A British soldier examines an abandoned German 'Nebelwerfer' near Troa...
A British soldier examines an abandoned German 'Nebelwerfer' near Troarn, Normandy, 20 July 1944. A soldier examines an abandoned German 'Nebelwerfer' near Troarn, 20 July 1944.
A union flag hangs in the main street of Les Andelys in Normandy as Br...
A union flag hangs in the main street of Les Andelys in Normandy as British forces arrive, 31 August 1944. The woman in the foreground is Madame Scarlett, wife of an expatriate Englishman and owner of the Hotel... 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
An AFPU (Army Film and Photographic Unit) jeep displaying a large unio...
An AFPU (Army Film and Photographic Unit) jeep displaying a large union flag drives down the Champs Elysees in Paris, 26 August 1944. An AFPU jeep displaying a large union flag drives down the Champs Elysees in... More
An AFPU photographer kisses a small child before cheering crowds in Pa...
An AFPU photographer kisses a small child before cheering crowds in Paris, 26 August 1944. An AFPU photographer kisses a small child before cheering crowds in Paris, 26 August 1944.
An ENSA concert party entertaining troops from the steps of a chateau ...
An ENSA concert party entertaining troops from the steps of a chateau in Normandy, 26 July 1944. An ENSA concert party entertaining troops from the steps of a chateau, 26 July 1944.
British Generals 1939-1945 B8222
British Generals 1939-1945 General Sir Neil Ritchie (1873-1983): Portrait of Ritchie, while commanding 12th Corps in France.
British infantry in action in the streets of Geilenkirchen, Germany, D...
British infantry in action in the streets of Geilenkirchen, Germany, December 1944 Infantry in action in the streets of Geilenkirchen, December 1944.
British infantry ride on Sherman tanks in Holland, 24 September 1944. ...
British infantry ride on Sherman tanks in Holland, 24 September 1944. Infantry ride on Sherman tanks in Holland, 24 September 1944.
British Landings on Walcheren BU1256
British Landings on Walcheren British assault troops landed on Walcheren at dawn on 1 November 1944 and most of Flushing was included in the first bridgehead. The landings were supported by fire from British wa... More
British Sherman tanks and a 6-pdr anti-tank gun in the centre of Caen,...
British Sherman tanks and a 6-pdr anti-tank gun in the centre of Caen, Normandy, 10 July 1944. Sherman tanks and 6-pdr anti-tank gun in the centre of Caen, 10 July 1944.
British Tanks and Afvs in Nw Europe 1944-45 BU2764
British Tanks and Afvs in Nw Europe 1944-45 Churchill tanks of 6th Guards Armoured Brigade in Dulmen, 30 March 1945.
British Tanks in Nw Europe 1944-45 B8784
British Tanks in Nw Europe 1944-45 French children bring out milk and cider to Churchill tank crews waiting for the attack on Mont Pincon, 7 August 1944.
British Tanks Nw Europe 1944-45 B7639
British Tanks Nw Europe 1944-45 A Churchill tank of 'B' Squadron, 107th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps, 34th Tank Brigade, Odon Valley, Normandy, 17 July 1944.
British Tanks Nw Europe 1944-45 B7640
British Tanks Nw Europe 1944-45 Churchill tanks of 'B' Squadron, 107th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps, 34th Tank Brigade, Odon Valley, Normandy, 17 July 1944.
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
British troops herd cattle past a Morris 'Quad' artillery tractor and ...
British troops herd cattle past a Morris 'Quad' artillery tractor and 25pdr field gun, Normandy, 8 July 1944. Cattle being driven past a Morris 'Quad' artillery tractor, 8 July 1944. The cattle were being evacu... More
Cheering crowds greet British troops in Paris, 26 August 1944. BU21
Cheering crowds greet British troops in Paris, 26 August 1944. Cheering crowds greet British troops in Paris, 26 August 1944.
Churchill at Armistice Day Parade in Paris BU1294
Churchill at Armistice Day Parade in Paris General de Gaulle in conversation with Winston Churchill at the saluting base. Mr Eden is on de Gaulle's left.
