Cpl Gordon C Powell 82nd Armored Reconnaissance Battalion
Cpl. Gordon C. Powell of the 82nd Armored Reconnaissance Battalion in Pacy-Sur-Eure, France, as American and British troops meet on August 27th, 1944. U.S. Army officers discuss the situation on the pavement w... More
A pilot of No. 175 Squadron RAF scrambles to his waiting Hawker Typhoo...
A pilot of No. 175 Squadron RAF scrambles to his waiting Hawker Typhoon Mk IB fighter-bomber at Le Fresne-Camilly in Normandy, 24 July 1944. A pilot of No. 175 Squadron RAF scrambles to his waiting Hawker Typho... More
Allied Campaign in North West Europe, 6 June 1944 - 7 May 1945 B5354
Allied Campaign in North West Europe, 6 June 1944 - 7 May 1945 Prime Minister Winston Churchill on 12 June 1944, on board a destroyer going to France, with Field Marshal Jan Smuts, Field Marshal Sir Alan Brooke... More
Allied Campaign in North West Europe, 6 June 1944 - 7 May 1945 B7881
Allied Campaign in North West Europe, 6 June 1944 - 7 May 1945 Prime Minister Winston Churchill observes destruction at Caen, France, with General Sir Bernard Montgomery and Lieutenant General Sir Miles Dempsey... More
British troops from 3rd Division, some with bicycles, move inland from...
British troops from 3rd Division, some with bicycles, move inland from Sword Beach, Normandy, 6 June 1944. Troops from 3rd Division, some with bicycles, move inland from Sword Beach, 6 June 1944. Photograph tak... More
Flight Lieutenant C L F "Jimmy" Talalla of No. 122 Squadron RAF, stand...
Flight Lieutenant C L F "Jimmy" Talalla of No. 122 Squadron RAF, standing in front of his North American Mustang Mk III at Ellon, Normandy, 6 August 1944. Flight Lieutenant C L F "Jimmy" Talalla of No. 122 Squa... More
L-Cpl E Martin of the Corps of Military Police sits astride his motorc...
L/Cpl E Martin of the Corps of Military Police sits astride his motorcycle and chats to Cpl Joyce Collins and L/Cpl Celia Strong, ATS clerks at 21st Army Group HQ, Normandy, 28 July 1944. L/Cpl E Martin of the ... More
Lille-Seclin airfield - Royal Air Force 1939-1945 Fighter Command C468
Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Fighter Command Pilots of No 87 Squadron run to their Hurricane fighters for a mock 'scramble' at Lille-Seclin, November 1939. By now some replacement Hurricanes were arriving in Fran... More
Normandy - July 1944 Art.IWMARTLD5459
Normandy - July 1944 image: four British soldiers sit in a ditch at the side of a field near their truck. One of the men is warming himself by a campfire while another is writing in a note book with some rolle... More
Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Fighter Command CL709
Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Fighter Command Men of an RAF airfield construction wing finish off the 5,000ft runway at Lingevres (B-19), 6 August 1944. Iron stakes are being driven in to secure the metal SMT (squ... More
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1939-1941. C496
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1939-1941. Aircrew a No. 77 Squadron RAF Detachment at Villeneuve/Vertus, France, prepare to board Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mark V, N1357 'KN-H', for a leaflet-dropping ("Nick... More
Royal Air Force- 2nd Tactical Air Force, 1943-1945. CL1117
Royal Air Force- 2nd Tactical Air Force, 1943-1945. Group Captain D J Scott, leader of No. 123 Wing, (wearing Mae West) converses with another RAF officer on arriving at B53/ Merville, France, watched by an int... More
Royal Air Force- 2nd Tactical Air Force, 1943-1945. CL1176
Royal Air Force- 2nd Tactical Air Force, 1943-1945. Squadron Leader K K Majumdar of No. 268 Squadron RAF sitting in the cockpit of his Hawker Typhoon FR Mark IB at B43/Fort Rouge, France.
