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Jan Christiaan Smuts, Winston Churchill and Sir Alan Brooke on a warship in the Atlantic Ocean.
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and others en route to visit a beachhead in France during World War II. British Field Marshal Jan Christiaan Smuts aboard a British warship in the Atlantic Ocean. Winston Churchill smokes. He talks to General Sir Alan Brooke, Senior Commander in the British Army and other officers aboard the British warship in the English Channel. Churchill climbs up an elevator aboard the ship. Navy personnel wave at him.
Allied paratroopers in gliders continue airborne assault in daytime, on D-day, after initial airborne troop drop the night before, in World War II
Allied invasion of Normandy, France during World War 2. Allied trucks and equipment move up from beachhead after D-Day. Half-tracks, armed with antiaircraft guns, move up from the beachhead. Back in England, gliders are readied for mission. A long line of Paratrooper medics wearing Red Cross Arm bands, board gliders. View from airplane flying over an airfield filled with C-47 tow planes, and gliders, all painted with invasion stripes. Closeup of Sergeant with British 6th Airborne Division showing Pegasus insignia on his sleeve. British paratroopers boarding a Hamilcar glider. U.S. paratroopers boarding gliders. View from above of Allied gliders being towed across the English Channel View from a ship in the invasion convoy, of tow planes and gliders overhead. View, from aircraft overhead, of invasion flotilla below. Distant view of Allied aircraft shot down by German antiaircraft fire, near the coast of Normandy and exploding in flames upon impact. View from the air of areas flooded by the Germans as a defense measure. Parachutes and gliders on the ground from earlier sorties. Gliders in this wave cut loose from tow planes and maneuver independently. Glimpses of Allied fighter planes moving fast and high above the scene. A glider splashing down in one of the flooded fields. Other fields, studded by the Germans, with poles 12-to 15 feet tall as defense against gliders. Gliders landing. Paratroopers leaving a Horsa glider, after landing.
American soldiers prepare for mine sweeping in Cherbourg, France during World War II.
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.
British mine sweeping fleet in operation, Cherbourg, France during World War II.
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.
Marshal Erwin Rommel and staff coordinate German defenses on the Invasion Front, during World War II.
German defensive operations on the channel invasion front during World War 2. A map of key cities and towns along the English Channel coast lines. German Marshal Erwin Rommel, in charge of German defenses is seen with his staff. German troops in the battlefields. Soldiers, at side of road, drink from backpack water container carried by a comrade. German infantry squad moves cautiously along edge of a country road. Germans string wire for communications and employ it to coordinate artillery fire. Views of German artillerymen loading and firing heavy guns. Several knocked out British Sherman tanks of the 11th Armored Division (Black Bull Division). Individual German soldiers digging foxholes.
U.S. amphibious forces practice at Slapton Sands, England before the Normandy invasion in World War II
View from port side of a U.S. landing ship tank (LST) underway in the English Channel during World War 2. Ahead is another ship and three landing craft vehicle personnel (LCVPs) on the horizon. Scene shifts to stern of a boat in which two U.S. Coast Guard officers are seen, with Slapton Sands in the background. One smokes a cigar. Next, another view from the port side of the LST shows two officers standing on the deck. The ship approaches the shore and beaches at Slapton Sands. Targets and guide flags are seen on the sand along with a large sign designating Beach "B." A huge hill dominates the background. Closeup of the Coast Guard officer smoking his cigar. Next, a landing craft tank (LCT) number 140 and a Higgins Boat from Troop Transport PA-25 are seen hitting the beach. Closeup of U.S. Coast Guard officer observing through binoculars. A truck driving out of a landing craft utility.