D-day - British Forces during the Invasion of Normandy 6 June 1944 B50...
D-day - British Forces during the Invasion of Normandy 6 June 1944 Troops of 3rd Division pause in La Brèche d'Hermanville during their move inland, 6 June 1944.
D-day - British Forces during the Invasion of Normandy 6 June 1944 B50...
D-day - British Forces during the Invasion of Normandy 6 June 1944 Commandos of 1st Special Service Brigade march German and Italian prisoners back to the rear, 6 June 1944.
D-day - British Forces during the Invasion of Normandy 6 June 1944 B50...
D-day - British Forces during the Invasion of Normandy 6 June 1944 German prisoners being marched along Queen beach, Sword area, 6 June 1944.
D-day - British Forces during the Invasion of Normandy 6 June 1944 B50...
D-day - British Forces during the Invasion of Normandy 6 June 1944 A group of German prisoners standing in the water next to a disabled Sherman Crab flail tank watch as a jeep is towed from the sea, Queen beach... More
D-day - British Forces during the Invasion of Normandy 6 June 1944 B52...
D-day - British Forces during the Invasion of Normandy 6 June 1944 Commandos of 1st Special Service Brigade with captured Germans in a jeep, with gliders of 6th Airlanding Brigade in the background, near Ranvil... More
D-day - British Forces during the Invasion of Normandy 6 June 1944 B52...
D-day - British Forces during the Invasion of Normandy 6 June 1944 German POWs being escorted along one of the Gold area beaches, 6 June 1944.
Demobilisation of the British Army BU12277
Demobilisation of the British Army The four millionth British soldier to be demobilised, Rifleman John Neale, aged 31, of the King's Royal Rifle Corps, reaches No.2 R.E.C. at Tournai where he exchanges his Belg... More
Field Marshal the Viscount Montgomery of Alamein Kg Gcb Dso 1887-1976 ...
Field Marshal the Viscount Montgomery of Alamein Kg Gcb Dso 1887-1976 The Second World War 1939 - 1945: The Allied Army Commanders hold a conference in a hayfield in North West France. With General Montgomery a... More
General Charles de Gaulle laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown W...
General Charles de Gaulle laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, 26 August 1944. General Charles de Gaulle laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior at the ... More
General Charles De Gaulle, 1939-1945 BU1291
General Charles De Gaulle, 1939-1945 General de Gaulle and Churchill in Paris for the French Armistice Day Parade.
General De Gaulle in France B5481
General De Gaulle in France General de Gaulle walking through the streets of Bayeux, France, followed by a crowd of enthusiastic citizens.
German prisoners taken during Operation Goodwood, 19 July 1944
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 German prisoners taken during Operation 'Goodwood', 19 July 1944.
Landing Craft Make Their Way Through Choppy Seas B5109
Landing Craft Make Their Way Through Choppy Seas British troops en route study the booklet on France issued to them before they embarked
Lieutenant General Miles Dempsey, commanding British 2nd Army, with Ge...
Lieutenant General Miles Dempsey, commanding British 2nd Army, with General Sir Bernard Montgomery in France, 16 July 1944. The Commanding Officers of 21st Army Group: Lt General Miles C Dempsey CB DSO MC, Comm... More
Mr Churchill Visits S.e France BU1315
Mr Churchill Visits S.e France Mr and Mrs churchill, Mr and Mrs Eden and Miss Mary Churchill leaving Quai d'Orsay, Paris.
Normandy- the British Second Armys Advance B8679
Normandy- the British Second Armys Advance Our troops soon get things organised during the advance. Lieutenant grant Jamieson of Edinburgh sets up a H.Q complete with letter box in which Sergeant W Paling of no... More
Operation Overlord (the Normandy Landings)- D-day 6 June 1944 B5207
Operation Overlord (the Normandy Landings)- D-day 6 June 1944 The Final Embarkation: Three British soldiers of 51st Highland Division, aboard a landing craft, pass the time by reading the booklet on France whic... More
Reconstruction in France 1945 BU7880
Reconstruction in France 1945 Knocked out Allied tanks assembled in a field near Caen prior to being stripped of material that can be reused. The wrecks would then be scrapped.
