Picture and Map Gallery for D-Day and Operation Overlord

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Build-up to D-Day - D-Day and Aftermath - Omaha Beach - Utah Beach - Cotentin - Cherbourg - Caen -St Lo - Cobra - Bluecoats - Falaise Gap - Brittany - People - Vehicles/ Ships/ Aircraft - Maps

Build-up to D-Day

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  British soldier with 40mm Bofors AA Gun
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  American LSTs before D-Day
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  Checking Motorbikes in Horsa Glider
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  Paratrooper about to jump on training exercise
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  Ram Mk.II training with Canadian Infantry
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  Underground 7.2in Howitzer Shell Store
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  George VI visits Montgomery, 22 May 1944
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  M7 Priest being prepared for D-Day
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  Gunners guarding a vehicle depot before D-Day
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  Transport Ships leaving for Normandy
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  French Troops arriving in Normandy, 1944

D-Day and Aftermath

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  The Mulberry port at Arromanches
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  Commando unit digs in on D-Day
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  'Gooseberry' Blockships at Arromanches
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  D-Day landings seen from HMS Beagle (Main)
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  D-Day landings seen from HMS Beagle (Left)
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  D-Day landings seen from HMS Beagle (Right)
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  The Mulberry port at Arromanches
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  The Mulberry port at Arromanches
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  The Mulberry port at Arromanches
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  Arromanches Beach, 1945
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  US Troops landing on D-Day
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  9th Canadian Division land on Juno Beach
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  Hochpfählen (High Stake) Beach Obstruction
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  The D-Day Landings from Above
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  American troops prepare to embark before D-Day
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  The D-Day Invasion Fleet
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  Beach Obstructions under construction, Normandy
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  American wounded return to Britain after D-Day
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  D-Day Invasion Currency
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  Inshore End of the Mulberry Harbour, Arromanches
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  Red Cross men landing on D-Day
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  German POWs taken on D-Day
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  Canadian Wounded at Juno Beach
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  German POWs on Juno Beach
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  Beach Master, Normandy, 1944
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  Loading vehicles for Normandy
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  US Paratroopers at St. Mere Eglise
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  German POWs captured in Normandy
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  US Military Police at Trevieres
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  US Troops attack a Farmhouse, Normandy
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  Canadians Defending a Strongpoint, Normandy
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  Blanket Transport for wounded POW
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  German POW taken by US Paratrooper, Normandy
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  British Bren Gunner in Douet
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  Germany Casualty at Ste Mere Eglise
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  Captured German Strongpoint in Normandy
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  German Tank Trap in Normandy
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  Main Street of Isigny
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  German Trenches in Normandy
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  US Troops in Carentan
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  House to House fighting in Normandy
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  Panzerschreck captured in Normandy
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  Combined Operations Bombardment Unit directing Naval Gunfire
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  British Scout in Normandy
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  Allied troops clearing Christot
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  HMS Glasgow under fire off Normandy
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  Sunday Service on HMS Scylla off Normandy
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  Air Evacuation from Normandy
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  British Sniper in Normandy
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  Drinking Cognac in Gun Emplacement
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  Allied Cemetery in Normandy
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  Improvised Battlements, Normandy
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  Cycle Detachment of Royal Warwickshire Regiment, Normandy
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  HMS Holmes drops depth charge off Normandy
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  21cm Kanone 39 at Crisbecq Battery
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  Trucks using Sommerfeld Track, Bayeux
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  Pile of 25-pounder shells being cleared, Normandy
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  Carrier Platoon awaiting orders
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  Montgomery reads the Lesson, July 1944
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  Pioneer Corps Bulldozer clearing ruins
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  British 155mm Gun near Tilly
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  American Wounded treated in Foxhole, Normandy
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  Rhine Ferry going ashore, Normandy
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  Operating Theatre in Normandy, 1944
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  Ruins of Rouen, 1944

Omaha Beach

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  Omaha Beach, June 1945
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  US Landings on Omaha Beach
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  US Reinforcements landing on Omaha Beach

Utah Beach

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  US troops crossing the Sea Wall at Utah Beach
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  Shell cases on USS Hobson (DD-464) after Utah Beach

The Cotentin

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  US Paratroopers at St. Mere Eglise
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  Germany Casualty at Ste Mere Eglise
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  French family leaving Ponte-l'Abbe
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  US Jeep in Valognes
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  Aerial photograph of St. Sauveur-le-Vicomte
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  US Troops in St. Jores, July 1944
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  Teller Mines at La Haye du Puits
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  Captured German Guns near Cherbourg

