Caen in Ruins

ID: 540 ~ Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Caen_in_ruins.jpg ~ Creator: U.S. Government ~ Date: July 10, 1944

This file appears in: Crossing the Channel

Following the D-Day invasions of June 6, 1944, the Allied forces followed with a heavy bombing campaign in Normandy's cities to drive out German troops ahead of the Allied advance.

This file appears in: Crossing the Channel

Crossing the Channel

By W.A. Scott III

"And we went over across the channel. And we got off at Le Havre. We went up through Le Havre. The forces had moved on in, and we were able to go up to get off at Rouen, as I remember it."