The Normandy Invasion lasted throughout the summer of 1944, as Allied troops liberated all of northern France. Photos Normandie account has published more than 4,300 archival images from D-Day to August 1944. These are in original colour. Adding to the album of the Germans after defeat,
From images like Into the Jaws of Death by Robert F. Sargent to Canadiens engineers on Juno Beach and preparations at Weymouth harbour on the English south coast, the ruined town of the images take us back to a monumental time.
Leaving Weymouth
Juno Beach
Omaha, 6 June 1944.
Cherbourg, place de la République
Cherbourg
Max et Jean Robin, 12 and 8. Their father Raymond Robin was executed by the Germans on 15 June 1944 at Beaucoudray
Saint Malo
Place du Château, Cherbourg
Cherbourg after liberation
10 August, 1944, a patrol by The Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada
10 August 1944 – Pte. L.B. Roy, Cornwall, Ontario of The Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders