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U.S. Army nurses who were the first to arrive in the China-Burma-India Theater are the first to leave India under a policy of rotation of service on A...

British and Canadian troops, having off effectively closed the Falaise gap, are pushing on towards the important communications center of Lisioux, and...

Bailey and Pontoon bridges have now been built across the River Seine and British troops and vehicles are pouring across the bridges to attack the ene...

A French dairymaid leads her cows across a meadow filled with R.A.F., 1,000 lb, bombs in Normandy, France in August 1944. These bombs were not fused,...

On August 22, British troops captured the town of Lisieux, vital communications center on the road to the lower reaches of the Seine and are already d...

Infantry search for snipers in ruined houses near Bonneville during their advance to Aunay-Sur-Odon, south east of Caumont in France in August 1944. (...

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...

Troops on the look out for enemy aircraft on the edge of one of the roads leading to the front in France. The gun is a Polsten Aok-Aok 20 m.m. In the...

A Bren carrier passing by burning houses in Montchauvet, France in August 1944. (AP Photo)

Servicing Commandos of the R.A.F. busy with a bomb and gun in August 1944. They are seen through corn attacked away from the dispersal area to avoid d...

An American salvage detail sorts supplies left behind by retreating Japanese during American invasion of Noemfoor Island, off New Guinea in the Pacifi...

There has been torrential rain on the Caen sector, and the tank tracks on which the dust flew so blindly, are now pools of mud. Vehicles and troops ne...

The station and yards of the important French railway center of Caen, on the Paris-Cherbourg main line, lie in ruins following the capture of the city...

A flail tank making its way towards the Orne with a convoy of vehicles in Normandy on July 31, 1944. (AP Photo)

A flail tank making its way towards the Orne with a convoy of vehicles in Normandy on July 31, 1944. (AP Photo)

After a concentrated air bombardment the British launched an attack from the Caumont area at Dawn on July 30, 1944. A stream of British infantry and a...

After a concentrated air bombardment the British launched an attack from the Caumont area at Dawn on July 30. Transport vehicles moving up for the att...

In the attack beyond Sepy-Vents, finally cleared of the enemy on July 30, 1944, the infantry pushed along the main road towards St. Martin-Des-Besares...

Although no major battle is being fought on the British sector on July 30, 1944. The expression "a lull in the fighting" can mean to troops in the are...

The Abbey of Ardenne near Caen was founded in 1121 has not been used for religious services for the past 100 years. For some considerable time past it...

Gliders used during the invasion of Normandy by Allied troops, seen scattered about on a vast field, somewhere in France, on July 28, 1944. (AP Photo)

Gliders used during the invasion of Normandy by Allied troops, seen scattered about on a vast field, somewhere in France, on July 28, 1944. (AP Photo)

British troops moving forward in battle order near Caen, France, on July 28, 1944. (AP Photo)

Commandoes wade ashore from landing craft, during the landings on a beachhead somewhere in France, on July 27, 1944. One is seen carrying a small moto...

British troops wade ashore from landing craft at a beachhead, in Normandy, France on July 27, 1944. (AP Photo)

During the passage to France of British troops who made a landing at Bernieresur-Mer, North West of Caen, France, on July 27, 1944. (AP Photo)

British troops making their way Inland with equipment, as aprt of the Allied invasion of France, on July 27, 1944. (AP Photo)

British infantrymen work their way along a bank of the Orne River after they had captured Caen in Normandy on July 27, 1944. (AP Photo)

The British and Canadian break-through south and south-east of Caen on July 18 has cracked the crust of the German defences. Sherman tanks operating i...

British infantrymen work their way along a bank of the Orne River on July 27, 1944 after they had captured Caen in Normandy. (AP Photo)

Jack Benny, radio and film comedian, touring with a group of entertainers in New Guinea, shown on July 26, 1944 as he entertains a Papuan native man w...

With the assistance of lovely songstress Martha Tilton, Jack Benny, violin virtuoso who made famous his rendition of "Love in Bloom," tutors a Papuan...

Screen actress Carole Landis, touring with a group of entertainers somewhere in New Guinea on July 26, 1944, swings out into a revealing jitterbug rou...

Further down the Orne, tanks in a long line go across a newly constructed track before disappearing into the woods to take up action positions on July...

Mass descent by parachute which formed part of the display airborne troops gave for Mexican officers at an airfield in Eastern Command, somewhere in A...

The French town of Cagny, beyond Caen, bears the scars of war in the form of wrecked buildings and churches, as British forces move in after having fo...

When General Montgomery switched his amour across the River Orne and the Caen Canal on July 18, he created one of the biggest surprises since D-Day, a...

When General Montgomery switched his amour across the River Orne and the Caen Canal on July 18, he created one of the biggest surprises since D-Day, a...

Britain's Prime Minister Winston Churchill, left, accompanied by General Sir Bernard Montgomery, right, and Lieutenant General Sir Miles Dempsey, comm...

British 'Tommies' climb aboard tanks as the prepare to move up along the front beyond the French city of Caen on July 23, 1944. With the German strong...

British 'Tommies' climb aboard tanks as the prepare to move up along the front beyond the French city of Caen on July 23, 1944. With the German strong...

When this group of USO performers arrived at a U.S. base in New Guinea on July 22, 1944, they were greeted by the familiar newsmen and photographers r...

The comparative lull which followed the captured of Caen has ended. On July 18, General Montgomery's forces opened the attack against Rommels defense...

British tanks and infantry prepare to move for the attack east on Caen on July 22, 1944. (AP Photo)

The comparative lull which followed the captured of Caen has ended. On July 18, General Montgomery's forces opened the attack against Rommels defense...

Scene as landing ships and craft of the great armada reached the beaches of Normandy. Minesweeper and other small craft making for the beaches, on Jul...

Fanbourg de Vaucelles was only cleared of Germans on Wednesday, July 19, 1944. Royal Engineers and Pioneer Corps clear roads etc, so as to make way fo...

A long range fuel tank of a spitfire, converted to hold beer, is being filled from barrels before being flown to Allied forces Normandy on July 18, 19...

When General Montgomery switched his armour across the River Orne and the Caen Canal on July 18th, he created one of the biggest surprises since D Day...

British tanks, flanked by motorcycle riders, advance toward enemy positions beyond Caen on July 18, 1944 during drive which resulted in crossing the O...