Canadian M4 Sherman tank from the Sherbrook Fusiliers advancing through an abandoned and devastated village in Caen in July 1944, colorized by Alex Y. Lim

Here is my colorized take on a famous photo of a Canadian M4 Sherman tank from the Sherbrook Fusiliers advancing through an abandoned and devastated village in Caen in July 1944, a month after the Normandy invasion. Caen was a critical main objective in the Allied invasion as its capture would effectively disable quick response by the Germans. The battle for Caen saw old enemies, Field Marshals Bernard Montgomery and Erwin Rommel smack each other. Erwin gave Bernard a difficult time taking Caen and delayed the allied forces timetable in liberating France, but after the fall of Caen, the liberation was a sure thing.