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A Sherman tank and Crusader anti-aircraft tank of the Staffordshire Yeomanry, 27th Armoured Brigade, during Operation 'Goodwood', Normandy, 18 July 1944. B7522

A Sherman tank and Crusader anti-aircraft tank of the Staffordshire Ye...

A Sherman tank and Crusader anti-aircraft tank of the Staffordshire Yeomanry, 27th Armoured Brigade, during Operation 'Goodwood', Normandy, 18 July 1944. A Sherman tank and Crusader AA Mk III of the Staffordshi... More

British infantry and Sherman tanks wait to advance at the start of Operation 'Goodwood', Normandy, 18 July 1944. B7513

British infantry and Sherman tanks wait to advance at the start of Ope...

British infantry and Sherman tanks wait to advance at the start of Operation 'Goodwood', Normandy, 18 July 1944. Infantry and Sherman tanks wait to advance at the start of Operation 'Goodwood', 18 July 1944. A ... More

Caen-Collombelles, Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945 C4476

Caen-Collombelles, Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945 C4476

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Vertical aerial photograph showing smoke from exploding bombs smothering the Colombelles steelworks, east of Caen, France during the attack by aircraft of Bomber Comma... More

German prisoners taken during Operation Goodwood, 19 July 1944

German prisoners taken during Operation Goodwood, 19 July 1944

The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 German prisoners taken during Operation 'Goodwood', 19 July 1944.

Guardsmen of 3rd Irish Guards in a Loyd carrier, wrapped up against the clouds of dust, during Operation 'Goodwood', Normandy, 18 July 1944. B7533

Guardsmen of 3rd Irish Guards in a Loyd carrier, wrapped up against th...

Guardsmen of 3rd Irish Guards in a Loyd carrier, wrapped up against the clouds of dust, during Operation 'Goodwood', Normandy, 18 July 1944. Guardsmen of 3rd Irish Guards in a Loyd carrier, wrapped up against t... More

Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Bomber Command CH13551

Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Bomber Command CH13551

Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Bomber Command Watched by the CO, Wing Commander D A Gardner (left), aircrew of No 166 Squadron at Kirmington, Lincolnshire, gather on 20 July 1944 to hear the Adjutant, Flight Lieute... More

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. C4472

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. C4472

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Avro Lancasters and Handley Page Halifaxes fly through anti-aircraft fire to bomb fortified villages east of Caen, France in a dawn attack by 942 aircraft, before the ... More

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. C4475

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. C4475

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. An Avro Lancaster leaves the target area (top left), as smoke from exploding bombs smothers the village of Cagny, south-east of Caen, France. 942 aircraft of Bomber C... More

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CL4198

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CL4198

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Four Avro Lancasters of No. 514 Squadron RAF flying over complete cloud cover during a daylight attack on fortified villages east of Caen, in support of the Second Arm... More

Sherman Firefly awaiting orders to move forward Operation Goodwood July 1944

Sherman Firefly awaiting orders to move forward Operation Goodwood Jul...

Sherman Firefly with its squadron await the order to move forward at the start of Operation Goodwood, 18 July 1944.

Sherman Firefly passing through Ecosville Operation Goodwood July 1944

Sherman Firefly passing through Ecosville Operation Goodwood July 1944

Sherman Firefly passes through Ecosville during Operation Goodwood, 18 July 1944

Sherman tanks carrying infantry wait to advance at the start of Operation 'Goodwood', Normandy, 18 July 1944. B7511

Sherman tanks carrying infantry wait to advance at the start of Operat...

Sherman tanks carrying infantry wait to advance at the start of Operation 'Goodwood', Normandy, 18 July 1944. Sherman tanks carrying infantry wait to advance at the start of Operation 'Goodwood', 18 July 1944.

Sherman tanks of the Staffordshire Yeomanry, 27th Armoured Brigade, carrying infantry from 3rd Division, move up at the start of Operation 'Goodwood', Normandy, 18 July 1944. B7520

Sherman tanks of the Staffordshire Yeomanry, 27th Armoured Brigade, ca...

