Photos Taken in France | World War II Database

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Reinforcements of men and equipment moving inland at Omaha Beach, Normandy, 8 Jun 1944	Shortly after arriving in Normandy, France, General Bernard Montgomery’s Jeep stopped so he could examine German prisoners being marched toward the beach, 8 Jun 1944.

American men and equipment being landed near Colleville-sur-Mer, France, 9 Jun 1944	Vehicles and British troops on board a LST off Utah Beach, Normandy, 9 Jun 1944

Four US Army soldiers watching Allied bombardment, Saint-Lô, France, Jun 1944	General Bernard Montgomery on a trip to inspect port facilities at Port-en-Bessin, France during the Normandy campaign, 10 Jun 1944.

General Bernard Montgomery standing up in his 1943 Humber Super Snipe staff car during a trip to inspect port facilities at Port-en-Bessin, France during the Normandy campaign, 10 Jun 1944.	Generals Bernard Montgomery, Miles Dempsey, and Omar Bradley at a meeting in the field in Port-en-Bessin, France during the Normandy campaign, 10 Jun 1944.

Generals Omar Bradley and Miles Dempsey at a meeting in the field in Port-en-Bessin, France during the Normandy campaign, 10 Jun 1944.	German beach defense turret at Omaha Beach, Basse-Normandie, France, mid-Jun 1944

Rhino ferry RHF-19 landing CCKW trucks and other vehicles on Omaha Beach, circa 10 Jun 1944. Note Soldier in the right foreground, with waterproofing taped around his rifle.	Tracer fire from Allied warships lighting up the sky off Ouistreham, France, 10 Jun 1944; photo taken from HMS Mauritius, seen in foreground

Traplin, Heldon, and Kennedy of the Canadian Army manning a 40-mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun in Normandy, France, mid-Jun 1944	US Army patrol examining a German 88 mm FlaK anti-aircraft gun with its barrel splayed by the retreating Germans near Montebourg, France, June 1944

'Rhino' ferry vessel off Normandie, France, Jun 1944	A fully loaded DUKW coming ashore at Normandy, France, 11 Jun 1944.

British flail tank on the Normandy beach, France, Jun 1944	British naval craft off Normandy, France, Jun 1944

Captured German remote-controlled explosive carriers, Normandy, France, Jun 1944	Courseulles-sur-Mer in ruins, France, Jun 1944