£100 - £150
PRESS PHOTOGRAPHY. Second World War - D-Day Landings at Normandy and the subsequent Allied advance into France. Approximately fifty-five black and white photographs, some Second World War period and others later re-prints (1950s - 1980s), printed captions verso, largest 25.5cm x 20cm; sold together with a quantity wirephotos, including D-Day ceremonies with Queen Elizabeth II, President Reagan and Queen Beatrix of Holland, and a modern newspaper segment. Subjects include • U.S Navy Beach Battalion digging in for their first night ashore in France • Troops going ashore in Ducks (DUKW) • Tanks and equipment being unloaded on the beaches • 531st Engineer Shore Regiment clearing landmines • The liberation of Caen • Dead German being passed by American soldier on a street in France • French civilians injured by artillery and tank fire in the village of Dombasle (September 1944) • American paratroopers sweeping the streets of St. Mere before the push to Cherbourg • Anti-Tank gun and crew entering Dochamps, 17th January 1945 and others (55 black and white photos, 30+ wirephotos)
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