Sherman tanks of the Staffordshire Yeomanry, 27th Armoured Brigade, carrying infantry from 3rd Division, move up at the start of Operation 'Goodwood', Normandy, 18 July 1944. Sherman tanks of the Staffordshire ... More

The British Army in Normandy 1944 B7496

The British Army in Normandy 1944 B7496

The British Army in Normandy 1944 Sherman Crab flail tanks wait to advance at the start of Operation 'Goodwood', 18 July 1944.

The British Army in Normandy 1944 B7498

The British Army in Normandy 1944 B7498

The British Army in Normandy 1944 A Sherman Crab flail tank crosses a Bailey bridge over the Orne, as it moves up to the start line for Operation 'Goodwood', 18 July 1944.

The British Army in Normandy 1944 B7499

The British Army in Normandy 1944 B7499

The British Army in Normandy 1944 A Sherman Crab flail tank crosses a Bailey bridge over the Orne, as it moves up to the start line for Operation 'Goodwood', 18 July 1944.

The British Army in Normandy 1944 B7516

The British Army in Normandy 1944 B7516

The British Army in Normandy 1944 Sherman tanks carrying infantry wait to advance at the start of Operation 'Goodwood', 18 July 1944.

The British Army in Normandy 1944 B7517

The British Army in Normandy 1944 B7517

The British Army in Normandy 1944 Sherman tanks of the Staffordshire Yeomanry, 27th Armoured Brigade, carrying infantry from 3rd Division, move up at the start of Operation 'Goodwood', 18 July 1944.

The British Army in Normandy 1944 B7519

The British Army in Normandy 1944 B7519

The British Army in Normandy 1944 Sherman tanks carry infantry forward for the start of Operation 'Goodwood', 18 July 1944.

The British Army in Normandy 1944 B7523

The British Army in Normandy 1944 B7523

The British Army in Normandy 1944 A military policeman controls traffic as a Sherman tank moves forward for the start of Operation 'Goodwood', 18 July 1944.

The British Army in Normandy 1944 B7527

The British Army in Normandy 1944 B7527

The British Army in Normandy 1944 A heavily-camouflaged Sherman Firefly having just crossed a Bailey bridge over the Orne during Operation 'Goodwood', 18 July 1944.

The British Army in Normandy 1944 B7529

The British Army in Normandy 1944 B7529

The British Army in Normandy 1944 Loyd carriers and 6-pdr anti-tank guns of 3rd Irish Guards advance during Operation 'Goodwood', 18 July 1944.

The British Army in Normandy 1944 B7536

The British Army in Normandy 1944 B7536

The British Army in Normandy 1944 Sherman tanks move forward to the battle area during Operation 'Goodwood', 18 July 1944.

The British Army in Normandy 1944 B7540

The British Army in Normandy 1944 B7540

The British Army in Normandy 1944 A Morris light reconnaissance car and, in the background, Sherman Crab flail tanks move up to the battle area for Operation 'Goodwood', 18 July 1944.

The British Army in Normandy 1944 B7541

The British Army in Normandy 1944 B7541

The British Army in Normandy 1944 Sherman Crab flail tanks enter Escoville as they move up during Operation 'Goodwood', 18 July 1944.

The British Army in Normandy 1944 B7549

The British Army in Normandy 1944 B7549

The British Army in Normandy 1944 Sherman Crab flail tanks advance south of Escoville during Operation 'Goodwood', 18 July 1944.

The British Army in Normandy 1944 B7553

The British Army in Normandy 1944 B7553

The British Army in Normandy 1944 Sherman tanks and Crab flail tanks advance with infantry south of Escoville during Operation 'Goodwood', 18 July 1944.

The British Army in Normandy 1944 B7555

The British Army in Normandy 1944 B7555

The British Army in Normandy 1944 Sherman tanks of the Staffordshire Yeomanry, 27th Armoured Brigade, carrying infantry from 3rd Division, move up at the start of Operation 'Goodwood', 18 July 1944.

The British Army in Normandy 1944 B7558

The British Army in Normandy 1944 B7558

The British Army in Normandy 1944 Sherman tanks carrying infantry move forward during Operation 'Goodwood', 18 July 1944.

The British Army in Normandy 1944 B7563

The British Army in Normandy 1944 B7563

The British Army in Normandy 1944 Cromwell tanks of 2nd Northamptonshire Yeomanry advance near Escoville during Operation 'Goodwood', 18 July 1944.

