D-Day In Colour – Photographs of The Longest Day

PhotosNormandie has over 4,300 archival images documenting the Normandy Invasion from June to August 1944. Volunteers continue to add to the collection as new materials become available.

The Normandy Invasion lasted throughout the summer of 1944, as Allied troops liberated all of northern France. Photos Normandie account has published more than 4,300 archival images from D-Day to August 1944. These are in original colour. Adding to the album of the Germans after defeat,

From images like Into the Jaws of Death by Robert F. Sargent to Canadiens engineers on Juno Beach and preparations at Weymouth harbour on the English south coast, the ruined town of the images take us back to a monumental time.

 

D-Day in colour

Leaving Weymouth

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D-Day in colour

 

D-Day in colour

D-Day in colour

D-Day in colour

D-Day in colour

D-Day in colour

Juno Beach

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Omaha, 6 June 1944.

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Cherbourg, place de la République

D-Day in colour

Cherbourg

D-Day in colour

D-Day in colour

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Max et Jean Robin, 12 and 8. Their father Raymond Robin was executed by the Germans on 15 June 1944 at Beaucoudray

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Saint Malo

Place du Château, Cherbourg

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Cherbourg after liberation

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10 August, 1944, a patrol by The Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada

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D-Day in colour

10 August 1944 – Pte. L.B. Roy, Cornwall, Ontario of The Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders

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