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Description: | Concept: civilian morale, military personnel, shipping, aircraft, aerial view, uniform, weapons, motor vehicles, military vehicles Description: whole: the main image is positioned in the upper left, held within a red border, with four smaller images placed in the upper right and lower half, each held within a white border. The title is separate and located across the top edge, in black, held within a red inset. The main text is separate and positioned in the upper right and lower left, in black. Further text is separate and placed in the upper right and lower left, in black, and held within white insets with black borders. All set against a yellow background, and held within two red borders. image: the main image is a photograph of Allied troops gathered on a beach in Normandy, watching the disembarkation of materiel from ships. The second image is a photograph of Allied troops wading ashore from landing craft, carrying bicycles. The third image is a photograph of a convoy of Allied landing craft at sea, seen from the deck of a ship. The fourth image is an aerial view of abandoned British gliders in a field. The fifth image is a photograph of a British aircraft firing rockets. The final image is an aerial view of a newly-constructed landing strip. text: WAR PICTORIAL Establishing the beachheads How the Allied troops seized the coast of Normandy: 1 THE SCENE ON THE BEACHHEAD - ONE OF THE GREAT PICTURES OF THE WAR. 2 INFANTRY WADE ASHORE, CARRYING THEIR BICYCLES. 3 PROTECTED BY THE ROYAL NAVY AND AN AIR UMBRELLA, ALLIED LANDING CRAFT SAIL ON HISTORY'S GREATEST INVASION. The R.A.F. plays its part: 4 BRITISH 'HORSA' GLIDERS AND ABANDONED PARACHUTES IN THE NORMANDY FIELDS. 5 ROCKET-FIRING AIRCRAFT STRAFE THE BEACHES. 6 A LANDING STRIP BUILT ON THE FRENCH COAST IN THE FIRST DAYS OF THE INVASION. GP.311/23/50 Object: aircraft, warship, truck, landing craft, glider, rocket, bicycle | Subjects: | poster | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Unknown | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=2587... | Go to resource |
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