D-Day - German Prisoners
A Canadian picket stands guard over captured German prisoners following the storming of a German defence post two days after D-Day. In the background casulaties receive attention from their comrades. D-Day began on June 6th, 1944 at 6:30am and was conducted in two assault phases - the air assault landing of allied troops followed by an amphibious assault by infantry. The Normandy landings were the largest single-day amphibious actions ever undertaken, involving close to 400, 000 military and naval personnel
Picture No
10282368
Media ID
47860908
Size
4704px x 3126px
(2.4MB)
Credit
(c)Robert Hunt Library/Mary Evans
Date
8th June 1944
