Then and Now

Normandy

1944

Le Tourneur, Normandy, 1944

A Churchill tank carrying infantry of the Royal Scots Fusiliers passes a destroyed German Mk IV tank in Le Tourneur, 3 August 1944.

1944

Vassy, Normandy, 1944

A Cromwell tank of 2nd Northamptonshire Yeomanry, 11th Armoured Division, driving through Vassy, 15th August 1944.

1944

Cagny, Normandy, 1944

A scene of destruction in the village of Cagny, 19 July 1944. Two Sherman ARVs arrive to recover a disabled Sherman tank.