File:US WW2 M4A1(76)W HVSS Sherman Tank (D-Day 1944 Tank). Sainte-Mère-Église church in Normandy Sainte-Mère-Église Airborne Museum August 2019 - 48698307681.jpg
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English: This M4A1(76)W HVSS Sherman Tank (sometimes called the M4A1E8 Easy 8) is part of the WW2 D-Day landings display at the US Airborne Forces Museum in Saint-Mere-Eglise. The Museum is built on the site of the house that was bombed and burnt down on D-Day that is seen on the film the Longest Day. It was the light from this fire that enabled the Germans stationed in the town to shot so many paratroopers as they were blown off course and landed in Saint-Mere-Eglise. The problem is that this version of the Sherman tank never took part in the D-Day landings on 6th June 1944 or the battle for Normandy. The first 'Easy Eight' M4A1(76)W HVSS Sherman tanks only arrived in Europe in December 1944.
Photo of misc. World War II militaria in Airborne Museum, a French museum dedicated to the memory of paratroopers of the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions of the United States Army who parachuted into Normandy on the night of June 5–6, 1944. Sainte-Mère-Église, Arrondissement de Cherbourg, Normandy. Summer holidays in France, August 2019 |
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