[Campagne de France - Normandie] Aout 1944 - Images couleurs de Franck Scherschel

Cette série de photo couleur a été capturée entre Juillet et Aout 1944.
Photographe : Frank Scherschel
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Fleet of amphibious DUKW "ducks" being loaded w. cargo after the landings in Normandy.



French locals helping American soldiers run an ammunition dump after the successful invasion of Normandy.



American P-47 Thunderbolt getting some maintenence in the dispersal area of a makeshift airfield in the French countryside following the Allied invasion of Normandy



American Army chaplin giving Eucharist & Last Rites to a wounded soldier



American soldiers chat w. local residents at an abandoned German checkpoint (note celebratory French flags) after the town was liberated from Axis control.
Location: Granville, Normandy, France



Fashion magazines scattered among the rubble of the heavily bombed town of St. Lo.
Location: Saint Lo, Normandy, France



American soldier in a jeep looking over the demolished town of St. Lo, destroyed by Allied & Axis bombardment.
Location: Saint Lo, Normandy, France



Locals walking through ruins of the heavily bombed city of St. Lo.
Location: Saint Lo, Normandy, France



Wrecked city of St. Lo after Allied shelling forced German troops to abandon the city.
Location: Saint Lo, Normandy, France



American tank crew, one member sporting a top hat, resting on the way through the town of Avaranches in the weeks following the succesful invasion of Normandy.
Location: Avranches, Normandy, France



Pair of French women and a little girl pose w. a group of American soldiers after German troops were driven from the area.
Location: Avranches, Normandy, France
Date taken: August 1944



American soldiers guarding German prisoners captured near the town of Le Gast during the fight for the Normandy area.



French couple sharing cognac w. American tank crew after Allied forces liberated the area.



Apprehensive young French child peering at photographer from behind laden clothesline after Allied troops drove German forces from the area.



American soldiers watch French townspeople hoist French and American flags over the town square after the US troops liberated the area.
Location: Avranches, Normandy, France



American soldiers standing next to a World War I monument bedecked w. French flags after the town was liberated by US troops.
Location: La Haye Du Puits, Normandy, France



French townspeople gathered on sidewalk to welcome liberating American troops.
Location: La Haye Du Puits, Normandy, France