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Bailey and pontoon bridges have been seen built across the river Seine and British troops and vehicles are now pouring across the bridges to attack th...

British troops march into skeletonized Arras railroad station as they advance along northern coast of France on Sept. 5, 1944. Station was damaged by...

Lille, the large French town near the Belgian border, was liberated by British troops on Sept. 5, 1944. British armored vehicles passing along the roa...

Bombs from U.S. Army 8th air force planes are seen in various stages of Exploding as they crash onto a gun emplacement and small Quay on the Brest Pen...

British tanks advancing on the outskirts of Gisors in September 1944. (AP Photo)

Soldiers-laundrymen wrings clean wash in an advanced field hospital tent in Dutch New Guinea on August 31, 1944. (AP Photo/Acme, Frank Prist Jr./Pool)

With a combination of French and English Ensign Catherine Shalucha, of Springfield, Vt., gets over her point to Chief Petty officers of the French Nav...

On August 24, British airborne troops operating as infantry with the Canadian First Army thrust along the coast to Griqueboeur, the estuary of the Sie...

British airborne troops operating, as infantry with the Canadian First Army thrust along the coast to Criqueboeuf, on the estuary of the Seine and dir...

British airborne troops operating, as infantry with the Canadian First Army thrust along the coast to Criqueboeuf, on the estuary of the Seine and dir...

By August 28 Allied reconnaissance elements had reached Quillebeuf, main German escape ferry nearest the sea, having driven from Font Audemer, directl...

British Armour and motorized infantry broke out of the bridgehead they had established beyond the Seine at Vernon in two columns. The right hand colum...

A German "E" boat pen is visible in this view of the Cherbourg, France, docks on August 28, 1944. (AP Photo)

British Tommies cross a destroyed bridge to enter the town of Vernon, France on August 27, 1944. (AP Photo)

As the allies proceed with the job on cleaning up war damage in Cherbourg Harbor forces on August 26, 1944, they are confronted with the problem of re...

The twisted wreckage of a bridge, against a background of damaged buildings, is a sample of the German demolition work done preparatory to their givin...

It has been revealed, British forces in France are using a "Crocodile" flame-thrower in action against the Germans on August 26, 1944. The "Crocodile"...

The first British troops to cross the River Seine were waiting at Vernon on August 25, 1944. A small artillery barrage was put down on the enemy side...

By August 17th, when British and Canadian forces occupied the towns of Falaise, Conde-Sur-Noireau and Flers, the Normandy pocket was virtually elimina...

Pont L'Eveque, 14 miles south of Le Harve, was finally cleared of the enemy by British troops of the Sixth Air Bourne Division on August 24, 1944. Bef...

It is the work of the R.A.F. Wireless Observer Units in Normandy to give warning of the approach of enemy aircraft of the by means of continuous repor...

With scarecely a pause since the Caumong offensive was launched on July 30th sixteen days ago. General Dempsey's 2nd army has pressed remorselessly so...

British forces are bringing in thousands of German prisoners captured in the Falaise pocket, France on August 23, 1944. Here are some of them on the r...

The town of Impruneta just south of Florence fell to advancing South Africans and British Guardsmen on 3rd. August, 1944. The Germans defended the tow...

American and British Army Commanders held a conference in a hayfield, somewhere in France on August 21, 1944, to plan the next moves in the annihilati...

American and British Army commanders held a conference in a hayfield, somewhere in France on August 21, 1944 to plan the next moves in the annihilatio...

As the British advance swept on over the River Noireau and beyond. The Germans pulled out quickly, leaving the villages untouched by the ravages of wa...

As the British advance swept on over the River Noireau and beyond. The Germans pulled out quickly, leaving the villages untouched by the ravages of wa...

Townfolk of Flers, France, stand amidst the wreckage of their buildings as they cheer British tankmen, in their General Sherman tank, who are advancin...

Although the British Army in France has suffered fewer casualties in personnel than was anticipated, there have been casualties in machines. Many tank...

In this image provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, Allied fighting men cram the topside of a Coast Guard manned LST (right foreground) to watch alligator...

A tank recovery unit at work just behind the lines in Normandy on August 16, 1944. Many tanks are put back into the fighting by these units. (AP Photo...

The area of Le Beny Bocage, central Normandy front beyond this area British forces are still advancing. Mobile infantrymen preparing to move off durin...

Wounded by a Jap sniper on the battle front down the Driniumor River near Aitape, Papua New Guinea on August 11, 1944, a native boy gets medical aid f...

Tanks, Bren gun carries, guns and troops prepare to cross the bridge springs the River Souleuvre in their advance to vire on August 11, 1944. (AP Phot...

Britain's Prime Minister Winston Churchill has made a flying visit to Normandy to receive first hand information of our advances from General Montgome...

British Admiral Sir John Henry Dacres Cunningham, Commander in Chief, Mediterranean, on August 8, 1944. (AP Photo)

A British infantryman dashes across a road to hunt for snipers in a house in Montchauvet, France on August 8, 1944. Smoke of battle rises in backgroun...

Bren Carriers pass through the village to attack in the south in Caumont on August 7, 1944. (AP Photo)

Close liaison between the R.A.F. and the Army in Normandy has resulted in the formation of a number of posts manned by R.A.F. and Army personnel, know...

Close liaison between the R.A.F. and the Army in Normandy has resulted in the formation of a number of posts manned by R.A.F. and Army personnel, know...

Close liaison between the R.A.F. and the Army in Normandy has resulted in the formation of a number of posts manned by R.A.F. and Army personnel, know...

Bren Carriers pass through the village of Caumont to attack on the South on August 7, 1944. (AP Photo)

Members of the first WAAF contingent to arrived being greeted by French people in Normandy on August 6, 1944. In the back ground is a burnt-out German...

To back up the present advance convoys of transport move forward with ammunition and supplies. This Convoy is passing through the captured town of Jur...

British soldiers and armored vehicles move toward the front in the Caumont area of France on August 5, 1944, to lend support to an attack launch again...

British troops and armour advance along the main Vassey road in France on August 4, 1944. (AP Photo)

Lining up in response to a "beer call," thirsty Navy men and Marines are set for a treat after a raid on Japanese bases at Wake Island and Marcus Isla...

A General Sherman tank, equipped with the new pusher blade in front, advances along a road in France toward the battle area on August 3, 1944. (AP Pho...

The British offensive south of Gaumont gained 10 miles in 24 hours it was announced on August 2, 1944. Le Beny Bocage was captured and a bridge head e...