Infantry and armour moving in the Caumont area, France, 30 July 1944

Photograph, World War Two, North West Europe (1944-1945), 1944.

The vehicles depicted include Universal (or Bren) Carriers and a Sherman Crab. The latter was fitted with revolving chains that made a safe path through a mine field by deliberately detonating mines in front of or behind the vehicle.

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