The British Army in Normandy 1944 B7647

The British Army in Normandy 1944 B7647

The British Army in Normandy 1944 Cromwell tanks assembled for Operation 'Goodwood', 18 July 1944.

The British Army in Normandy 1944 B7649

The British Army in Normandy 1944 B7649

The British Army in Normandy 1944 Cromwell tanks assembled for Operation 'Goodwood', 18 July 1944.

The British Army in Normandy 1944 B7650

The British Army in Normandy 1944 B7650

The British Army in Normandy 1944 Cromwell tanks assembled for Operation 'Goodwood', 18 July 1944.

The British Army in Normandy 1944 B7663

The British Army in Normandy 1944 B7663

The British Army in Normandy 1944 German prisoners taken during Operation 'Goodwood' under guard, 19 July 1944.

The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 B7667

The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 B7667

The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 A German prisoner taken during Operation 'Goodwood', 19 July 1944.

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7506

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7506

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Sherman flail tank moves up to cross the Orne river during Operation 'Goodwood', 18 July 1944.

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7510

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7510

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Sherman tanks carrying infantry wait for the order to advance at the start of Operation 'Goodwood', 18 July 1944.

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7512

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7512

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Tank crews and infantry run to mount their Sherman tanks at the start of Operation 'Goodwood', 18 July 1944.

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7514

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7514

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Infantry and tanks wait to advance at the start of Operation 'Goodwood', 18 July 1944.

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7518

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7518

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Sherman tanks of the Staffordshire Yeomanry, 27th Armoured Brigade, carrying infantry from 3rd Division, move up at the start of Operation 'Goodwood', 18 July 1944.

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7521

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7521

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Sherman tanks caryying infantry, a Sherman Crab flail tank, and an ambulance halftrack assemble at the start of Operation 'Goodwood', 18 July 1944.

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7524

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7524

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Sherman tanks of 23rd Hussars, 11th Armoured Division, make their way across open ground in front of the factory chimneys at Colombelles steelworks during Operatio... More

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7525

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7525

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 A Sherman Firefly crosses 'Euston Bridge' over the Orne as it moves up to the start line for Operation 'Goodwood', 18 July 1944.

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7526

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7526

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Carriers of 1st (Motor) Grenadier Guards, 5th Guards Armoured Brigade, Guards Armoured Division, cross 'Euston Bridge' as they deploy for Operation 'Goodwood', 18 July 1944.

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7535

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7535

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Cromwell tanks of 2nd Troop, C Squadron, 2nd Northamptonshire Yeomanry, 11th Armoured Division, assembled for Operation 'Goodwood', 18 July 1944.

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7538

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7538

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 A tank commander talks to infantry on his Sherman Crab flail tank at the start of Operation 'Goodwood', 18 July 1944.

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7543

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7543

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Sherman tanks and a Sherman Firefly move through Escoville during Operation 'Goodwood', 18 July 1944.

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7557

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7557

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Sherman Firefly carrying infantry during Operation 'Goodwood', 18 July 1944.

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7560

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7560

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Stuart tanks moving up towards Escoville during Operation 'Goodwood', 18 July 1944.

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7562

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7562

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Cromwell tanks of 2nd (Armoured Reconnaissance) Battalion, Welsh Guards, moving up towards Escoville during Operation 'Goodwood', 18 July 1944.

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7565

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7565

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Sexton self-propelled gun moving up towards Escoville during Operation 'Goodwood', 18 July 1944.

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7651

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7651

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Cromwell tanks assemble for Operation 'Goodwood', 18 July 1944.

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7652

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7652

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Transport crossing into the Orne bridgehead across 'London Bridge' during Operation 'Goodwood', 18 July 1944.

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7654

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7654

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Carriers and a Sherman observation tank of an artillery headquarters unit moving up to cross the Orne river during Operation 'Goodwood', 18 July 1944.

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7661

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7661

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Operation 'Goodwood', 18 July 1944.

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7671

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7671

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Operation 'Goodwood', 18 July 1944.

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7674

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7674

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Operation 'Goodwood', 18 July 1944.

