The great assault going well
Invasion of Normandy British and German stretcher bearers attend to a wounded German soldier

Allied troops advance past the burning post office in the town of Trun

Soldiers from the North Staffordshire Regiment fire into German dugouts during the battle for Caen

Vehicles move inland from the beaches

A Sherman beach armoured recovery vehicle prepares to remove an anti-aircraft gun on Gold Beach, while lorries are driven off

The officers’ daily meeting in the admiral’s cabin on the HMS Scylla. Rear Admiral Sir Philip Vian, the commander of Eastern Task Force, is on the left

The D-Day operational plotting room on HMS Scylla on the eve of the landings

A string of amphibian ducks make their way along the shore on special tracks after leaving the large landing barges in the background

Mr Eric Greenwood, staff photographer for The Times, on Gold Beach. He represented the British Newspaper Pool during the D-Day landings. The following pictures were taken by Greenwood and fellow Times photographer Bill Warhurst during the landings and the invasion of Normandy

Troops on the beach near Arromanches

A girl gives a British soldier from the North Staffordshire Regiment a drink as they pass through Pierefitte en Onglais

A British soldier greets villagers

German prisoners being brought along the shore

American troops on captured German horses stand back in Chambois while British tanks pass through