Portsmouth's twin city to rise from carnage of war | Nostalgia

Hard to believe that out of the wreckage in the top picture would emerge one of Portsmouth’s twin cities, Caen.
By Chris Owen
Published 25th Aug 2020, 15:20 BST
Prime minister Winston Churchill, Sir Miles Dempsey, British 2nd Army commandant, and Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery visit the destroyed city of Caen, on July 23, 1944 after Allied forces stormed the Normandy beaches on D-Day. Picture: GettyPrime minister Winston Churchill, Sir Miles Dempsey, British 2nd Army commandant, and Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery visit the destroyed city of Caen, on July 23, 1944 after Allied forces stormed the Normandy beaches on D-Day. Picture: Getty
Prime minister Winston Churchill, Sir Miles Dempsey, British 2nd Army commandant, and Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery visit the destroyed city of Caen, on July 23, 1944 after Allied forces stormed the Normandy beaches on D-Day. Picture: Getty

As the Allies attempted to build on their D-Day success on the beaches of Normandy, the bloody battle for Caen delayed their advance.

Here are two pictures from our collection of D-Day-and-beyond images from The News archive.

To see the rest of them click here.

Pilots from a Spitfire squadron, who had just returned from a post-D-Day attack in Normandy, holding bottles of wine. The picture was taken on June 29, 1944. Picture: GettyPilots from a Spitfire squadron, who had just returned from a post-D-Day attack in Normandy, holding bottles of wine. The picture was taken on June 29, 1944. Picture: Getty
Pilots from a Spitfire squadron, who had just returned from a post-D-Day attack in Normandy, holding bottles of wine. The picture was taken on June 29, 1944. Picture: Getty

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