English Channel on a barge en route to Normandy, France for the D-Day Invasion, World War II. An American flag flies behind them.

Operation Overlord Normandy, German Prisoners of War (POW) have been put behind barbed wire on Omaha Beach where American invasion forces landed 6th June. 10th June 1944. Landing Ships Tank (LST) are on the beach and barrage balloons are up in the air for protection. France.

American troops with German prisoners of war on board a Liberty ship in the English Channel during the Allied invasion of Normandy, June 1944.

Operation Overlord Normandy, The Saskatchewan Regiment of the 2nd Canadian Infantry Division is landing at Juno Beach on the outskirts of Bernieres-sur-Mer on D-Day. 6th June 1944. 14,000 Canadian soldiers were put ashore and 340 lost their livein the battles for the beachhead.

Operation Overlord Normandy, Three American soldiers from the 1st Engineer Special Brigade are looking at photos from home. June 1944. Landing Ships Tank (LST) and other vessels are on the beach at Omaha and barrage balloons are up in the air for protection. France.

Operation Overlord Normandy, A Catholic priest is performing a religious service in the Normandy American Cemetary of Colleville sur Mer. July 1944. The town is near Omaha Beach where the largest battle of the invasion took place after the landings on 6th June.

A Canadian soldier directs traffic in front of the Notre-Dame Nativity church, in Bernieres-sur-Mer, on June 6, 1944.

Operation Overlord Normandy, Soldiers of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division are trying to set up an anti-aircraft gun. June 1944. The