Operation Overlord

Elements of the 25th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mecz) of the 4th Armored Division (U.S. Army) are having lunch near the intersection of D35 and D924 about 14 km east of Granville. 31st July 1944. There are M8 armored cars, a Half-Track M3A1 and jeeps. A woman holds out a bottle to a GI. The roof of the building to the right was burned. In the foreground is an Opel Blitz truck with an SS license plate, which belonged to the SS-Flak-Artillerie-Abteilung 2 of 2. SS-Panzer-Division "Das Reich”. It was used for transport of ammunition. Folligny, Normandy, France. (Photo by Galerie Bilderwelt/Getty Images)