Reconstruction in France 1945 BU7881
Reconstruction in France 1945 German prisoners at Caen docks stacking scrap war material gathered in Normandy prior to it being shipped to England.
Reconstruction in France 1945 BU7885
Reconstruction in France 1945 Temporary, prefabricated wooden shops in the badly war damaged town of Caen.
Sherman tanks advancing towards Vire, Normandy, 2 August 1944. B8483
Sherman tanks advancing towards Vire, Normandy, 2 August 1944. Sherman tanks advancing towards Vire, 2 August 1944.
Sherman tanks advancing towards Vire, Normandy, 2 August 1944. B8484
Sherman tanks advancing towards Vire, Normandy, 2 August 1944. Sherman tanks advancing towards Vire, 2 August 1944.
Sherman tanks of Guards Armoured Division entering the outskirts of Ar...
Sherman tanks of Guards Armoured Division entering the outskirts of Arras, France, 1 September 1944. Sherman tanks of Guards Armoured Division entering the outskirts of Arras, 1 September 1944.
Sport and Leisure in the British Army during the Second World War B727...
Sport and Leisure in the British Army during the Second World War British troops playing football against the local team in Courseulles in France on Bastille Day, 1944.
The Allied Campaign in North West Europe- 6 June 1944 - 7 May 1945 B93...
The Allied Campaign in North West Europe- 6 June 1944 - 7 May 1945 Beside the road to Lesieux in Normandy, France, a British Army Chaplain presides over the burial of a fallen soldier as tanks of the 8th Hussar... More
The Allied Campaign in North-west Europe, 6 June 1944 - 7 May 1945 B52...
The Allied Campaign in North-west Europe, 6 June 1944 - 7 May 1945 D-Day, 6 June 1944: Canadian infantry wait in ditches with their bicycles as men of the 48th Royal Marine Commando take cover from mortar fire ... More
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The Allied Campaign in North-west Europe, 6 June 1944 - 7 May 1945 Personalities: Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery, commander of the Combined Allied Armies for the Normandy Landings and the principal archit... More
The Allied Campaign in North-west Europe, 6 June 1944 - 7 May 1945 B54...
The Allied Campaign in North-west Europe, 6 June 1944 - 7 May 1945 The Battle for Normandy: A British 4.5 inch gun being primed ready for firing by men of 211 Battery, 64th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery near... More
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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
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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
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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
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The Allied Campaign in North-west Europe, 6 June 1944 - 7 May 1945 Crossing the Rhine 24 -31 March 1945: British commandos of the 1st Commando Brigade man two Vickers machine guns in the shattered outskirts of ... More
The British Army Film and Photographic Unit 1941 - 1947 B6675
The British Army Film and Photographic Unit 1941 - 1947 Cine cameramen Sgt Ernest Walter and Sgt A C Gross, of No 5 Army Film and Photographic Unit, walk though through the ruined village of Lebisey with their ... More
The British Army Film and Photographic Unit 1941 - 1947 B7058
The British Army Film and Photographic Unit 1941 - 1947 Sgt Jimmy Mapham of No 5 Army Film and Photographic Unit photographs a German sign prohibiting photography, painting and sketching in the harbour near Cae... More
The British Army Film and Photographic Unit 1941 - 1947 BU165
The British Army Film and Photographic Unit 1941 - 1947 Army Film and Photographic Unit cameramen clean their cine cameras after filming the liberation of Cormeilles, France. Left to right: Sgt C Crocker, Sgt... More
The British Army in France 1944 B9674
The British Army in France 1944 A Churchill Crocodile flame-throwing tank during a demonstration, 25 August 1944.
