churchill tanks in normandy, the british army in france 1944

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The British Army in Normandy 1944 B8565

The British Army in Normandy 1944 B8565

The British Army in Normandy 1944 Churchill tanks carrying infantry advance towards St Pierre Tarentaine, 3 August 1944.

The British Army in Normandy 1944 B8568

The British Army in Normandy 1944 B8568

The British Army in Normandy 1944 Churchill tanks carrying infantry advance towards St Pierre Tarentaine, 3 August 1944.

The British Army in Normandy 1944 B8569

The British Army in Normandy 1944 B8569

The British Army in Normandy 1944 Churchill tanks carrying infantry advance towards St Pierre Tarentaine, 3 August 1944.

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7586

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7586

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Infantry watch Churchill tanks moving up for a dawn attack towards Evrecy, 16 July 1944.

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7608

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7608

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Hanging out the washing on a Churchill tank of 'B' Squadron, 107th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps, 34th Tank Brigade, 17 July 1944.

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7636

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7636

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Churchill tanks of 7th Troop, 'B' Squadron, 107th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps, 34th Tank Brigade, 17 July 1944.

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7637

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7637

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Churchill tanks of 7th Troop, 'B' Squadron, 107th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps, 34th Tank Brigade, 17 July 1944.

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7638

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7638

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Churchill tanks of 'B' Squadron, 107th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps, 34th Tank Brigade, 17 July 1944.

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7641

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7641

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Churchill tanks of 'B' Squadron, 107th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps, 34th Tank Brigade, 17 July 1944.

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B8051

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B8051

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 A Churchill tank in the shattered village of Maltot, 26 July 1944.

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B8553

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B8553

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 A Churchill tank carrying infantry of the Royal Scots Fusiliers passes a destroyed German Mk IV tank in Le Tourneur, 3 August 1944.

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B8566

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B8566

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Churchill tanks carrying Royal Scots Fusiliers during the advance on St Pierre-Tarentaine, 3 August 1944.

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B8599

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B8599

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Sherman tanks pass a column of Churchills as they advance towards Vassy, 4 August 1944.

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B8774

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B8774

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Churchill AVREs moving up through Vaucelles, 7 August 1944.

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B9154

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B9154

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 The commander of a Churchill tank of 6th Guards Tank Brigade, 14 August 1944. Note the extra armour added to the rear of his cupola for increased protection against snipers.

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B9162

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B9162

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 A recovery crew works on a disabled Churchill tank, 14 August 1944.

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B9682

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B9682

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Churchill Crocodile, 25 August 1944.

Churchill tankers Operation Epsom June 1944 B 6113

Churchill tankers Operation Epsom June 1944 B 6113

Tank and infantry officers confer on a Churchill tank of 7th Royal Tank Regiment, 31st Tank Brigade, during Operation 'Epsom'.

Loading ammunition into Churchill tank Normandy 17-07-1944 IWM B 7619

Loading ammunition into Churchill tank Normandy 17-07-1944 IWM B 7619

Lt J Fathergill, CO of 'B' Squadron, 107th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps, 34th Tank Brigade, assists his gunner loading ammunition for the 75-mm gun into the turret of his Churchill tank.

Tankmaltot, Imperial War Museum

Tankmaltot, Imperial War Museum

THE BRITISH ARMY IN THE NORMANDY CAMPAIGN 1944. A Churchill tank in the shattered village of Maltot.