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• The East Yorkshires advance Alongside the Royal Dragoon Guards, Ver-sur-Mer near Caen : June 1944

  (art) Made by: James, Edward Ernest 1944

  image: Soldiers advancing up a beach from the sea.

• A Night Scene in Normandy : La Délivrande

  (art) Made by: Richards, Albert 1944

  image: a view at night looking across a walled farm which appears to have been turned into a military camp with aerials erected in the field and trucks parked in the farm yard. The sky above is filled with patterns of smoke, explosions and anti-aircraft...

• At the Village of La Plein: There was constant watch for snipers hidden in the village, 1944

  (art) Made by: Richards, Albert 1944

  image: two British paratroopers stand behind a large stone wall in the French village of La Plein, looking towards a burning building that is under British attack. The man to the left looks through a small loophole in the wall, the man to the right lies...

• We Lie at the Beach Dressing Station and Wonder how the Battle is Going : D Day 6th June 1944

  (art) Made by: Heath, J C 1944-06-06

  image: Two rows of injured British soldiers lie on the ground or on strechers in the shade of a small hillock surrounded by camouflage nets. Others sit with their arms in slings and their heads bandaged. One of the men is being given a drip by two others...

• Ruined Villas by the Sea near Lion-sur-Mer, Normandy 1944

  (art) Made by: Ardizzone, Edward Jeffrey Irving 1944

  image: A view down a street of bomb-damaged villas. Outside one of the houses a group of British soldiers are resting.

• From the Landing Craft Assault: we watched the 'planes dive-bombing near Le Hamel, D Day, 6th June 1944

  (art) Made by: Heath, J C 1944-06-06

  image: A view from a D Day landing craft approaching the shore. British soldiers are crouching in the boat which is surrounded by explosions and water plumes rising all around. Aircraft fly above the blazing shoreline.

• Sea Transport: Norwegians Loading a Dangerous Cargo on D Day, 6th June 1944

  (art) Made by: Howard-Jones, Ray 1944

  image: three Norwegian troops carefully load dangerous cargo onto a small ship, with the mast immediately behind them. Another man carries a long pole across the gangway onto the ship. Another Norwegian soldier leans against a metal strut on the dockside.

• Aboard a Landing Craft Tank, 1944

  (art) Made by: James, Edward Ernest 1944

  image: A view from the bridge of a landing craft at sea, looking towards land on the horizon.

• L C T's Ram the Beach to bring in Supplies : the Royal Dragoon Guards attacking the defences

  (art) Made by: James, Edward Ernest

  image: A beach with a landing craft with a damaged hull in the foreground. Further along the beach there are soldiers climbing towards a hillside covered with smoking ruins.

• The First Day of the Invasion : 6th June 1944, Ver-sur-Mer, near Caen

  (art) Made by: James, Edward Ernest

  image: A view of a beach covered in soldiers and tanks. The sea in the background is filled with gathering ships and boats.