Troops from 3rd Division, some with bicycles, move inland from Sword Beach, 6 June 1944. Photograph taken from a Universal carrier.
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6-6-44

Two British soldiers are keeping a watch from a hillside position in northern Africa.
The Corporal on the left is armed with an American made Thompson submachine gun. The soldier on the right - with a British Lee-Enfield rifle.

On the lookout

Sherman tanks and other vehicles of 13th/18th Royal Hussars, 27th Armoured Brigade, aboard LCT 610 approaching the French coast, 6 June 1944. The Sherman tank in the foreground (T147161 ’10’ ‘Balaclava’) is a RHQ tank. In front of it is a Sherman BARV (Beach Armoured Recovery Vehicle).
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