40 mm Bofors Light Anti-Aircraft guns stockpiled in England prior to D-Day, 1944

Photograph, World War Two, Home Front (1939-1945), 1944.

Throughout 1943 and 1944 the Allies built up their forces in Britain. By June 1944 enough troops, tanks and guns were gathered for the Allied invasion of Normandy.

The Bofors 40 mm gun was the most widely used Allied anti-aircraft gun of the war. The gun was quick firing, reliable and versatile. It had sufficient punch to knock out all types of aircraft and yet was light enough to be adapted to a mobile role.

From a collection of 650 photographs compiled by the Commando Association.