Photos Taken in Basse-Normandie | World War II Database

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Normandy beach defenses, France, 6 May 1944, photo 1 of 4	Normandy beach defenses, France, 6 May 1944, photo 2 of 4

Normandy beach defenses, France, 6 May 1944, photo 3 of 4	Normandy beach defenses, France, 6 May 1944, photo 4 of 4

Normandy beach defenses, France, 7 May 1944	Aerial photo of the gun battery at Merville, Normandy, France after bombardment, circa May 1944; note the bombing failed to neutralize the battery before Normandy landings

A German shell splashed near a LST off Utah Beach, Normandy, 6 Jun 1944	Aerial view of Utah Beach, Normandy, France, morning of 6 Jun 1944; note flooded Merderet River valley at top of photo

American soldiers coming ashore at Utah Beach, Normandy, France, 6 Jun 1944	American troops waded ashore from a LCVP landing craft, Omaha Beach, Normandy, 6 Jun 1944

American troops watched activity ashore on Omaha Beach as their LCVP landing craft approached the shore, Normandy, 6 Jun 1944, photo 1 of 2	American troops watched activity ashore on Omaha Beach as their LCVP landing craft approached the shore, Normandy, 6 Jun 1944, photo 2 of 2

Americans of the 4th Infantry Division being tended by US Medical Corpsmen by a sea wall at Utah Red Beach, Normandy, France, morning of 6 Jun 1944	Americans of the 8th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division moved out over the seawall on Utah Beach, Normandy, 6 Jun 1944

Canadians guarding captured German troops, Berniers Sur Mer, France, 6 Jun 1944; note Sten gun	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 background

Men of Force U assaulting Utah Beach, Normandy, France, 6 Jun 1944; note duplex-drive tanks	Nevada bombarding off Utah Beach, Normandy, 6 Jun 1944

Nevada firing her forward 14-inch guns off Utah Beach, Normandy, France, 6 Jun 1944	Skytrain transports flew over Utah Beach, 6 Jun 1944