Allied invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. Normandy task force including landing crafts underway in the English Channel. An LCT(Landing Craft Tank), an LCI (Landing Craft Infantry) and an LCVP (Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel) underway in rough seas. The LCI dead at water and three LCTs underway in the background. Soldiers attach a block to a LCVP. An LCVP alongside a transport ship as it tries to back over it. The LCVP fails to back over the transport ship and moves away. A hook being secured to boat falls of the LCVP. The boat falls hooked onto the LCVP and the LCVP being hoisted away. A man climbs a Jacob's ladder onto a boat boom with an LCVP below. A boat crew climbs a Jacob's ladder. An LCM (Landing Craft, Mechanized) alongside a transport ship.
Allied convoy underway in the English Channel for the D-Day landings on Normandy, France during World War II. British sailors on the deck of HMS Belfast (C35). The sailors talk to each other on the deck of the cruiser. The convoy includes LCTs (Landing Craft Tanks), an LCI (Landing Craft Infantry), destroyers and landing crafts. Barrage balloons over the convoy.
Allied convoy underway in the English Channel for the D-Day landings on Normandy, France during World War II. The convoy includes LCTs (Landing Craft Tanks), an LCI (Landing Craft Infantry), destroyers and landing crafts. Barrage balloons overhead. British gun crews on the destroyers.
Allied convoy underway in the English Channel for the D-Day landings on Normandy, France during World War II. British gun crews on destroyers. The convoy includes LCTs (Landing Craft Tanks), LCIs (Landing Craft Infantry), destroyers and landing crafts. Barrage balloons overhead.
British Royal Navy efforts to protect shipping and convoys in the English Channel during World War 1. Boats are seen behind a breakwater on coast in United Kingdom, during World War 1. A British two-stacker I- class destroyer underway with black smoke pouring from its funnels. British soldiers with weapons and personal gear at a rail yard, with train in background. They descend stairs to a pier and board a crowded troop ferry ship. Two troop ferries underway in the English Channel. View of the British Monitor ship, "Marshal Soult" mounting two 15-inch guns. British soldiers loaded aboard two troop ships departing the United Kingdom (one is a side-wheeler). Women on the pier waving goodbye. A British gunboat underway. View from stern of a boat putting out a good wake. A dirigible low over the water and a steaming warship seen in background. Workmen marching across the mole protecting the German submarine (U-boat) base at Zeebrugge, Belgium (Slate says before it was blown up by the British). (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
A animated map showing the gradual German invasion of Flanders through the Ruhr Region during World War II. On the map, German forces reach northern France and encroaches Dunkirk in the Northern French coast, causing the Battle of Dunkirk. A Heinkel He 111 in flight. A German Luftwaffe soldier unloads bombs from the aircraft to bomb Dunkirk. More bombs fall from a Nazi Heinkel He 111 bomber to Dunkirk. Dunkirk in smoke from bombing. Stuka Junkers JU 87 fighters slightly angle downward to begin dive bombing. Aerial point of view (POV ) of Dunkirk from Stuka Junkers JU 87. German pilot pulling down the center stick, controlling the speed and prevent further descent. Pilot's face as he aims down to Dunkirk and unloads a bomb to the English Channel to attack warships and transport. Side view of flying Stuka Junkers JU 87. Ships sailing in the English Channel.