Caen Gallery

Major John Howard DSO

Major John Howard DSO,1912-1999, who led a glider-borne assault on two bridges between Benouville and Ranville in Normandy, France, codenamed Operation Deadstick, on 6 June 1944 as part of the D-Day landings during the Second World War. These bridges spanned the Caen Canal and the adjacent River Orne (about 500 yards to the east), and were vitally important to the success of the D-Day landings. Since the war the bridge over the canal has become known as Pegasus Bridge, as a tribute to the men who captured it. The original Pegasus Bridge is in the background of the picture. It has now been replaced. First published Saga Magazine 1992 Date: 1992

© Philip Dunn / Mary Evans Picture Library

Battle with palm trees and tents (oil on canvas)

XIR390380 Battle with palm trees and tents (oil on canvas) by Langlois, Jean Charles (1789-1870); 132.5x195 cm; Musee des Beaux-Arts, Caen, France; (add.info.: Battle with palm trees and tents;); French, out of copyright

© Musee des Beaux-Arts, Caen, France / Bridgeman Images

Attack, Attacking, Battlefield, Camp, Cavalry, Coast, Coastal, Encampment, Exotic, Explosion, Fighting, Horseback, Horses, Landscape, Smoke, Soldiers, Tent

The Payment of the Tithe or The Census at Bethlehem (oil on panel) (for detail see 89722)

XIR89721 The Payment of the Tithe or The Census at Bethlehem (oil on panel) (for detail see 89722) by Brueghel, Pieter the Younger (c.1564-1638); 115x157 cm; Musee des Beaux-Arts, Caen, France; (add.info.: Le Paiement de la Dime ou Denombrement de Bethleem; copy of painting by Pieter Brueghel the Elder;); Flemish, out of copyright

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