Place Napoleon with RMS Queen Mary in the background
Cherbourg is a major port at the top of the Cotentin Peninsular, popular with Jersey boat owners and yachtsmen visiting Channel Island waters. In its heyday it was the home port of many Transatlantic liners
Barracks
ferries
Gare maritime
Infantry troops outside Cherbourg barracks
Place's d'Armes
Beach and casino
Casino
Church
1st Colonial Infantry Regiment leaves the barracks at Place Napoleon
Quai Alexandre 111
Sea baths
American troops at Cherbourg in 1944
Arsenal and harbour
Arsenal
Arsenal
Arsenal in 1944
Vessels moored alongside the Arsenal
An American GI and a French Gendarme
The maritime arsenal
Place General de Gaulle in 1944
Quai de Calligny
Casino
Place du Chateau
Sliding bridge
Theatre
Turning bridge
Turning bridge
Turning bridge
Napoleon I's statue
Statue of Napoleon Ion the harbour front
Turning bridge
Turning bridge
Turning bridge
Place de la Republique, 29 June 1944
Place de la Republique
Place de la Republique
Place de la Republique
The port
Quai Alexandre III
Chamber of Commerce 1909
Chamber of Commerce 1940
Eldorado Cinema
A film crew outside a famous Cherbourg shop specialising in old umbrellas