The British Army in France 1944 B9683
The British Army in France 1944 A Churchill Crocodile flame-throwing tank during a demonstration, 25 August 1944.
The British Army in France 1944 B9685
The British Army in France 1944 A Churchill Crocodile flame-throwing tank during a demonstration, 25 August 1944. Close-up of the fuel trailer.
The British Army in France 1944 B9686
The British Army in France 1944 A Churchill Crocodile flame-throwing tank in action during a demonstration, 25 August 1944.
The British Army in France 1944 B9689
The British Army in France 1944 Churchill Crocodile flame-throwing tanks in action during a demonstration, 25 August 1944.
The British Army in France 1944 B9707
The British Army in France 1944 Knocked-out German PzKpfw IVD tank, 25 August 1944.
The British Army in Normandy 1944 B5027
The British Army in Normandy 1944 German prisoners being escorted through Lion sur Mer.
The British Army in Normandy 1944 B5144
The British Army in Normandy 1944 A German prisoner captured by Canadian troops at Langrune sur Mer, 7 June 1944.
The British Army in Normandy 1944 B5179
The British Army in Normandy 1944 General Montgomery passes German POWs while being driven along a road in a jeep, shortly after arriving in Normandy, 8 June 1944.
The British Army in Normandy 1944 B5188
The British Army in Normandy 1944 The Reverend Victor Leach, Padre of 13/18th Hussars, handing out cigarettes at Hermanville-sur-Mer, 7 June 1944.
The British Army in Normandy 1944 B5198
The British Army in Normandy 1944 Hamilcar gliders of 6th Airlanding Brigade arrive on Drop Zone 'N' near Ranville, bringing with them the Tetrarch tanks of 6th Airborne Division's armoured reconnaissance regim... More
The British Army in Normandy 1944 B5289
The British Army in Normandy 1944 Gordon Highlanders advance into Benouville on the Caen canal, 7 June 1944.
The British Army in Normandy 1944 B5380
The British Army in Normandy 1944 Men of 'A' Company, 6th Durham Light Infantry, 50th Division, in the village of Douet, 11 June 1944.
The British Army in Normandy 1944 B5609
The British Army in Normandy 1944 A captured German SdKfz 251 ambulance half-track, 15 June 1944.
The British Army in Normandy 1944 B5614
The British Army in Normandy 1944 King George VI and General Montgomery on the beach at Courseulles shortly after the King's arrival in France, 16 June 1944.
The British Army in Normandy 1944 B6140
The British Army in Normandy 1944 Men of the Durham Light Infantry, 49th (West Riding) Division inspect a knocked-out German Tiger tank during Operation 'Epsom', 28 June 1944.
The British Army in Normandy 1944 B6167
The British Army in Normandy 1944 Major W Holtby, commanding 'C' Squadron, East Riding Yeomanry, 27th Armoured Brigade, briefs troop commanders in front of his HQ Sherman tank, 28 June 1944.
The British Army in Normandy 1944 B6169
The British Army in Normandy 1944 A Sherman tank of the East Riding Yeomanry, 27th Armoured Brigade, advances through a gap in a hedge, 28 June 1944.
The British Army in Normandy 1944 B6170
The British Army in Normandy 1944 Sherman tanks of the East Riding Yeomanry, 27th Armoured Brigade go forward, 28 June 1944.
The British Army in Normandy 1944 B6177
The British Army in Normandy 1944 Royal Engineers use an armoured bulldozer to level ground on the approaches to a Bailey Bridge over the Caen Canal, 28 June 1944.
The British Army in Normandy 1944 B6271
The British Army in Normandy 1944 AEC Matador artillery tractor, named 'Gazala', towing a 5.5-inch gun through a village, 1 July 1944.
The British Army in Normandy 1944 B6274
The British Army in Normandy 1944 AEC Matador artillery tractor and 5.5-inch gun near Siqueville-en-Bessin, 1 July 1944.
The British Army in Normandy 1944 B6295
The British Army in Normandy 1944 A shell being loaded into a 5.5-inch gun, 2 July 1944.
