France; The arrow on this signboard in a wrecked street in Caen points towards Paris and other French towns. The bottom town may be named for the...
War and Conflict, World War Two, , Invasion of France, pic: June 1944, Allied troops clearing houses of Germans at Caen, Normandy
Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Field Marshal Montgomery, and Lieutenant General Sir Miles Dempsey, and G.G. Simonds examine a map in France after...
Prime Minister visits Caen with General Montgomery, 1944. Mr Churchill talking to British and Canadian troops who were working near the bridges in...
War and Conflict, World War Two, , Invasion of France, pic: June 1944, An Allied Sherman tank on a narrow country road near Caen, Normandy
Sherman M4 tank with British soldiers near Caen during the battle between Allied troops and German forces, France, June 1944. During these operations...
The Abbaye-aux-Hommes or Church of St Etienne in Caen, one of the few buildings left standing in the town after the Battle of Normandy, 1944.
Falaise, France: Falaise, the target for which Allied forces in the Caen sector have been aiming, has now fallen to the Canadians. In gaining...
Section of British engineers moving through ruins to clear away any mines and booby traps, Caen, France, 9th July 1944.
Caen, France: Prime Minister Winston Churchill speaks to some to troops who led the assault on D-Day. General Sir Bernard Montgomery is just visible...
Here is a panoramic view of the French coast line upon which the allied invasion armies established their first beachheads. Driving almost ten miles...
As the Allied invasion moves inland to become the battle of Normandy and beachheads grow in depth as thousands landed on well cleared coast the...
Top--Amphibious operations--here are the first key spots on the Normandy coast of France where Allied invasion forces came ashore by boat to set up...
Supported by one of the most powerful air umbrellas of the war, thousands of allied paratroopers have gone into action ten miles inland from the...
This Picture taken on February 26 shows gloves on Ouistreham harbor's barbed wire fence, near Caen, Northwestern France. More than a year after the...
Man walks on February 26 in front of France and United Kingdom's flags outside the port of Ouistreham, near Caen, Northwestern France. - More than a...
British infantry riding on a Sherman tank through the village of Caumont-l'Evente, south of Caen, during the Allied invasion of Normandy, August 1944.
Glengarrians of the Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division take a meal on the banks of the Caen train...
This Canadian crew of a Sherman V "Clanky" sit before the battle south of Caen, France . 28th July 1944. This was the personal tank of Major Dave...
2nd Tactical Air Force, 1943-1945, Infra-red oblique showing North American Mitchell Mk II, FV970 'NO-K', of No. 320 Squadron RAF flying past the...
Prime Minister Winston Churchill and General Sir Bernard Montgomery, standing behind, with soldiers of the 50th Division who took part in the D-Day...
French actress Irina Demich on the film set of 'The Longest Day' near Caen in Normandy, France, on September 6th, 1961.
Sign reads 'building inaccessible - for security reason trespassing prohibited' on a barrier set up in front of the administration building of CROUS...
Paris Saint-Germain's US forward Tim Weah celebrates after scoring a goal during the French L1 football match between Paris Saint-Germain and Caen on...
Carla Bruni Sarkozy reviews troops at Caen prefecture on June 6, 2009 in Caen, France. Political leaders and veterans are attending an international...
Carla Bruni Sarkozy, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, US President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Obama review troops at Caen prefecture on June...
War and Conflict, World War Two, , Invasion of France, pic: June 1944, Allied tanks passing through the town of La Delivrande, near Caen, Normandy
World War Two, January Caen, France, The ruins of the town of Caen showing the remains of the cathedral, one year after fighting took place following...
War and Conflict, World War Two, , Invasion of France, pic: June 1944, An Allied Sherman recovery tank towing a crippled Sherman through a ruined...
Blind busker plays the accordion outside the ruined Chamber of Commerce at Caen, following its liberation by the Allies during World War II, December...
British Normandy Veteran Pat Churchill who was with the 2nd Royal Marines Armoured Support Regiment looks towards France as he travels aboard the...
Zlatan Ibrahimovic of PSG celebrates his goal during the French Ligue 1 match between Paris Saint-Germain FC and Stade Malherbe Caen at Parc des...
Glengarrians of the Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division take a meal on the banks of the Caen train...
American Brigadier-General Ira C. Baker leaving his plane after a bombin raid over Rouen and Caen in France.
Airmen of the US 8th AAF paint slogans on their bombs before setting off for a raid over Caen and Calais.
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel , centre, studies a map with other German army officers at Caen, France, during an inspection tour of coastal defences.
Wounded British 2nd Army soldier returning from the Normandy front at Caen disembarks from a casualty ship during Operation Overlord on 4th July 1944...
The British Army Film And Photographic Unit 1941 - 1947, Army Film and Photographic Unit photographer Sgt Norman Midgley in his jeep, his official...
Irish-British actor Richard Todd in uniform on the set of the film 'The Longest Day' at Benouville, near Caen in Normandy, France, on September 6th,...
American producer Darryl Zanuck and French actress Irina Demich on the set of the film 'The Longest Day' on location near Caen in Normandy, France,...
Two pedestrians walk along a wrecked and bombed out street towards the Church of Saint-Pierre in the centre of the city of Caen in Normandy, France...
French singer, composer and actor Aurelien Cotentin aka Orelsan wears Stade Malherbe Caen football team's jersey as he jumps into the crowd in a...
Ouistreham, Normandy - the new lock on the Caen canal; lock and swing bridge open, Plate 46 from:- I.S.I.S. Report on France, Vol. 2: Normandy West...
Students check the results of the French general baccalaureat exam at the lycee Malherbe in Caen, northwestern France, on July 6, 2018.
Students react as they check the results of the French general baccalaureat exam at the lycee Malherbe in Caen, northwestern France, on July 6, 2018.
Students react as they check the results of the French general baccalaureat exam at the lycee Malherbe in Caen, northwestern France, on July 6, 2018.
High school students wait for the start of a 4 hours philosophy dissertation, that kicks off the French general baccalaureat exam for getting into...
High school students are distributed subjects at the start of a 4 hours philosophy dissertation, that kicks off the French general baccalaureat exam...
Participant competes during a soap box derby in Colombelles, near Caen, northwestern France, on June 17, 2018.
Participant competes during a soap box derby in Colombelles, near Caen, northwestern France, on June 17, 2018.
Participant competes during a soap box derby in Colombelles, near Caen, northwestern France, on June 17, 2018.
Royal Navy veteran Patrick Thomas holds a picture of himself when he was in service, as he looks towards the beach at Lion-sur-Mer where his landing...
Roy Maxwell who was in 4 Commando and landed Sword Beach on D-Day, poses for a photograph on Sword Beach at Colleville-Montgomery, on June 8, 2018...
Normandy veterans, Jack Quinn who was coxswain in a amphibious craft delivering frogmen in the early hours of D-Day on Gold Beach, Pat Churchill who...
Normandy veteran Pat Churchill who was with the 2nd Royal Marines Armoured Support Regiment which landed on Juno Beach on D-Day and Roy Maxwell who...
Flags flutter behind the Bill Millin Memorial on Sword Beach in Colleville-Montgomery, on June 5, 2018 near Caen, France. Tomorrow marks the 74th...
Vera Hay who was a nursing sister in the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service and landed on Gold Beach shortly after D-Day talks with...