11th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)
The 11th Panzer Division was an armoured division in the German Army during World War II, established in 1940.
Panzer IVs of the 11th Panzer Division during the invasion of Yugoslavia.
Western Front (World War II)
The Western Front was a military theatre of World War II encompassing Denmark, Norway, Luxembourg, Belgium, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, France, and Germany. The Italian front is considered a separate but related theatre. The Western Front's 1944–1945 phase was officially deemed the European Theater by the United States, whereas Italy fell under the Mediterranean Theater along with North Africa. The Western Front was marked by two phases of large-scale combat operations. The first phase saw the capitulation of Luxembourg, Netherlands, Belgium, and France during May and June 1940 after their defeat in the Low Countries and the northern half of France, and continued into an air war between Germany and Britain that climaxed with the Battle of Britain. The second phase consisted of large-scale ground combat, which began in June 1944 with the Allied landings in Normandy and continued until the defeat of Germany in May 1945 with its invasion.
Dieppe's pebble beach and cliff immediately following the raid on 19 August 1942. A scout car has been abandoned.
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel visiting the Atlantic Wall defences near the Belgian port of Ostend
Routes taken by the D-Day invasion
Crowds of French people line the Champs Élysées following the Liberation of Paris, 26 August 1944.