Battle for Caen — Normandy 1944

British Sherman tanks and a 6-pdr anti-tank gun in the centre of Caen, Normandy, 10 July 1944. Sherman tanks and 6-pdr anti-tank gun in the centre of Caen, 10 July 1944.

The British Army in Normandy 1944 A Stuart and Sherman tanks of 33rd Armoured Brigade during Operation 'Charnwood', the attack on Caen, 8 July 1944.

The British Army in Normandy 1944 Men of 2nd Warwickshire Regiment loading a 6-pdr anti-tank gun at Beuville, north of Caen, 20 June 1944.

The British Army in Normandy 1944 Cromwell tanks moving across 'York' bridge, a Bailey bridge over the Caen canal and the Orne river, during Operation 'Goodwood', 18 July 1944.

A Sherman tank crew from 27th Armoured Brigade with a German swastika flag they captured during the attack on Caen, Normandy, 10 July 1944. Sherman tank crewmen L/Cpl S James and Sgt H Coe of 27th Armoured Brigade hold up a German swastika flag they captured during the attack on Caen, 10 July 1944.

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Cromwell tanks of A Squadron 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars, the armoured reconnaissance regiment of 7th Armoured Division, south east of Caen, 19 July 1944.

The British Army in Normandy 1944 Sherman tanks advance towards Epron, north of Caen, during Operation 'Charnwood', 9 July 1944.

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Churchill AVRE of 79th Armoured Division moving into Caen, 10 July 1944.

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Camouflaged Priest 105mm self-propelled gun of 31st Field Regiment, Royal Artillery during the assault on Caen, 17 June 1944.

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 A heavily laden universal carrier crosses 'Pegasus Bridge', the lifting bridge over the Caen Canal captured by glider assault in the early hours of D-Day.

British Sherman tanks and infantry during the advance on Caen, Normandy, 9 July 1944. Sherman tanks and infantry during the advance on Caen, 9 July 1944.

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 A Sherman Firefly advances during operations in the Odon valley, west of Caen, 16 July 1944.