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View of Lieutenant General Patton's Seventh Army staff aboard SS Monrovia, en route to Sicily, June/July 1943
View of Lieutenant General Patton's Seventh Army staff aboard SS Monrovia, en route to Sicily, June/July 1943
Allied invasion fleet gathered off the coast of Southern France. The 19th Flotilla of the Royal Navy Patrol Service (RNPS), known as “Harry Tate’s Nav
Allied invasion fleet gathered off the coast of Southern France. The 19th Flotilla of the Royal Navy Patrol Service (RNPS), known as “Harry Tate’s Navy”, played a vital role in the invasion. HMS Ensay, together with other minesweepers of the flotilla, cleared enemy mines and swept safe lanes through the minefields, allowing the invasion fleet and landing craft to approach the French coast safely.
German 88-mm gun on the coast in Southern France
German 88-mm gun on the coast in Southern France
US paratroopers of the 517th Parachute Regimental Combat Team prepare for the landings
US paratroopers of the 517th Parachute Regimental Combat Team prepare for the landings
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny (in dark pants and shirt without jacket, behind André Diethelm in suit) reviewing troops in the liberated city of Marseille
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny (in dark pants and shirt without jacket, behind André Diethelm in suit) reviewing troops in the liberated city of Marseille on 29 August 1944