Royal Air Force- 2nd Tactical Air Force, 1943-1945. CL1827
Royal Air Force- 2nd Tactical Air Force, 1943-1945. Warrant Officer D Gosling (left) and Squadron Leader G H Hayhurst of No. 604 Squadron RAF, stand in front of their De Havilland Mosquito NF Mark XII in the sn... More
Royal Air Force- 2nd Tactical Air Force, 1943-1945. CL182A
Royal Air Force- 2nd Tactical Air Force, 1943-1945. A Supermarine Spitfire Mark IX raises the dust while taxying at an advanced landing ground - probably B2/Bazenville - in Normandy. The Spitfire is fitted wi... More
Royal Air Force- 2nd Tactical Air Force, 1943-1945. CL3182
Royal Air Force- 2nd Tactical Air Force, 1943-1945. The last crew to return from the last operational mission undertaken by No. 88 Squadron RAF prior to its disbandment, walk away from their Douglas Boston Mark... More
Royal Air Force- 2nd Tactical Air Force, 1943-1945. CL743
Royal Air Force- 2nd Tactical Air Force, 1943-1945. Wing Commander J R Baldwin, leader of No. 146 Wing, with his Hawker Typhoon Mark IB at B3/Sainte Croix-sur-Mer. Baldwin joined the RAFVR and served as a grou... More
Royal Air Force- Italy, the Balkans and South-east Europe, 1944-1945. ...
Royal Air Force- Italy, the Balkans and South-east Europe, 1944-1945. Aircraftman 1st Class D F Diplock of Mevagissey, Cornwall (left), and Leading Aircraftman A E Butler of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, opera... More
Royal Marine Commandos attached to 3rd Division for the assault on Swo...
Royal Marine Commandos attached to 3rd Division for the assault on Sword Beach move through Colleville-sur-Orne on their way to relieve forces at Pegasus Bridge, Normandy, 6 June 1944. Royal Marine Commandos at... More
Supermarine Spitfire Mark IXs of No. 242 Squadron RAF at Calenzana, Co...
Supermarine Spitfire Mark IXs of No. 242 Squadron RAF at Calenzana, Corsica, after a patrol over the invasion beaches in southern France, 17 August 1944. Operation DRAGOON: the Allied invasion of southern Franc... More
The Allied Campaign in North-west Europe, 6 June 1944 - 7 May 1945 B53...
The Allied Campaign in North-west Europe, 6 June 1944 - 7 May 1945 The Battle for Normandy: A Bren-gunner, Private W Wheatley of 'A' Company, 6th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry, 50 Division, giving supportin... More
The Allied Campaign in North-west Europe, 6 June 1944 - 7 May 1945 B55...
The Allied Campaign in North-west Europe, 6 June 1944 - 7 May 1945 Looking out a window in Bayeux at a never ending line of Army vehicles of the 30th Corps as they make for the front line.
The Allied Campaign in North-west Europe, 6 June 1944 - 7 May 1945 B67...
The Allied Campaign in North-west Europe, 6 June 1944 - 7 May 1945 The Battle for Normandy: A British soldier in Caen after its liberation, gives a helping hand to an old lady amongst the scene of utter devasta... More
The Allied Campaign in North-west Europe, 6 June 1944 - 7 May 1945 B68...
The Allied Campaign in North-west Europe, 6 June 1944 - 7 May 1945 The Battle for Normandy: A British sniper, Private Sutcliffe, seated at a window of a house in Caen watching for enemy snipers through telescop... More
The Allied Campaign in North-west Europe, 6 June 1944 - 7 May 1945 B72...
The Allied Campaign in North-west Europe, 6 June 1944 - 7 May 1945 The Battle for Normandy: A lorry with supplies moving along the floating roadway which was one of the most valuable components of the Mulberry ... More
The British Army in France 1939-40 O576
The British Army in France 1939-40 Matilda Mk I tanks of 4th Royal Tank Regiment being transported by train from Cherbourg to Amiens, 28 September 1939.
The British Army in Normandy 1944 B5043
The British Army in Normandy 1944 French civilians pass a British military policeman by a narrow gauge railway line in La Breche, 6 June 1944.
The British Army in Normandy 1944 B6773
The British Army in Normandy 1944 Military policemen of 8th Corps eat their breakfast at Cully, 9 July 1944.
The British Army in Normandy 1944 B7594
The British Army in Normandy 1944 A military policeman guides a Humber scout car across a bridge over the Odon, 16 July 1944.
