Operation Cobra
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Operation Cobra was an offensive launched by the First United States Army under Lieutenant General Omar Bradley seven weeks after the D-Day landings, during the Normandy campaign of World War II. The
M4 Sherman tanks and infantrymen of the U.S. 4th Armored Division in Coutances
German dispositions, night of 24–25 July 1944
Men of the 1st Battalion, Welsh Guards, part of the 32nd Guards Brigade of the Guards Armoured Division, in action near Cagny, 19 July 1944
Bradley and Collins near Cherbourg
Operation Goodwood
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Operation Goodwood was a British offensive during the Second World War, which took place between 18 and 20 July 1944 as part of the larger battle for Caen in Normandy, France. The objective of the ope
Two M4 Sherman tanks, a Sherman Firefly carrying infantry and a Sherman Crab wait for the order to advance at the start of Operation Goodwood, 18 July
A German patrol moves towards the Colombelles factory area. Some of the tall chimneys used by German observers are visible in the distance.
Camouflaged Churchill tanks of the 31st Tank Brigade, which did not take part in Goodwood, highlighting the efforts taken in Normandy to hide vehicles from enemy observers.
Cromwell tanks moving across York Bridge, a Bailey bridge built over the Caen Canal and the Orne River.