At Montgomery's headquarters on 12 June 1944, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and senior officers watch air activity overhead. Present are, left to right: Lieut-General Sir Richard O'Connor, commanding VIII Corps; Churchill; Field Marshal Jan Smuts; Montgomery; and Field Marshal Sir Alan Brooke, Chief of the Imperial General Staff.

Something going on up above

Two British soldiers, Sergeant F. J. Petrie and Sapper L. Roberts examine a captured German "Panzerschreck" anti-tank weapon during the offensive south of Caumont-Gap; Normandy, France, 31 July 1944.


The other anti-tank weapon

 Men of 15th (Scottish) Division await the signal to advance during Operation "Epsom"; 26 June 1944. 
 The British were not as well versed in infiltration tactics as the Germans. Instead, they relied on traditional attacks behind a rolling artillery barrage to suppress enemy positions. 