Cherbourg

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  German Officer captured near Cherbourg
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  German Pillbox near Cherbourg
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  Aerial Photograph of Cherbourg
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  HMS Glasgow under fire off Normandy
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  Allied Fleet off Cherbourg
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  US Casualties arriving from Cherbourg
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  US Artillerymen attack near Cherbourg
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  US Troops in German defensive position near Cherbourg
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  Allied Flags on the Town Hall, Cherbourg
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  Germans surrendering at Cherbourg
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  German dead at Cherbourg
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  Fort de l'ile Pelle, Cherbourg
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  US Officers visiting Cherbourg, 1944
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  Cherbourg town from the air
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  German POWs at Cherbourg, 1944
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  Royal Navy diver being lowered at Cherbourg
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  20.3cm Kanone (Eisenbahn), Jobourg peninsula, Cherbourg
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  US Soldier helping wounded German
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  Wreckage in docks at Cherbourg

Caen

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  Minesweepers in Tilly-sur-Seulles
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  Mine Warning in Tilly-sur-Seulles
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  British Troops between Tilly and Caen
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  German POWs captured south of the River Odon
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  British troops at Tilly-sur-Seulles, late June 1944
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  Caen under Siege, 1944
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  Allied Motorbikes in Caen
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  Artillery and Transport positions outside Caen
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  Water Tower at Lebisey
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  British troops clearing up at La Bijude, Caen
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  German sniper captured at Caen
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  British troops in cornfield near Caen
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  British Wounded Near Caen
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  British troops with captured Hotchkiss MG, Caen
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  5.5in Gun bombards Germans near Caen
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  Allied troops clearing Caen
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  Sherman at La Bijude
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  Montgomery visiting the troops, Caen
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  Ruins of Vaucelles, Caen, 1944
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  Food delivery to British observers, Normandy
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  88mm gun and 17-pounder gun, Cagny, 1944
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  Bombed Canal Bridge, Caen
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  5.5in Gun firing towards Evrecy, 1944
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  Shermans carrying infantry, Operation Goodwood
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  British Infantry during Operation Goodwood
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  Canadian guards German POW, Colombelles
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  RAF bomb damage, Sannerville, 1944
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  Shell Hole in French Barracks, Caen
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  Canadian Patrol near Caen
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  Tiger I knocked out during Operation Goodwood
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  British Troops attacking Cagny
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  Floods at Bretteville, 1944
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  15cm Nebelwerfer 41 captured at Cagny
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  German POWs in Station near Caen
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  Kitchen in Quarry near Fleury-sur-Orne
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  Canadian Snipers near Caen
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  British troops in Culvert near Caen
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  British M10s heading towards Troarn
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  British Trucks in Villers-Bocage, c.August 1944
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  Ruins of Aunay-sur-Odon
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  Clearing mines near Villers-Bocage
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  British Sherman tanks south-east of Caen
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  Canadians clearing May-sur-Orne
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  US Troops passing through Rennes
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  German truck being towed out of tunnel at Hautemesnil

St. Lo

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  Allied Armour in La Haye du Puits
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  US Troops attacking near La Haye du Puits
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  German Wounded at St. Lo
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  American Troops in Sainteny, 1944
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  US Troops clearing Sainteny, 1944
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  US Patrol in ruins of Saint Lo
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  Ruined Street in Saint Lo, 1944

Operation Cobra

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  Allied Troops at Coutances, 1944
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  US Troops patrol Periers
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  15cm sFH 18 knocked out, Operation Cobra
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  M4 Sherman advancing to Saint Gilles, Operation Cobra
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  Sign outside Coutances
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  M3 Half Track on the road to Avranches
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  57mm M1 anti-tank gun on street, Normandy
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  Street in Coutances after Operation Cobra
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  American Infantry clearing house in Percy
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  US Troops passing through Rennes
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  Locomotive destroyed in Normandy
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  Tank of US 1st Army in Norman Town
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  Bazooka on Normandy hedgerow
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  Bazooka crew, Andaines Forest

