Mine detonation activities in Cherbourg, France during World War II. American soldiers at the harbor along with the mine sweeping equipment. Men row boats in the English Channel.
Mine detonation activities in Cherbourg, France during World War II. United States officer points at mine control cables outside a building in Cherbourg, France. Men aboard the mine pelorus. Man pulls a cable. Flag on a paravane in water. An electrically controlled mine explodes in harbor. A wrecked L' Ouste fort with a tower on the top. Mines explode as a pillar of water and smoke rises up.
Mine detonation activities in Cherbourg, France during World War II. British mine sweeping fleet in operation. Anti torpedo net in the background. A flag on paravane as it moves across the English Channel to sweep mines. Mine sweepers underway with coat in the background. Men loaded in a boat as it moves across the channel.
German rocket launching platforms sweep in Cherbourg, France during World War II. A German rocket launching platform in Cherbourg, France. Wooden planks at an incomplete rocket launching platform. Men make bags move down a ramp. Men save unused iron and concrete at the rocket launching platform. American military truck and vehicles at the rocket launching platform.
Allied forces in Cherbourg, France. Cars enter and leave the gates of Naval Hospital. Two sailors enter the hospital. Wounded or sick, recuperating patients in cots inside the hospital. A patient smokes cigarette. Men unload supplies off a military truck and into the warehouse. United States sailors loaded onto a military truck.
After the Allied occupation of Cherbourg, France during World War II. Wreckage of Gare Du Maritime, a maritime fort in Cherbourg. A loader removes the rubble and empties it into a truck. United States Seabees at the site of the wrecked fort. Wrecked maritime fort. Posters on a wall.