A U.S. military convoy crosses Cherbourg’s Place du Général de Gaulle in 1944. Visible on the right is a captured German NSU HK-101 Kettenkrad, later reused by Allied forces after the city's liberation. Read more
U.S. M4 Sherman medium tanks fitted with deep-wading trunks aboard landing ships before the Normandy landings during Operation Overlord. Read more
U.S. assault troops conduct an amphibious landing exercise from USS Cepheus (AKA-18) on the Algerian coast while preparing for the Allied invasion of Europe. Read more
Allied vehicles, including M1A1 heavy wreckers and Caterpillar tractors, being loaded at Brixham Harbour in preparation for the Normandy landings during Operation Overlord. Read more
M4 High-Speed Tractor of the U.S. Army's 105th Field Artillery Battalion towing a 203mm M1 howitzer through the French countryside during the Allied campaign in France. Read more
An M7 Priest 105mm self-propelled gun from the 14th Field Artillery Battalion, 2nd Armored Division “Hell on Wheels,” moves through the ruins of Cherbourg during the Allied push to capture the strategic port. Read more
U.S. soldiers fire a 105-mm M3 howitzer on German positions near Carentan during the Allied advance through Normandy. Read more