D-Day invasion of Normandy, France by Allied forces during World War II. LSTs (Landing Ships, Tank) underway off shore. Small craft in water. LCTs (Landing Crafts, Tank) underway. Cutter passes LCT. LCT loaded with trucks, jeeps, bulldozer. Allied soldiers being briefed on deck of ship. Officer at map. Soldiers listen to officer speaking. Landing crafts loaded with troops head for beach. Smoking ships on beach. Soldiers wade ashore. U.S. soldiers laying mat on beach.
D-Day invasion of Normandy, France by Allied forces during World War II. Congested beach of Normandy after Allied amphibious landings. Bulldozer moves up in the foreground. Soldiers clean rifles. Dukw (six-wheel drive amphibious truck) moves along road. A soldier with ammunition belt. A soldier reads French dictionary behind AA (antiaircraft) gun. Rolls on wire matting on it in France. Soldier in control tower waves. U.S. Army Air Force P-47 Thunderbolt fighters coming in to land. Plane being painted with invasion stripes. Soldiers crowd around planes. They talk to pilots. Planes are refueled. Planes taxi and take off.
U.S. 2nd Armored Division advances in Normandy, France during World War II. Tank destroyers and infantry being deployed in an open field. Infantrymen advancing. The infantrymen move through hedgerows. Two dead U.S. soldiers in the foreground. The 22nd Infantry Regiment advances. Air support is provided by United States Army Air Force P-47 Thunderbolts as they fly overhead.
United States soldiers in Normandy, France during World War II. The soldiers repairing military vehicles. They weld parts of the vehicles. Men holding a hedge cutter and mounting it on an M-4 tank. The hedge cutter being mounted. Trees in the background.
British prisoners in Normandy, France during World War II. The prisoners with their hands raised are led by German guards towards a prisoners of war compound. Smashed British gliders on a field. German troops drive out a jeep from a grounded British glider. Shoulder patches of the prisoners read: 'Nova Scotia Highlanders' and 'Canadian Parachute Battalion'. Interrogation of the prisoners. Wounded prisoners.
German soldiers in Normandy, France during World War II. A soldier is looking through binoculars. A German anti-aircraft crew fires a heavy gun. German batteries fire at dusk. German soldiers point skyward. A huge explosion near a house on a beach. Two Allied airplanes fall to the earth. Heavy German guns aim towards the sky and fire. Columns of smoke rise from the fire.