6 Jun 1944

France 6 Jun 1944 Photos
Canadian troops at the LMen of Canadian 9th Infantry Brigade disembarking from LCI(L) landing craft onto Nan White Beach near Bernières-sur-Mer, Juno Beach, Normandy, France, late morning 6 Jun 1944; note many with bicycles. Photo 1 of 2.Men of Canadian 9th Infantry Brigade disembarking from LCI(L) landing craft onto Nan White Beach near Bernières-sur-Mer, Juno Beach, Normandy, France, late morning 6 Jun 1944. Photo 2 of 2.LCVP landing craft from Amphibious Transport Ship USS Samuel Chase approaching Omaha Beach. The boat is smoking from a fire that resulted when a German machine gun bullet hit a soldier’s hand grenade.
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7 Jun 1944

7 Jun 1944 Photos
Minesweeper USS Tide with her back broken and sinking after triggering a magnetic mine off Utah Beach, Normandy, France, 7 Jun 1944.
8 Jun 1944

8 Jun 1944 Photos
Reinforcements of men and equipment moving inland at Omaha Beach, Normandy, 8 Jun 1944General Sir Bernard Montgomery, 21st Army Group Commander, steps onto Juno Beach, Mike Red area, Courseulles-sur-Mer, Normandy, France 8 Jun 1945 after being ferried ashore from his ship in a DUKW.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.
10 Jun 1944

10 Jun 1944 Photos
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.Generals Omar Bradley and Miles Dempsey at a meeting in the field in 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.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.
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11 Jun 1944

11 Jun 1944 Photos
A fully loaded DUKW coming ashore at Normandy, France, 11 Jun 1944.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.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.
12 Jun 1944

12 Jun 1944 Photos
Alan Brooke, Winston Churchill, and Bernard Montgomery at MontgomeryLt 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.US Army and Navy invasion commanders waiting for the arrival of other flag officers on Omaha Beach, Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, the morning of 12 Jun 1944.
14 Jun 1944

14 Jun 1944 Photos
Razorback P-47D Thunderbolt of the 373rd Fighter Group after skidding to a stop on the sand of a Normandy beach, France, 14 Jun 1944.US Coast Guard Captain AC Richard disembarking USS Augusta during a tour of the beachhead by senior officers, 14 Jun 1944, off Omaha Beach, Normandy, France.
15 Jun 1944

France
16 Jun 1944

16 Jun 1944 Photos
Military vehicles move ashore from Mulberry Artificial Harbor A, across a pontoon bridge, to Omaha Beach, Normandy, France, June 16 1944 (D+10). Visible are M3 Halftracks, an M8 Greyhound, and AFKWX 2½-ton Trucks.Following a presentation of medals, Royal Navy Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay, King George VI of the United Kingdom, and General Bernard Montgomery pause briefly, 16 Jun 1944, Château de Cruelly, France.General Sir Miles Dempsey, King George VI of the United Kingdom, and General Bernard Montgomery at Montgomery’s headquarters at Château de Cruelly, Normandy, France, 16 Jun 1944.General Bernard Montgomery and King George VI of the United Kingdom as the king came ashore at Graye-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, 16 Jun 1944.
2 Jul 1944

2 Jul 1944 Photos
2 Jul 1944 photo of the wreckage left on Sword Beach following the D-Day landings in Normandy, France; in this case, a P-47 Thunderbolt that was shot down 10 Jun 1944 on a mission to Cherbourg, France. Photo 1 of 2.2 Jul 1944 photo of the wreckage left on Sword Beach following the D-Day landings in Normandy, France; in this case, a P-47 Thunderbolt that was shot down 10 Jun 1944 on a mission to Cherbourg, France. Photo 2 of 2.
4 Jul 1944

4 Jul 1944 Photos
P-51D Mustang
6 Jul 1944

6 Jul 1944 Photos
General Bernard Montgomery relaxing with his traveling companions, a fox terrier puppy named “Hitler” and a spaniel puppy named “Rommel,” at his headquarters at Blay, Normandy, France, 6 Jul 1944.
7 Jul 1944

7 Jul 1944 Photos
Bernard Montgomery bestowing the British Distinguished Service Order on Maxwell Taylor of the American 101st Airborne Division, Blay, Normandy, France, 7 Jul 1944.Generals George Patton, Omar Bradley, and Bernard Montgomery meeting at Montgomery’s headquarters at Blay, Normandy, France, 7 Jul 1944. Patton and Montgomery seem to be enjoying a tense laugh.
12 Jul 1944

12 Jul 1944 Photos
The wrecks of 3 Horsa gliders in a field beside the Caen Canal near Bénouville, Normandy, France, 12 Jul 1944.
26 Jul 1944

26 Jul 1944 Photos
Canadian officers enter Château de Rots, Normandy, France. Left to right they are Colonel Richard S Malone, Lt General Henry Crerar (Commander, 1st Canadian Army) and Major Austin.A delegation of high-ranking Soviet officers visiting General Montgomery’s headquarters at Blay, Normandy, France, 26 Jul 1944.
15 Aug 1944

15 Aug 1944 Photos
British Air Chief Marshal Arthur Tedder, General Bernard Montgomery, American Lieutenant General Carl Spaatz, and Major General Ralph Royce meeting at Montgomery’s headquarters in Blay, Normandy, France, 15 Aug 1944.
18 Aug 1944

18 Aug 1944 Photos
Lord Louis Mountbatten visiting General Bernard Montgomery at Montgomery’s mobile headquarters in Blay, Normandy, France, 18 Aug 1944.
21 Aug 1944

21 Aug 1944 Photos
General Bernard Montgomery and Foreign Secretary Sir Anthony Eden at Montgomery’s mobile headquarters in Blay, Normandy, France, 21 Aug 1944.
28 Aug 1944

28 Aug 1944 Photos
Generals Dwight Eisenhower and Bernard Montgomery at Montgomery’s mobile headquarters in Blay, Normandy, France, 28 Aug 1944.General Bernard Montgomery and Reverend H.L. Hughes, Deputy Chaplain General, inspecting a mobile church newly arrived in France, Blay, Normandy, France, 28 Aug 1944.
1 Sep 1944

1 Sep 1944 Photos
Field Marshal Montgomery stands up in his 1943 Humber Super Snipe staff car as he crosses a pontoon bridge over the River Seine at Vernon, France, 1 Sep 1944.Prince Felix of Luxembourg, General Bernard Montgomery, French Colonel Candeau, and Brigadier General Christopher Peto at 21st Army Group headquarters at Blay, Normandy, France, 1 Sep 1944.
10 Oct 1944

France
  • Personnel of the 761st Tank Battalion arrived on the continent of Europe at Omaha Beach, Normandy, France. Ruben Rivers was among its members. ww2dbase [Ruben Rivers | Omaha Beach, Normandy | DS]
27 Oct 1944

27 Oct 1944 Photos
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