Photos Taken in France | World War II Database

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Schwimmwagen in a canal, northern France, 1943-1944	Sturmgeschütz III and crew, northern France, 1943-1944

Sturmgeschütz III at a road block in a French town, 1943-1944	German Panzerschreck crew on exercise, France, spring 1944, photo 1 of 3

German Panzerschreck crew on exercise, France, spring 1944, photo 2 of 3	German Panzerschreck crew on exercise, France, spring 1944, photo 3 of 3

An officer demonstrating a Panzerschreck weapon to General der Panzertruppen Adolf Kuntzen, Étretat, France, May 1944	General der Panzertruppen Adolf Kuntzen inspecting a Panzerschreck weapon, near Étretat, France, May 1944

German soldier testing a captured British PIAT anti-tank launcher, France, circa May 1944	PT-204, a Higgins 78-footer of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 15 (MTBRon 15) in Bastia harbor, Corsica, France, May 1944.

PT-211, a Higgins 78-footer of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 15 (MTBRon 15) in Bastia harbor, Corsica, France, May 1944. Note the raised rocket launcher rails on the foredeck.	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

B-24 Liberator of the 705th Bomb Squadron over Orly Airfield, Paris, May 14 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 Jeep full of US 101st Airborne paratroopers at a Normandy check-point, Jun 1944. Note Horsa gliders in the background and a box of full M1 Garand ammunition clips in the immediate foreground behind the MP’s leg.	B-26 Marauder departing from a bomb strike on Auderville, France, Jun-Jul, 1944