Chapter 35: Pictures of Normandy Pictures of devastated France after D-DayPictures of devastated France after D-Day

American troops clear wreckage in Saint-Lô

American troops pose for a photograph amongst the ruins of northern France in the summer of 1944

Vehicles and supplies are unloaded from an LST (landing ship, tank) at a Normandy beachhead

Soldiers driving through the ruins of an unnamed town somewhere in northwestern France in the summer of 1944

A destroyed town in northwest France, the Normandy landings have been called the beginning of the end of war in Europe

American soldiers watch U.S. Army jeeps drive through the ruins of Saint-Lô, the town was almost totally destroyed by 2,000 Allied bombers when they attacked German troops stationed there during Operation Overlord in June 1944.

A civilian couple walk through ruins of the heavily bombed city of Saint-Lô, France, August 1944.

Children watch an American Army jeep driving through the ruins of Saint-Lô.

An American ambulance, a jeep and a truck are driving through the ruins of Saint-Lô.

Nuns and some children look on at the ruins of an almost totally destroyed church.