Photos Taken in France | World War II Database

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Damaged German defensive fortification at Bernières-sur-Mer, France, Jun 1944	Damaged German defensive fortification at Courseulles-sur-Mer, France, Jun 1944

General Montgomery meeting with war correspondents at his headquarters at Château de Cruelly, France during the Normandy campaign, 11 Jun 1944.	Member of the US Navy’s Second Beach Battalion examining a German SdKfz 302 Goliath remote-controlled mine (called Beetles by US forces) on Utah Beach, 11 June 1944. Note DUKW in the background.

Members of the US Navy’s Second Beach Battalion disassembling two German SdKfz 302 Goliath remote-controlled mines (called Beetles by US forces) on Utah Beach, 11 June 1944.	Sherman DD tank at Normandy, France, Jun 1944

The 'Gooseberry' line of the 'Mulberry' artificial harbor off Omaha Beach, Normandy, France, Jun 1944	Two disabled M4 Sherman tanks and a litter Jeep near the heavily damaged Église Saint-Ouen in Rots, France (near Caen), Jun 11, 1944.

View of Juno Beach near Courseulles-sur-Mer, France, Jun 1944	View of the beach area at Bernières-sur-Mer, France, Jun 1944

View of the beach area at Courseulles-sur-Mer, France, Jun 1944	A Jeep being towed ashore at Normandy, France, Jun 12, 1944. Note that censors have deleted markings on the Jeep's front bumper and an object at the right edge. Photo taken by US Navy Combat Photo Unit Eight (CPU-8)

Alan Brooke, Winston Churchill, and Bernard Montgomery at Montgomery's mobile headquarters in Normandy, France, 12 Jun 1944. Photo 1 of 2.	During Winston Churchill’s tour of the Normandy front, he and high ranking officers pause to watch German dive-bombers being engaged by British fighters and anti-aircraft fire, 12 Jun 1944, Normandy, France.

Gen Dwight Eisenhower, Gen George Marshall, and Gen “Hap” Arnold, beside their VIP DUKW during their tour of the Normandy beachhead, Normandy, France, Jun 12, 1944.	Gen “Hap” Arnold, Gen Dwight Eisenhower, Adm Ernest King (white cap behind Eisenhower), and Gen George Marshall visit the guns moved from Pointe du Hoc, Normandy, France, Jun 12, 1944.

Gen “Hap” Arnold, Gen Dwight Eisenhower, MajGen “Cowboy Pete” Corlett (helmet), Gen George Marshall, LtGen Omar Bradley (pointing), and Adm Ernest King visit the guns moved from Pt du Hoc, Normandy, France, Jun 12, 1944.	LCT-550 landing Dodge WC54 field ambulances of the 546th Medical Company at Normandy, France, Jun 12, 1944; note snorkel tube for fording streams on lead ambulance.

Lt General Miles Dempsey, Field Marshall Sir Alan Brooke, Winston Churchill, Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, Prime Minister Jan Christiaan Smuts of the Union of South Africa at Château de Creully, Normandy, France, Jun 12 1944. Photo 2 of 2.	Newly landed US troops moved along Utah Beach at Les Dunes de Madeleine, Normandy, 12 Jun 1944