Supreme Commander of Allied Expeditionary Force General Dwight Eisenhower talks to paratroopers of U.S. 101st Airborne Division in England, a day before the D-Day invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. General Eisenhower talks to Commander of 101st Airborne Division General Maxwell D. Taylor and other officers in front of a building. General Eisenhower inspects and talks to paratroopers. He walks through a crowd.
Nazi German propaganda against Allied paratroopers and airborne troops during the Normandy landings in World War II. Allied actions in Normandy, France. A map detailing the Allied occupation of areas in Normandy. Soldiers gather around a map in Europe. A man uses a stick to point to map. They discuss the map. The soldiers prepare their guns in a camp. A soldier puts a brassard with the United Kingdom flag (Union Jack) on the arm of another soldier. Insignia of the Parachute Regiment on a wall. United States paratroopers packing supplies. An airplane parked on a field. Paratroopers board the airplane. Airplanes take off from the field and fly in formation. The paratroopers descend and equipment is dropped from the airplanes. They land on the war front.
French civilians remove large trees used as roadblocks in Avranches (Normandy), France during World War 2. Frenchmen uses ropes to push down timber roadblocks. A man uses a hammer, striking the base of the roadblock to make it fall. Two men sawing the base of a large roadblock. Frenchmen pulling down roadblock with a rope. Frenchmen strike bases of timber with hammers. Rope is tied on top of the roadblock. Men sawing timber roadblock. Men pulling rope to remove roadblock. An Allied truck drive past Frenchmen discussing near roadblock.
Townspeople and Free French 2nd Armored Division troops in La Ferté-Macé, Normandy, France during World War II. Very brief shot, townspeople tear down Nazi German propaganda posters near the World War 1 Memorial of La Ferté-Macé (24 Place du Gén Leclerc La Ferté-Macé, Normandy). A fashionable French woman walking past gazing soldiers. Four French soldiers laughing while they sit in front of a Charcuterie shop. One of them playfully points his rifle grenade launcher. M4 Sherman tanks rolling past townspeople in the center of La Ferté-Macé. The United States flag is hanging on a window beside a shop sign saying “BAR”. A French woman gives a glass of water to soldiers in front of the Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption de la Ferté-Macé Cathedral. French soldiers drink refreshments on top of a tank in front of the Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption de la Ferté-Macé. Close view of an adoring French woman. An M4 Sherman tank rolls past the World War 1 Memorial of La Ferté-Macé and the Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption de la Ferté-Macé.
A French man throws a rock at a store window displaying an Adolf Hitler poster in La Ferté-Macé, Normandy, France during World War II. . Man kicks damaged store window to create a bigger hole in the glass. Angry French men seize the Adolf Hitler poster and light it on fire. French townspeople and soldiers crowd outside the “Au Caveau” and “Charcuterie” shops. A group of French townspeople smiling beside a soldier.
French men and women riding bicycles in La Ferté-Macé, Normandy, France during World War 2. Mural saying “La Ferté-Macé Agence Renault… HUILES RENAULT LES MEILEURES” and “SUZE SUZE” on the side of two buildings as viewed from intersection of Rue du Dr Ernest Poulain and Rue Félix Desaunay. German prisoners are captured at vacant lot at 51 Rue Félix Desaunay, 61600 La Ferté-Macé, France (today the location of Pharmacie des Andaines.) French troops frisk the two German soldiers. French men and women gaze at captured German soldiers being frisked. French infantry moving through the streets during a sweeping operation. M4 Sherman tanks enter La Ferté-Macé as French men and women look on from windows and on the streets. A tank moving down Rue du Dr Ernest Poulain towards City Hall (Mairie). People wave from the steps of City Hall (Pl. de la République, 61600 La Ferté-Macé, France.) Soldiers move past the the World War 1 Memorial of La Ferté-Macé and the Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption de la Ferté-Macé.