They went armed not only with weapons but with cameras – the famous German Leica and Rolleiflex – in their bags and orders to capture what they saw
As Britain, France and the Allied countries mark the 77th anniversary of the Normandy landings on D-day this weekend, a recently released book <a href=\"https://archiveofmodernconflict.com/all-at-war-photography-by-german-soldiers-1939-45-ian-jeffrey/\">All at War: Photography by German Soldiers 1939-45</a>
is a compilation of these photographs taken from a vast collection held by the Archive of Modern Conflict in London
Here are some of the photographs from the book
As Britain, France and the Allied countries mark the 77th anniversary of the Normandy landings on D-day this weekend, a recently released book <a href="https://archiveofmodernconflict.com/all-at-war-photography-by-german-soldiers-1939-45-ian-jeffrey/" data-link-name="in standfirst link" class="u-underline">All at War: Photography by German Soldiers 1939-45</a>