Normandy Preparation, Landings & Breakthrough

Loading amphibious shipping for the Normandy invasion, 1944  Loading amphibious shipping for the Normandy invasion, 1944
USS LST-357 loading vehicles for the Normandy invasion, 1944  USS LST-357 loading vehicles for the Normandy invasion, 1944
Tanks loaded in an LCT for Normandy  Tanks loaded in an LCT for the Normandy invasion, 1944
US Soldiers march through English coast town before invasion  U.S. Soldiers march through an English coast town, just before the Normandy invasion, 1944
US Army Rangers in landing craft before invasion  U.S. Army Rangers in a landing craft, before the Normandy invasion, 1944
Loading LST's for the Normandy invasion, 1944  Loading LST's for the Normandy invasion, 1944
Loading a Half-track onto an LCT before invasion  Loading a Half-track onto an LCT before invasion
Paratrooper boards plane at an English field  Paratrooper boards plane at an English field
Chart of lines of attack against Germany  Chart of lines of attack against Germany
Landing Craft waits to load troops in English port  Landing Craft waits to load troops in English port
Troops board landing craft in England  Troops board landing craft in England
LCI(L) Convoy crossing English Channel on D-Day  LCI(L) Convoy crossing English Channel on D-Day
"Rhino" Ferry and Tug approaches Normandy Shore, June 6, 1944  "Rhino" Ferry and Tug approaches Normandy Shore, June 6, 1944
Landing Crafts put troops ashore on Omaha Beach, D-Day Landing Crafts put troops ashore on Omaha Beach, D-Day
Troops in an LCVP before landing on Omaha Beach, D-Day Troops in an LCVP before landing on Omaha Beach, D-Day
Smoking LCVP approaches Omaha Beach, D-Day Smoking LCVP approaches Omaha Beach, D-Day
Troops wade ashore on Omaha Beach, D-Day Troops wade ashore on Omaha Beach, D-Day
Sinking LCI(L)-85 comes alongside other ship off Omaha Beach, D-Day Sinking LCI(L)-85 comes alongside other ship off Omaha Beach, D-Day
Coast Guard boat transferring casualties off Normandy, June 1944 Coast Guard boat transferring casualties off Normandy, June 1944
Troops and Crewman approach Normandy beach in landing craft Troops and Crewman approach Normandy beach in landing craft
LST approaches the Normandy coast, June 6, 1944 LST approaches the Normandy coast, June 6, 1944
 German prisoners debark in an English port after capture at Normandy
 LCM evacuates casualties from Normandy beach on D-Day
 USS LST-21 unloads British tanks and trucks off Normandy, D-Day
 Coast Guardsman rescue survivors off Normandy, June 1944
 Rescueing a survivor off Normandy, June 1944
 LSM brings casualties alongside transport off Normandy, June 6, 1944
 American Soldier lies dead on Omaha Beach
 Transport planes fly low over Utah Beach on June 6, 1944
 Catholic Mass on board an LCI enroute to Normandy invasion beaches
 German "Beetle" miniature explosive tank at Normandy, June 1944
 Mongolians in German service captured at Normandy
 German coast defense gun emplacement Normandy, 1944
 LSTs landing vehicles and cargo on a Normandy beach
 HMS Centurion during Normandy storm of June 19-22
 Lowering a Jeep from a transport into an LCM during Normandy invasion
 Coast Guard 83-foot patrol boats off Normandy, June 1944
 German POWs take shelter in a trench
 Engineers construct a railway spur on a Normandy beach, June 1944
 Sinking LCI(L) off Normandy beach, June 1944
 Air Force B26 over Normandy beaches, June 1944
 Omaha Beach, 1944
 Overlooking Omaha Beach, 1944
 Army Rangers resting in Pointe du Hoc area, Omaha Beach
 Army Rangers at Pointe du Hoc, June 6, 1944
 Army Rangers resting upon the Pointe du Hoc cliffs, June 6, 1944
 "Rhino" ferry off English coast before Normandy invasion
 Omaha Beach, June 1944
 Troops onboard an LST ready to cross English Channel to Normandy
 Army medics give candy to injured French child, June 1944
 Army medics treat injured French civilians, June 1944
 Convoy of LCI(L)s enroute to Normandy invasion beaches
 Construction work overlooking Omaha Beach
 USS Arkansas bombing off Normandy, June 6, 1944
