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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.

Uploaded 13 June 2026

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Status
Approved
Context
Archive / Document
Date taken
1944(AI estimate)
Operation
Battle of Normandyยท Western FrontAI
Location
Caen
License
Public domain / no rights reserved
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