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Aerial view of Avranche, France and surrounding countryside in Normandy (WW2)
Aerial view of Avranches, France on August 6, 1944 (World War 2). Aerial view of the city center of Avranches. The Basilica of Saint-Gervais of Avranche is seen (Basilique Saint-Gervais d’Avranche Place Saint-Gervais, 50300 Avranches, France). Surrounding countryside shows craters formed from aerial bombing.
German prisoners with hands on heads march past in lines along a road in Avranches, France.
German prisoners march along roads in Avranches, France. Soldiers on tanks and trucks move on a road to Avranches. Buildings at the sides of the road. German prisoners with hands on their heads march past demolished buildings. Debris of buildings seen. A dead German in the driver's seat of a staff car. Windshield of the car riddled with bullets. Prisoners march in lines. Soldiers on tanks pass by. Trees seen in the background. (World War II period).
German and American medical units treat and provide first aid to wounded Germans in Avranches, France.
Treatment to wounded Germans in Avranches, France. Wounded Germans receive blood plasma. German and American medical units work along side and treat the wounded. Wounded people are carried to an ambulance. Trees seen in the background. German hospital corpsmen stand around the ambulance. A German Major stands outside a building. German and American corpsmen stand and talk about World War II. Vehicles parked in the background. Interior of a hospital. Wounded men receive first aid from the medical unit.
United States troops liberating French towns from German forces during World War 2
The capture of Avranches, France by U.S. soldiers during Operation Cobra in World War II. The map of Avranches, France superimposed on scenes depicting United States military vehicles moving in Normandy. Half track passes by a road sign “N 137 St. Servan 12 St. Malo 13”. A speeding truck passes by a road sign “Rennes N 137 St Malo”. A large artillery is being pulled by a military vehicle on the N 137 highway in Normandy. Bomber drops bomb over a village in France. View of a map showing “Mortain”. United States infantry engage in street fighting in Mortain, France. A United States soldier fires with rifle upwards during street fighting. A soldier fires bazooka during street fighting. A Churchill Mk VII Crocodile flame thrower tank fires at a house and tree. American soldiers running through burning field during a flame thrower tank attack. Multiple rocket launcher trucks fire rocket artillery. United States soldiers observe rocket artillery on the side of a forest. Map depicts “Argentan” and “Falaise”. Captured German prisoners march away through a destroyed French town. French people welcome United States troops in Paris. Map depicts the Seine River and Paris. Crowds of French men and women giving the “V-Sign” in Paris. French woman clapping her hands. French women crowd a Jeep with U.S. soldiers. Soldiers marching on the Avenue de Champs-Élysées, with the Arc de Triomphe (Place Charles de Gaulle, 75008 Paris, France) behind. Free France General Jacques Philippe Leclerc and an American general salute in the Place de la Concorde (75008 Paris, France). Crowds of Frenchmen cheer and welcome Allied forces after liberation from Nazi Germany. A French man waves his flag while he holds on to tree branches. Map depicting the eastern France, Luxembourg and western Germany superimposed over scenes of marching soldiers. Television host Alexander Scourby delivers a conclusion. Closing credits.
United States military vehicles pass by a destroyed M8 Greyhound Light Armored Car on roadside (WW2)
United States military vehicles driving through devastated landscape of Avranches, Normandy during World War 2. Aerial view of Avranches with United States Army vehicles driving on the road. A wrecked M8 Greyhound Light Armored Car on roadside. Various United States Army vehicles such as M4 Sherman tanks, half-tracks and trucks pass by the wreckage of M8 Greyhound Light Armored Car. A United States Army truck and a Red Cross ambulance truck pass through devastated buildings and wreckage near Avranches, France.
United States Army vehicles enter Avranches during World War 2
United States military vehicles enter the border of Avranches during the Normandy invasion in World War 2. M3 half-tracks pass by the “Garage Lecceur Automobiles” garage. Military vehicles enter the town of Avranches. Town sign of Avranches, France. Tanks, army jeep and trucks pass by a restaurant, entering Avranches.