Chronology of World War II
Wednesday, August 23
7th Armored Division Rolls into Lisieux
Cromwell OP tanks and Humber scout cars of 5th RHA, 7th Armored Division, climb the hill into Lisieux, August 23, 1944. On the right is a Royal Artillery battery commander’s half-track of 51st Highland Division, and in the center a wounded Highlander shot by a sniper is carried to safety.