Free French 2nd Armored Division assemble near Utah Beach during World War 2. A half-track towing a trailer on Utah Beach. Various military vehicles parked near wooded area near Utah Beach. Soldiers standing near tanks. French soldiers chatting and smoking cigarettes beside tanks. French officers review papers and maps together while sitting in Jeep.
Free French 2nd Armored Division massed after landing on Utah Beach during World War 2. Many M4 Sherman tanks massed together. French troops tighten bogie wheel tracks using a socket wrench. Free French soldiers adjust ammunition loading on a Browning M2 machine gun affixed to a tank.
The landing of Major General Jacques Philippe Leclerc and the Free French 2nd Armored Division troops on Utah Beach, Normandy during World War 2. Major General Leclerc meets with United States Army Major General Walton H. Walker. General Leclerc and General Walker shakes hands during their meeting on Utah Beach. The two generals talking. A closer view of General Leclerc listening to General Walker. General Leclerc and General Walker board an army jeep. Army Jeep with General Leclerc and General Walker drives away from Utah Beach.
Aerial view of the countryside in Normandy during World War 2. Huge tanks treads in fields are seen, along with ruined tanks, indicator of previous tank battles. Aerial view of bombed buildings in a village. A destroyed railroad bridge in the Sélune River near Avranches, France after a dynamite bombing. Surrounding railroad near the Sélune River shows craters formed from aerial bombing.
Aerial view of the Abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel (50170 Mont-Saint-Michel) during World War II. View of the tower of the Mont-Saint-Michel Abbey. The coast of Mont-Saint-Michel and some buildings, with some damage from bombing. Aerial view of bombed railroad yards at Gare de Rennes (Place de la Gare, 35000 Rennes, France) in Rennes, Brittany. Aerial view of the Rennes Opera House (1 Place de la Mairie, 35000 Rennes) and the Place de la Mairie town square (Place de la Mairie, Rennes, Brittany 35000). Aerial view of railway yards with damage.
United States forces advance through country roads in Normandy during World War 2. An M10 tank destroyer blocks road as in maneuvers. An M4 Sherman tank covered in camouflage leaves moves past a destroyed house. A soldier peering from inside a camouflaged tank. Soldiers sit on top of a moving tank equipped with a hedgerow cutter and partially covered by camouflage. United States infantry soldiers advancing by foot in country road. Closer view of soldiers holding supplies while moving. An army Jeep passes by a parked Jeep on country road.