soldiers wearing leaf camouflage helmets, march on the beach. A ship on fire in background as allied ground forces unload supplies from ships, barrage balloons floating in the sky above them. British soldiers unload from a landing craft on beach. Soldiers, with backpacks and carrying rifles, explore ruins and devastated town, crouching and sometimes ducking as they progress. A U.S. Army tank (M4A2 Sherman III Duplex Drive “Donald Duck” tank) reverses next to railroad tracks while soldiers take cover next to wall. British troops following Sherman tank as it surges forward. Soldiers kneeling in village. French woman shakes hands with Allied soldiers as they enter a town along railroad line with tanks.
Allied soldiers and tanks (M4A2 Sherman III Duplex Drive “Donald Duck” tank) enter a French town after the Invasion of Normandy (D-Day) during World War 2. British soldiers running into town A dead French civilian on the road. British soldiers marching beside ruins. A French street devastated in ruins during D-Day. British soldier fires gun at house and field. Destroyed pillbox with bodies of dead German soldiers lying by the ruins. United States soldiers patrol a cemetery, shake hands with French man. A destroyed cottage with house roof skeleton exposed. Soldier rides a wheeled artillery canon being pulled by a tracked vehicle. A statuette of the Virgin Mary near an American soldier. Soldiers bring more supplies. Soldiers meet French locals while patrolling street. United States soldiers hiding in foliage attempt to draw fire from a sniper by raising a piece of cloth on the end of a rifle. Allied soldiers guard captured German prisoners. A pile of confiscated weapons from captured German prisoners in Normandy.
Various field artillery firing under camouflage nets during Operation Windsor, part of the Battle of Caen during World War 2. Royal Canadian forces advance on Carpiquet airfield. Canadian soldiers crouch for cover. Canadian soldiers firing with mortar field artillery. Carpiquet airfield in smoke as seen from the fields. A camouflaged soldier aims his rifle and shoots. Soldiers in a tank. Close up of tank firing its machine gun. Canadian soldiers firing with machine gun behind hedgerows. A soldier uses binoculars, pointing at a direction, while standing on a tank. Carpiquet airfield buildings destroyed after Canadian shelling. The attack was conducted by the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, 8th Canadian Infantry Brigade, and 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade.
French soldiers of the 2nd Armored Division cheer upon the sight of Cherbourg coast during World War 2. French soldiers walk to rail at the first sight of the coast of Cherbourg. French soldiers waving and cheering upon sight of the Cherbourg coast. French soldiers waving with their hats on deck. Some soldiers raise their helmets. Soldiers climbing up a ship’s mast. A lieutenant wearing glasses watch the coast of Cherbourg as the ship draws near.
Free French soldiers of the 2nd Armored Division climb down the rope net of a Liberty ship onto a landing craft departing for Cherbourg during World War 2. Landing craft with soldiers and vehicles pulls away from the ship. Soldiers watch the landing craft move away from the stern. A group of Liberty ships in the Cherbourg harbor. Free French soldiers watch landing craft unloading.
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