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7686

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7686

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 A Bren gun carrier passes a burnt-out German SdKfz 250 half-track near Troarn during Operation 'Goodwood', 19 July 1944.

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7760

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7760

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 A Sherman tank passes a wrecked German Mk IV near Cagny during Operation 'Goodwood', 18 July 1944.

The Campaign in Normandy 1944 B8032

The Campaign in Normandy 1944 B8032

The Campaign in Normandy 1944 German PzKpfw VI Tiger tank overturned during the Allied heavy bombing at the beginning of Operation 'Goodwood', July 1944.

Colombelles - A black and white photo of a factory site

Colombelles - A black and white photo of a factory site

Vertical photographic-reconnaissance aerial photograph of the steelworks at Colombelles, east of Caen, France following a daylight attack on German fortified positions by aircraft of Bomber Command on the morn... More

Damaged Halifax Operation Goodwood IWM CE 154

Damaged Halifax Operation Goodwood IWM CE 154

IWM caption : Vertical aerial photograph showing Handley Page Halifax B Mark III, LW127 'HL-F', of No. 429 Squadron RCAF, in flight over Mondeville, France, after losing its entire starboard tailplane to bombs... More

Fightinggoodwood - A black and white photo of a group of soldiers

Fightinggoodwood - A black and white photo of a group of soldiers

Soldiers of 1st Welsh Guards in action near Cagny during Operation Goodwood

Goodwoodfigthingposition - A black and white photo of a group of soldiers

Goodwoodfigthingposition - A black and white photo of a group of soldi...

Infantry and tanks wait to advance at the start of Operation 'Goodwood'.

IWM-B-7540-Morris-LRC-19440718

IWM-B-7540-Morris-LRC-19440718

A Morris light reconnaissance car and, in the background, Sherman Crab flail tanks move up to the battle area for Operation 'Goodwood', 18 July 1944.

King Tiger rammed - A black and white photo of a tank

King Tiger rammed - A black and white photo of a tank

A King Tiger of the 503rd heavy tank battalion, after it has been rammed by a British Sherman commanded by Lieutenant John Gorman of the 2nd Armoured Irish Guards, Guards Armoured Division during Operation Goo... More

Lancaster B Mark IIs at RAF Waterbeach July 1944 IWM CL 4213

Lancaster B Mark IIs at RAF Waterbeach July 1944 IWM CL 4213

IWM caption : Avro Lancaster B Mark IIs of No. 514 Squadron RAF taxy onto the main runway at Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire, for a daylight attack on fortified villages east of Caen, in support of the Second Army'... More

Lancasters at RAF Waterbeach ready for bombing Caen area July 1944 IWM CL 4214

Lancasters at RAF Waterbeach ready for bombing Caen area July 1944 IWM...

IWM caption : Avro Lancasters of No. 514 Squadron RAF, lined up at Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire, before taking part in a daylight attack on fortified villages east of Caen, in support of the Second Army's armour... More

Medicsgoodwood - A black and white photo of a group of people laying on the ground

Medicsgoodwood - A black and white photo of a group of people laying o...

Public domain photograph of military personnel, army, militia, infantry, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Shermancrossingbridgegoodwood, Imperial War Museum

Shermancrossingbridgegoodwood, Imperial War Museum

A Sherman Firefly crosses 'Euston Bridge' over the Orne as it moves up to the start line for Operation 'Goodwood', 18 July 1944.

Staffordshire Yeomanry Operation Goodwood

Staffordshire Yeomanry Operation Goodwood

A Sherman tank and an Crusader AA Mk III tank of the Staffordshire Yeomanry in France during Operation Goodwood, July 1944

Tanksgoodwood, Imperial War Museum

Tanksgoodwood, Imperial War Museum

IWM caption : THE BRITISH ARMY IN THE NORMANDY CAMPAIGN 1944. Sherman tanks carrying infantry wait for the order to advance at the start of Operation 'Goodwood'.

York bridge, Imperial War Museum

York bridge, Imperial War Museum

Cromwell tanks moving across 'York' bridge, a Bailey bridge over the Caen canal and the Orne river, during Operation 'Goodwood', 18 July 1944. Dansk: Cromwell kampvogne kører over York-broen, en Bailey bro ov... More