US marines killed on Omaha beach during Invasion of Normandy
US marines killed lying face down in the sand of Omaha Beach, Invasion of Normandy, France. Western Front, Second World War in Europe. Crossed rifles in the sand are a…
D day, Omaha beach, Invasion of Normandy in 1944
D day, The landing of Allied troops from landing craft on the beach “Omaha” under fierce German machine-gun fire. In the photo captured at the start of the landing divisions…
Dwight D Eisenhower, the US General and American paratroopers
US Army General Dwight D Eisenhower, the supreme commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force, gave his last orders before loading paratroopers (101st Airborne Division “Screaming Eagles”) in transport aircraft, ready…
D-day landing craft during Invasion of Normandy, Western Front
American landing force inside the D-Day landing craft heading to the coast of France to begin the Invasion of Normandy. June 6, 1944. The Western Front, Second World War. On…
Armored vehicles destroyed of the SS 1st Panzer Division
The Armored vehicles destroyed from the 1st SS Panzer Division “Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler“. In the foreground is an armored personnel carrier Sd Kfz 251/8. The Armored vehicles destroyed of…
Renault 31R, the French tankette destroyed in the Battle of France
US paratrooper airfield in France, in June 1944. In the foreground the Renault 31R the French tankette, or rather what was left of it. The Western Front, Second World War…
2e Division Blindee of General Leclerc in the Battle of France
French Second Armored Division of General Leclerc (2e Division Blindee), the 2nd Squadron of the 12th Regiment of African Rifles, which is armed with American tanks, M4A2 “Sherman” after landing…