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Beach obstacles being erected by the Germans on the Normandy coast prior to the Allied assault, 1944
Photograph, World War Two, North West Europe (1944-1945), 1944.
A low-level air photograph showing part of the Normandy coast where the Allied landings were scheduled to take place. Prior to the landings on 6 June 1944 thousands of air reconnaissance photographs of German defences were taken in preparation for the liberation of Europe.
One of 37 British official photographs.
NAM Accession Number
NAM. 2006-12-103-9
Copyright/Ownership
National Army Museum, Out of Copyright
Location
National Army Museum, Study collection
Object URL
https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=2006-12-103-9