 Gooseberry Harbor, Omaha Beach, June 1944
 Searching and questioning German prisoners at Normandy beachhead
 Searching and questioning German prisoners at Normandy beachhead
 P47 fighter that crash landed on Normandy beach
 USS Arkansas, Normandy beach
 P38 fighter overlooking Omaha beach
 Detonating German landmine during invasion
 View of Omaha Beach from damaged gun emplacement
 USS Nevada firing her 14" guns off Normandy, June 1944
 Normandy beach
 Casualties evacuated by LCVP from Normandy beaches, June 8, 1944
 LCI(L)'s underway off Normandy beaches, June 6, 1944
 Troops move off a Normandy beach, June 1944
 Senior officers inspect Normandy beachhead
 Omaha beach soon after landings
 Omaha beach soon after landings
 Casualty evacuation boats, Omaha Beach
 Trucks move inland from Omaha Beach, June 1944
 Stranded landing craft and supplies on Omaha Beach, June 1944
 German soldiers carry wounded comrades to landing craft
 Prisoner shovels sand, June 1944
 German pillbox knocked out by naval gunfire, June 1944
 German pillbox used as US command post
 Vehicles move inland on Omaha Beach, June 1944
 LCMs landing troops and supplies on Utah Beach, June 8, 1944
 Casualties board an LCVP for evacuation
 Normandy invasion beach
 SS Charles Morgan sunk off Utah Beach
 Chaplain and soldier at Normandy field hospital
 Landing craft off Normandy coast
 British LCT(A) 2008 brings US troops to Normandy beach
 Navy Beach Battalion takes a break, June 11
 Navy Beach Battalion takes over German trenches, June 11
 Truck drives ashore from USS LCT 520, June 11
 Interrogating prisoners, Normandy
 DUKW brings supplies ashore
 Navy Communication Command Post, Normandy beach
 Disabling miniature German "Beetle" tanks
 Navy Corpsman writes a letter from Normandy bunker
 Army truck rolls off Rhino ferry
 Piled German beach obstructions
 Navy Beach Battalion prepares sandbagged emplacement
 Troops march up Normandy beach
 Partially sunk LST
 Troops marching on Utah Beach
 Normandy crossroads
 Bringing in a German sniper
 Searching a German sniper
 Surgeons working near Normandy beaches
 Jeep brings casualties to an LST for evacuation
 Bringing casualties aboard an LST
 Small craft repair and recovery unit
 USS LST-325 stranded at low tide
 Sherman tank mired on Normandy beach
 Jeep towed ashore
 Army truck comes ashore
 German prisoners marched down Normandy beach
 Men on a Rhino ferry ducking to avoid German strafing from a plane
 Men on a Rhino ferry ducking to avoid German strafing from a plane
 Navy Beach Battalion members duck from German strafing
 Small craft repair and recovery unit
 M-10 Wolverine Tank Destroyer near St. Lo
 Scene in St. Lo, France
 Bulldozers clear a path during attack on Cherbourg
 Gliders in fields near Cherbourg during the Normandy invasion
 Ste. Mere Eglise street after its capture
 U.S. Soldier talks with French refugees in Ste. Mere Eglise
 Ste. Mere Eglise
 Ste Marie du Mont
 Troops and residents of Ste. Marie du Mont
 Troops and woman in Ste. Marie du Mont
 German gun emplacement at Cherbourg
 Damaged railway station in Cherbourg, Normandy
 German mines in a railway car at Cherbourg, France
 German POWs at Cherbourg, France
 Incomplete launching site for V-1 flying bombs at Cherbourg
 Minesweeper exploding German mines near Cherbourg, France
 PTs and USCG patrol boats at Cherbourg, France
 Paratroopers in French village at St. Marcouf
 Wrecked streets of St. Lo
 Medics helping injured soldier
 American howitzers shell German forces retreating near Carentan, France
 Canadian infantry walking through rubble of Caen, France 10 July 1944
 Canadian infantry
 Canadian forces unload LCI on Juno Beach
 German prisoners before their transfer by LCT to England on Juno beach
 On D-Day, the reserve brigade lands after Juno was secured
 Allied forces of the 3rd Canadian Division begin breakout past the port of Courseilles-sur-Mer
 Sherman Tanks land on Juno Beach
 LCT loaded with Canadian Infantry heading toward Juno Beach
 British commandos scramble ashore from their landing craft on Juno Beach on D-Day