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Canadian troops at the LCanadian troops waiting in ditches with their bicycles as men of the UK 48th Royal Marine Commando took cover from mortar fire on the road side near St Aubin Sur Mer, Normandy, France, 6 Jun 1944
Canadian troops at the L'église Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité in Bernières-sur-Mer, near Juno Beach, Normandy, France, 6 Jun 1944Canadian troops waiting in ditches with their bicycles as men of the UK 48th Royal Marine Commando took cover from mortar fire on the road side near St Aubin Sur Mer, Normandy, France, 6 Jun 1944
Canadians guarding captured German troops, Berniers Sur Mer, France, 6 Jun 1944; note Sten gunCommandos of the 1st Special Service Brigade, British 2nd Army landing on
Canadians guarding captured German troops, Berniers Sur Mer, France, 6 Jun 1944; note Sten gunCommandos of the 1st Special Service Brigade, British 2nd Army landing on 'Queen Red' sector of Sword Beach, la Breche, Normandy, France, at 0840 on 6 Jun 1944
Crash-landed Allied Horsa Mk I glider near Hiesville, Normandy, France, 6 Jun 1944Dead American soldiers of 3rd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division on Omaha Beach in Normandy, 6 Jun 1944
Crash-landed Allied Horsa Mk I glider near Hiesville, Normandy, France, 6 Jun 1944Dead American soldiers of 3rd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division on Omaha Beach in Normandy, 6 Jun 1944
Fire further inland from the Juno Beach landing area, Normandy, France, 6 Jun 1944German prisoners awaiting transfer at the beaches of Normandie, France, 6 Jun 1944; note disabled Sherman Crab flail tank in background
Fire further inland from the Juno Beach landing area, Normandy, France, 6 Jun 1944German prisoners awaiting transfer at the beaches of Normandie, France, 6 Jun 1944; note disabled Sherman Crab flail tank in background
German prisoners of war in a barbed-wire enclosure on Utah Beach, Normandy, 6 Jun 1944; note M4 Sherman tank Hamilcar gliders of 6th Airlanding Brigade carrying light armored vehicles coming into landing near Ranville, France, afternoon of 6 Jun 1944; note gliders
German prisoners of war in a barbed-wire enclosure on Utah Beach, Normandy, 6 Jun 1944; note M4 Sherman tank 'Delphia' and stranded LCT-855 in backgroundHamilcar gliders of 6th Airlanding Brigade carrying light armored vehicles coming into landing near Ranville, France, afternoon of 6 Jun 1944; note gliders' steep angle of approach.
Injured men of the US 16th Infantry Regiment waited by the Chalk Cliffs for evacuation to a field hospital for further medical treatment, Collville-sur-Mer, Normandy, 6 Jun 1944Landing craft sailing for Normandy beach, France, 6 Jun 1944
Injured men of the US 16th Infantry Regiment waited by the Chalk Cliffs for evacuation to a field hospital for further medical treatment, Collville-sur-Mer, Normandy, 6 Jun 1944Landing craft sailing for Normandy beach, France, 6 Jun 1944
LCI(L), LCM and LCVP landing craft approached Omaha Beach, Normandy, 6 Jun 1944LCI(L)-490 and LCI(L)-496 approached Omaha Beach, Normandy, 6 Jun 1944
LCI(L), LCM and LCVP landing craft approached Omaha Beach, Normandy, 6 Jun 1944LCI(L)-490 and LCI(L)-496 approached Omaha Beach, Normandy, 6 Jun 1944
LCVP landing craft from Amphibious Transport Ship USS Samuel Chase approaching Omaha Beach. The boat is smoking from a fire that resulted when a German machine gun bullet hit a soldier’s hand grenade.LCVP landing craft from LST-284 off Utah Beach, Normandy, France, 6 Jun 1944. LCI(L)-321 is in the background.
LCVP landing craft from Amphibious Transport Ship USS Samuel Chase approaching Omaha Beach. The boat is smoking from a fire that resulted when a German machine gun bullet hit a soldier’s hand grenade.LCVP landing craft from LST-284 off Utah Beach, Normandy, France, 6 Jun 1944. LCI(L)-321 is in the background.
LCVP landing craft putting American troops onto Omaha Beach, Normandy, France, 6 Jun 1944LSTs landing vehicles and cargo on a Normandy beach, June 1944, photo 1 of 2
LCVP landing craft putting American troops onto Omaha Beach, Normandy, France, 6 Jun 1944LSTs landing vehicles and cargo on a Normandy beach, June 1944, photo 1 of 2
LSTs landing vehicles and cargo on a Normandy beach, June 1944, photo 2 of 2M4 Sherman tanks and men of the Canadian 7th Infantry Brigade landing on a crowded beach at Courseulles-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, 6 Jun 1944
LSTs landing vehicles and cargo on a Normandy beach, June 1944, photo 2 of 2M4 Sherman tanks and men of the Canadian 7th Infantry Brigade landing on a crowded beach at Courseulles-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, 6 Jun 1944

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