Operation Bluecoat

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  British Infantry near Caumont, 1944
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  Ordnance 6-pounder anti-tank gun, Bois de Homme, 1944
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  Liberated citizens of Le Beny Bocage
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  British infantry near Cahagnes, 1944
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  German POWs in village near Caumont
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  Ordnance 6-pounder anti-tank gun, Caumont
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  British infantry on Universal Carriers, Caen
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  British Solder in St. Martin-des-Besaces, 1944
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  British troops passing burning Farm, Normandy
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  Bren Gunner in Jurques
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  British and German Wounded near Caumont
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  5.5in Gun firing on Mont Pincon
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  Sherman Kangaroo preparing to cross River Soulevre

Falaise Gap

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  Marking troop positions near Caen, 7 August 1944
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  Bomb damage at Vire Railway Yard, 1944
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  Burning StuG III ausf G, Falaise Road 1944
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  Canadians clearing village near Falaise
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  Ruins of Falaise, 1944
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  German Troops fleeing through Falaise Gap
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  British soldier with PIAT, Falaise Gap
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  German POWs from Falaise Gap
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  Sherman I passes through Flers
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  Typhoon Rocket heading towards target, Falaise Gap
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  German POWs eating Bully Beef, Falaise
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  British and Americans meet at Falaise Gap
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  Hunting Snipers in Normandy Farmhouse

Brittany

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  German POWs and Guards, St. Malo
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  German Doctor emerging from pillbox at Brest
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  Wrecked Pillbox at Brest
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  Using White Phosphorus Shell for cover, Brest
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  Street Fighting at Brest
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  Bomb Damage at Brest, 3 September 1944
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  Colonel Andreas von Aulock, St. Malo
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  General Ramcke surrenders at Brest
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  Bomb damage to U-boat Pens at Brest
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  Entrance to U-Boat pens at Brest

People

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  Rear-Admiral Philip Vian, commander Eastern Force on D-Day
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  Rear Admiral Alan Kirk, commander Western Force on D-Day
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  Montgomery and Leigh-Mallory during Overlord
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  Montgomery and General Graham, commander 50th (Northumbrian) Division
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  General Eisenhower meets a group of paratroops before D-Day
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  Ramsey, Eisenhower and Montgomery on D-Day
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  Admiral Ramsey watching the D-Day landings
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  Cunningham and Portal visit Normandy
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  King George VI visits Normandy Beaches
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  Churchill arrives in Normandy
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  King George VI gives CBE to General Keller
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  Montgomery and Bradley in Normandy
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  Montgomery and Beachmaster, Normandy
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  Eisenhower visits the Normandy Beachhead
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  Montgomery passing German POWs in Normandy
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  Von Schlieben after Surrender at Cherbourg
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  Von Schlieben and Hennecke surrender at Cherbourg
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  Montgomery and Crocker near Caen
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  Colonel Andreas von Aulock, St. Malo
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  Ruined Citadel at St. Malo

Vehicles, Aircraft and Ships

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  'Rhino' self-propelled ferry
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  Airspeed Horsa in Normandy
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  'Rhine' ferry and Landings Ships (Tank)
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  DUKW being loaded into a LST before D-Day
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  Hunt class destroy fires on the D-Day beaches
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  HMS Rodney in action on D-Day
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  Spent shell cases on USS Nevada, D-Day
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  Gliders approach Normandy
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  Hamilcar Glider landings in Normandy
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  American Gliders in Normandy
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  Landing Craft Infantry pass Landing Ship Tank
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  Landing Craft, Infantry, on D-Day
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  British troops in a DUKW on D-Day
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  Waterproofing 17-pounder anti-tank guns
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  Bow view of Landing Craft Assault
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  Floating Kitchen off D-Day Beaches
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  Goliath Tracked Mines, Normandy
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  Gliders flying over the D-Day Fleet
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  25-pounder laying smoke screen, Tilly-sur-Seulles
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  Spitfire XI of No.412 Squadron, RCAF, Normandy
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  Sherman Tanks in Cherbourg, 1944
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  4.5in Gun near Caen
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  Churchill Tank at Tilly-sur-Seulles

Maps

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  Map showing the D-Day Beaches
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  D-Day beachheads at midnight, 6-7 June 1944
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  British 2nd Army on D-Day
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  The Omaha Beach Area
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  German defences and American plans, Omaha Beach
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  Actual Landing Zones, Omaha Beach
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  Omaha Beach at Noon, 6 June 1944
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  Omaha Beach at Midnight, 6-7 June 1944
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  Utah Beach on D-Day
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  Juno Beach on D-Day
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  Gold Beach on D-Day
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  Sword Beach on D-Day
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  Inner Harbour of Cherbourg, 1944

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