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Allies land in France. Allied transports and vehicles make the first landings on the shores of northern France in the initial assault to liberate Nazi-hold Europe which was launched June 6, 1944.

afsprong van Ist Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division bij het kasteel Heeswijk, 17 september 1944. Tekst achterop: "Dava still media depository (...) Holland... Paratroopers drift earthward from troop transports participation in the Allied A/B Army invasion of Holland".

Americans landing near Oran. Transports, silhouetted by the slanting rays of the sun, wait off shore during landing operations of the U.S. Army at Mers-El-Kebir in the Oran area of Algeria.

afsprong van het Iste Bataljon, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division bij kasteel Heeswijk, 17 september 1944. Tekst achterop: "Dava still media depository (...) Holland... Aerial view of Allied Airborne Army invasion of Holland. paratroopers drifting earthward from troop-carrying transports into the countryside in the south of Holland".

Amerikaanse troepen komen aan in Casablanca. 'American soldiers carrying rifles and barracks bags disembark from large transports at a doch at Casablanca, French Morroco, to take part in the Allied campaign against the Axis in North Africa.'

Official photograph from the north-western expeditionary force. Troops relaxing on the promenade deck of one of the transports.

View of the French coast during allied landings. A view of the coast of France as Allied troops made their first landings June 6, 1944. Note the coastal defense of steel and concrete on which some of the Allied transports were wrecked.

American tugs at work in Britain. A tug which in peacetime guided liners in New York Harbor, now pressed into war service, edges a British landing craft into position with her bew at a British port. Operating under the U.S. Army Tranportation Corps, the American tugs have done outstanding service since D-Day, towing transports in and out of home waters, aiding landing barges and towing damaged ships ...

U.S. troops begin journey home. U.S. Army troops line a floating pier in the Le Havre, France, port of embarkation, waiting to board the transports seen in the background. Veterans of he war in Europe, these men are being redeployed to the U.S.

Le debarquement à Naples des legionnaires italiens retour d'Espagne. Les legionnaires quittent les transports qui les ont conduit de Cadix à Naples.

Service men take over distribution of England's food supplies. Soldiers carrying meat from Smithfield Market, London, to the waiting Army transports.