A series of haunting images have captured the brutal reality Allied Forces faced as they attempted to push back Nazi troops in the Second World War.
These coloured photographs uncovered in the National Archives of Canada show the daily struggles of the Invasion of Normandy, which launched on 6 June, 1944 also known as D-Day.
Incredibly, there is still a shell lodged in its armour almost 80 years after Adolf Hitler used the coastal town of St Malo it to defend Nazi-occupied France from attack on the Atlantic coast.
----------------------------------------- The Johnstown Tribune - September 3, 1943
British troops and US sailors manning 20mm gun positions on board USS LST-25 watch LCI(L) landing craft head towards the beaches of Gold assault area, 6 June 1944.
-------------------------------------- The Johnstown Tribune - December 10, 1942
When Maureen Sweeney gave her weather report on 3 June, little did she know it would be central to thousands of troops successfully landing in Normandy - an event that went on to change the course of the Second World War.
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The biggest seaborne invasion in history didn't all go to plan, but some luck and a lot of grit led to a victory that would alter the course of World War II.
----------------------------------------- The Johnstown Tribune - December 4, 1942
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Crew of a Bofors anti aircraft gun on board HMS BULOLO covering shipping unloading supplies.
---------------------------------------- The Johnstown Tribune - November 19, 1942 Birth Notes: Mr. & Mrs. Robert Boring - ...
The campaign heralded the beginning of the end of the Second World War, as 160,000 Allied soldiers landed on the beaches of France.