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B5803
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Royal Army Medical Corps nurses and women of the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service (QAIMNS) carry a wounded soldier out of the operating tent at ... More
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7270
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Men of the Defence Company, 2nd Army Headquarters enjoying an issue of beer, Creully, 14 July 1944.
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7671
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Operation 'Goodwood', 18 July 1944.
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7770
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Winston Churchill with General Montgomery, 21 July 1944.
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B9032
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Crosses being made for the cemetery in Roucamps at the foot of Mont Pincon, 12 August 1944.
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B9329
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Cromwell tanks of 2nd Northamptonshire Yeomanry, 11th Armoured Division, passing through Flers, 17 August 1944.
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B9617
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 A civilian woman pours a drink of cider for a Bren gunner in action in Lisieux, 22 August 1944.
The British Expeditionary Force (BEF) in France 1939-1940 F4539
The British Expeditionary Force (bef) in France 1939-1940 British troops on the Somme Front: Two Grenadier guardsmen help a wounded German pilot after his capture.
The Visit of the Prime Minister, Winston Churchill To Caen, Normandy, ...
The Visit of the Prime Minister, Winston Churchill To Caen, Normandy, 22 July 1944 The Prime Minister, the Rt Hon Winston Churchill, MP, with men of the 50th Division who took part in the D-Day landings. Behind... More
The Visit of the Prime Minister, Winston Churchill To Caen, Normandy, ...
The Visit of the Prime Minister, Winston Churchill To Caen, Normandy, 22 July 1944 The Prime Minister, the Rt Hon Winston Churchill, MP, with men of the 50th Division who took part in the D-Day landings. Behind... More
The Visit of the Prime Minister, Winston Churchill To Caen, Normandy, ...
The Visit of the Prime Minister, Winston Churchill To Caen, Normandy, 22 July 1944 The Prime Minister, the Rt Hon Winston Churchill, MP, standing in a staff car, talking to British and Canadian troops at the 'W... More
6thbritairbornenormandytrench - A black and white photo of a man holdi...
IWM caption : THE BRITISH ARMY IN THE NORMANDY CAMPAIGN 1944. Commandos of 1st Special Service Brigade digging in near Horsa gliders on 6th Airborne's lodgement zone east of the River Orne.
Bombing up at Villeneuve-Vertus WWII IWM C 984
IWM caption : Armourers hook up a train of bomb trolleys to a Fordson tractor for transport to awaiting bombers at Villeneuve/Vertus. Note the Chance Light trailer parked in the background.
Broadhurst and Portal in Fieseler Storch WWII IWM CL 3862
Air Vice-Marshal J H Broadhurst, the Air Officer Commanding No 83 Group (left) and Chief of the Air Staff, Marshal of the RAF Sir Charles Portal, sitting in the cockpit of Broadhurst's Fiesler Storch at B11/Lo... More
C 001234Hurricane1Sqn1940
Hawker Hurricane Mark I, N2358 'Z', of No. 1 Squadron RAF is refuelled while undergoing an engine check at Vassincourt.
Caumontadvance - A group of men riding motorcycles down a dirt road
A motorcycle and infantry of the 2nd Glasgow Highlanders, 46th Brigade, 15th (Scottish) Division, advance along a lane near Caumont,
Churchill Crocodile 02 - A black and white photo of a tank in a field
THE BRITISH ARMY IN THE NORMANDY CAMPAIGN 1944. Churchill Crocodile. Public domain photograph of a tank, military armed vehicle, construction vehicle, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Crashed Horsa glider near Ranville
Glider troops beside their Horsa glider, which crashed through a stone wall during its landing on 6th Airborne Division's drop zone near Ranville, 6 June 1944.
Cricket at B5-Le Fresne IWM CL 407
IWM caption : Ground crew enjoying a game of cricket as others service a Hawker Typhoon Mark IB of No. 174 Squadron RAF outside a canvas hangar at B5/Le Fresne Camilly, Normandy.
Epsom 26 June - A black and white photo of a group of soldiers
IWM caption : THE BRITISH ARMY IN THE NORMANDY CAMPAIGN 1944. 7th Seaforth Highlanders, 15th (Scottish) Division wait at the start line for the signal to advance during Operation 'Epsom'.
