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The 1st Polish Armoured Division in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Sherman and Cromwell tanks of the 1st Polish Armoured Division on the move at the start of Operation 'Totalise'.

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The 1st Polish Armoured Division in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Sherman tanks of the 1st Polish Armoured Division in line at the start of Operation 'Totalise'.

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The 1st Polish Armoured Division in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Sherman tanks of 1st Polish Armoured Division at the start of Operation 'Totalise'.

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The 1st Polish Armoured Division in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Column of Cromwell and Sherman tanks of the 1st Polish Armoured Division moving towards enemy positions during the Battle of Falaise Pocket.

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Sherman tanks of 1st Polish Armoured Division assembled for Operation 'Totalise', Normandy, 8 August 1944. Sherman tanks of the 1st Polish Armoured Division assembled for Operation 'Totalise', 8 August 1944.

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A Sherman Firefly crew of 1st Northamptonshire Yeomanry load ammunition for the 17-pounder gun into their vehicle before the start of Operation 'Totalise' .

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The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Infantry moving up during attacks between Hill 112 and Hill 113 in the Odon valley, 16 July 1944.

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The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Infantry occupy slit trenches in the forward area between Hill 112 and Hill 113 in the Odon valley, 16 July 1944.

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A rocket fired from a Typhoon of No 181 Squadron, Royal Air Force , on its way towards buildings at Carpiquet airfield during the battle for Normandy. The Canadian 3rd Division took Carpiquet to the west of Caen on 4 July.

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The Allied Campaign in North-west Europe, 6 June 1944 - 7 May 1945 The Battle for Normandy: A rocket fired from a Typhoon of No 181 Squadron, Royal Air Force, on its way towards buildings at Carpiquet airfield. The Canadian 3rd Division took Carpiquet to the west of Caen on 4 July.

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The Orne River Bridge near Caen, a vital bridge which was held by glider troops until the main body of invasion forces were able to reach them.

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Winston Churchill Visits Normandy, July 1944 Prime Minister Winston Churchill and General Sir Bernard Montgomery gather with troops in Caen on 22 July 1944 who took part in the D-Day landings.

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The British Army on the Caen Front in Normandy, July 1944 The scene in the gun pit of a 155mm gun of 53 Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery during the barrage. The 155mm was an American gun often manned by British troops on the Normandy front.

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The British Army on the Caen Front in Normandy, July 1944 The scene in the gun pit of a 155mm gun of 53 Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery during the barrage. The 155mm was an American gun often manned by British troops on the Normandy front.

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The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 British troops pass the Hotel Restaurant Gondree at Benouville, near 'Pegasus Bridge' over the Caen Canal, 9 June 1944.

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The British Army in Normandy 1944 General Montgomery stops his car to chat to troops during a tour of 1st Corps area near Caen, 11 July 1944.

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The British Army on the Caen Front in Normandy, July 1944 A gun crew of 53 Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery loading a 155mm gun under camouflage netting. The 155mm gun was an American gun, often manned by British troops on the Normandy front.

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The British Army on the Caen Front in Normandy, July 1944 A camouflaged 155mm gun of 53 Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery firing during the barrage. The 155mm was an American gun often manned by British troops on the Normandy front.

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The British Army on the Caen Front in Normandy, July 1944 A camouflaged 155mm gun of 53 Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery firing during the barrage. The 155mm was an American gun often manned by British troops on the Normandy front.

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The Visit of the Prime Minister, Winston Churchill To Caen, Normandy, 22 July 1944 The Prime Minister, the Rt Hon Winston Churchill, MP, standing in a staff car, talking to British and Canadian troops at the 'Winston' bridge over the River Orne. With the Prime Minister is the Commander of the British 2nd Army, Lieutenant General Sir Miles Dempsey.

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The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Men of 1st King's Own Scottish Borderers, 3rd Division, some of the first troops to enter Caen after Operation 'Charnwood', 9 July 1944.

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France- the Beach Head, 1944; the road between St Aubin and Benouville, the main supply route to the troops on the east side of the River Orne. It was under constant shell fire from the German batteries around Caen. image: a landscape showing a road under artillery bombardment. A line of protective camouflaged screens lie in the centre of the image, the screens in the foreground having been damaged. Two damaged Horsa gliders lie on the ground, one on the right next to the road, and the other on the left, its wings still intact. Plumes of black smoke, the result of the bombardment, emerge from behind the line of screens.

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Royal Air Force- 2nd Tactical Air Force, 1943-1945. King George VI and his entourage of senior RAF officers walk over to Hawker Typhoon Mark IB, MN454 'HF-S', of No. 183 Squadron RAF, while inspecting aircraft and equipment which will be used in the forthcoming invasion of Normandy at Northolt, Middlesex. MN454 was flown by the Commanding Officer of 183 Squadron, Squadron Leader the Hon. F H Scarlett. Behind the King's party is a Supermarine Spitfire Mark IX of No. 222 Squadron RAF.

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Royal Air Force- 2nd Tactical Air Force, 1943-1945. A Supermarine Spitfire Mark IX raises the dust as it taxies past a Hawker Typhoon Mark IB of No. 181 Squadron RAF, at an advanced landing ground - probably B2/Bazenville - in Normandy. The Spitfire is fitted with a 45-gallon 'slipper' fuel tank.

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