Sherman tanks (foreground) pass a column of Churchills as they advance towards Vassy; 4 August 1944.
Vassy is a commune in the Normandy region in northwestern France, ten miles south-west from Caen.

Columns of tanks

A Sherman tank crew of the Nottinghamshire Yeomanry (Sherwood Rangers), part of the 8th Armoured Brigade, shaking hands with US troops in Issum, Germany, approx. 10 miles east of the Dutch border; 6 March 1945.

Handshake between Brits and Yanks

British soldiers wade in shallow waters toward one of the many private boats to take as many as she can hold, off the beaches of Dunkirk, France, back to England; May-June 1940.