The British Army in Normandy 1944 B6315
The British Army in Normandy 1944 Troops examine an abandoned German 50mm gun (5 cm Kampwagenkanone 39/1 L/60) position, 1 July 1944.
The British Army in Normandy 1944 B6371
The British Army in Normandy 1944 Sherman dozer tank, 4 July 1944.
The British Army in Normandy 1944 B6499
The British Army in Normandy 1944 A sapper of No. 1 Dog Platoon, 277th Field Park Company, Royal Engineers, with his dog 'Nigger', Bayeux, 5 July 1944. The dogs were used to hunt for mines, especially the all-w... More
The British Army in Normandy 1944 B6561
The British Army in Normandy 1944 A Bailey bridge being built by 72nd Field Company, Royal Engineers at Saint-Loup-Hors, near Bayeux, 4 July 1944.
The British Army in Normandy 1944 B6626
The British Army in Normandy 1944 An Auster Mk IV AOP aircraft of No 652 Squadron flies over a 25pdr field gun of 3rd Division at Cresserons, 6 July 1944.
The British Army in Normandy 1944 B6714
The British Army in Normandy 1944 A general view of Caen showing the extensive damage caused by Allied bombing, 9 July 1944.
The British Army in Normandy 1944 B6729
The British Army in Normandy 1944 A Churchill AVRE on the road to Caen, 9 July 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 B6785
The British Army in Normandy 1944 Troops in front of Caen Cathedral, 10 July 1944.
The British Army in Normandy 1944 B6790
The British Army in Normandy 1944 A jeep and trucks parked in a devastated street in Caen, 10 July 1944.
The British Army in Normandy 1944 B6792
The British Army in Normandy 1944 The interior of Caen Cathedral showing the damaged organ, 10 July 1944.
The British Army in Normandy 1944 B6807
The British Army in Normandy 1944 The body of a German soldier from the 25th Panzer Grenadier Regiment at Malon, 9 July 1944.
The British Army in Normandy 1944 B6854
The British Army in Normandy 1944 Men of 11th Armoured Division at a communion service in the field before the attack on Verson and Eterville, 10 July 1944.
The British Army in Normandy 1944 B6861
The British Army in Normandy 1944 A soldier of 3rd Division guards two German soldiers captured at Caen, 11 July 1944.
The British Army in Normandy 1944 B6887
The British Army in Normandy 1944 A cheerful group of soldiers from 3rd Division pose for a photograph in Caen, 10 July 1944.
The British Army in Normandy 1944 B6897
The British Army in Normandy 1944 Royal Engineers move through the ruins of Caen, looking for mines and booby-traps 10 July 1944.
The British Army in Normandy 1944 B6918
The British Army in Normandy 1944 Troops of 1 Kings Own Scottish Borderers (KOSB), 9th Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, firing a captured Hotchkiss machine gun during street fighting in Caen, 10 July 1944.
The British Army in Normandy 1944 B7026
The British Army in Normandy 1944 Water-carrying trucks of 12 Corps filling up at a water point, 12 July 1944.
The British Army in Normandy 1944 B7057
The British Army in Normandy 1944 A knocked-out German PzKpfw IV tank in a hull-down position, 13 July 1944.
The British Army in Normandy 1944 B7078
The British Army in Normandy 1944 Churchill tank crews of 31st Tank Brigade with their extensively camouflaged vehicles, 13 July 1944.
The British Army in Normandy 1944 B7342
The British Army in Normandy 1944 Sappers clearing the last mines from the beach front of a former French luxury hotel, now in use as a rest club for troops of 3rd Division, 15 July 1944.
The British Army in Normandy 1944 B7411
The British Army in Normandy 1944 5.5-inch medium guns firing at night during the offensive in the Odon valley near Evrecy, 16 July 1944.
The British Army in Normandy 1944 B7413
The British Army in Normandy 1944 5.5-inch medium gun firing at night during the offensive in the Odon valley near Evrecy, 16 July 1944.