Frenchciviliansburon - A group of people walking down a dirt road
THE BRITISH ARMY IN THE NORMANDY CAMPAIGN 1944 A French family returns to their village, Buron, north-west of Caen, which was completely wrecked during the fighting,
Glider troops June 1944
THE BRITISH ARMY IN THE NORMANDY CAMPAIGN 1944. Glider troops pose with a local French girl on a captured German motorcycle.
Goodwoodfigthingposition - A black and white photo of a group of soldi...
Infantry and tanks wait to advance at the start of Operation 'Goodwood'.
Hawker Hurricane mail transport Normandy WWII IWM CL 4258
IWM caption : Mail being loaded into a Hawker Hurricane Mark IIC of No. 1697 (Air Despatch Letter Service) Flight, at B2/Bazenville, Normandy, for despatch to the United Kingdom.
IWM-B-5129-Crusader-AA-19440607
IWM caption : THE BRITISH ARMY IN THE NORMANDY CAMPAIGN 1944; Crusader AA Mk III tank, 'Allahkeef' of 22nd Armoured Brigade HQ, 7th Armoured Division, coming ashore from a landing ship
IWM-CL-296-RAF-payday-Beetle-desk
The first pay day for an RAF beach unit in Normandy. A captured German 'Beetle' tank serves as a desk as the Adjutant, Flight Lieutenant W S Smith, accompanied by his pay clerk, Corporal C Woodbridge, hands Fl... More
Knocked out German Mk IV tank, Imperial War Museum
Officers inspect a German Mk IV tank knocked out by the Durham Light Infantry - 11 June 1944. The tank is equipped with Schürzen ("aprons"), armoured plates adopted during the Russian campaign to protect the ta... More
Landings at St Aubin-sur-Mer
The British 2nd Army: Commandos of Headquarters, 4th Special Service Brigade, making their way from LCI(S)s (Landing Craft Infantry Small) onto 'Nan Red' Beach, JUNO Area, at St Aubin-sur-Mer at about 9 am on 6 June 1944
Operationepsom, Imperial War Museum
IWM caption : THE BRITISH ARMY IN THE NORMANDY CAMPAIGN 1944. An ammunition lorry of 11th Armoured Division explodes after being hit by mortar fire during Operation 'Epsom'
Payday in the RAF Normandy WWII IWM CL 296
IWM caption : "ROYAL AIR FORCE: 2ND TACTICAL AIR FORCE, 1943-1945. The first pay day for an RAF beach unit in Normandy. A captured German 'Beetle' tank serves as a desk as the Adjutant, Flight Lieutenant W S S... More
Scotishadvanceepsom, Imperial War Museum
IWM caption : Led by their piper, men of 7th Seaforth Highlanders, 15th (Scottish) Division advance during Operation 'Epsom'.
Snipercaen, Imperial War Museum
THE BRITISH ARMY IN THE NORMANDY CAMPAIGN 1944. A soldier 'keeps a sharp lookout for snipers' in the ruins of Caen, 9 July 1944. He is armed with a Lee Enfield .303 rifle and is wearing a Mk III steel helmet.
Typhoon pilot debriefing B2 Bazenville Normandy 1944 IWM CL 164
IWM caption : Hawker Typhoon pilots of No. 121 Wing, back from their operational sorties are interrogated at their open air headquarters in a Normandy orchard adjoining the advanced landing ground at B2/Bazenv... More
Typhoon pilots at B2 Bazenville France Jun 1944 IWM
IWM caption : Hawker Typhoon pilots of Nos. 121 and 124 Wings discuss operations at B2/Bazenville, Normandy, on the evening of 14 June 1944. In the foreground, standing on the left, are five pilots of No. 175 ... More
Villers-Bocage destroyed
Avro Lancasters carpet bomb a road junction near Villers Bocage, Normandy, France through which the 2nd and 9th SS Panzer Divisions were expected to move to carry out an attack on the junction of the British a... More
York bridge, Imperial War Museum
Cromwell tanks moving across 'York' bridge, a Bailey bridge over the Caen canal and the Orne river, during Operation 'Goodwood', 18 July 1944. Dansk: Cromwell kampvogne kører over York-broen, en Bailey bro ov... More