Tiger burnt out on the roadside in Normandy

US troops use dead cows as cover on road to Perriers 1944

In the breakout from the Normady beachhead on the road to Perriers, two US GI's take cover behind dead cows.  In an exposed position like a road, any cover can be the difference between life and death.

A British soldier engaged in the street fighting around Caen, shortly after the D-Day landings.

A Douglas A-20 making a bomb run on D-Day, 6 June 1944

Assigned to the Ninth Air Force the 416th Bombardment Group, they were equipped with Douglas A-20 Havoc aircraft, seen here wearing the invasion stripes - alternating black and white bands on the wings and fuselage - an attempt to increase recognition and thereby reducing friendly fire incidents.

D-Day invasion stripes were removed from the upper surfaces of aircraft a month later, and by the end of 1944 they were completely removed.