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Liberation of Southern France from Germany, Paris, France (WW2)
Animated map shows France, Germany, and England during World War II. An arrow points to Marseilles. Paratroopers of Airborne Infantry prepare to jump from flying aircraft. Parachutes on paratroopers descending from aircraft. Allied amphibious ships land on the coast of the French Riviera. Barrage balloons are seen. View of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. French Forces of the Interior (FFI) waves the French flag in Paris. Free French troops and guerrilla men and women stand at attention. View of Rue de Rivoli and the Louvre Museum. French forces engage with German troops in street fighting. A French guerrilla shoots a German soldier. M4 Sherman tanks, trucks and other vehicles moving in the streets of Paris. A French man throws a grenade out from his window. A German soldier on fire escapes from burning vehicle. A French couple seizes weapons from an unconscious German soldier. French civilians with rifles sit behind sandbags. French Second Armored Division moving towards Paris. French civilians welcome the arrival of the French Second Armored Division at Montmartre. Marshal Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque talking to another soldier. A tank in front of a fence written with “Bois Charbons” (“Charcoal”). French Second Armored Division and German forces engage in street fighting. A woman grabs her son, taking him inside their house. French men watching the street fighting. French Second Armored Division M4 Sherman tank firing on the street. A machine gun of the French Second Armored Division. Thick smoke from a building. German soldier with white flag. German troops captured in Place de la Concorde. German troops raise their hands while being searched. Civilians cheer and hug each other. A soldier receives kisses from women. General Charles de Gaulle enters the city. A sign reads 'Avenue des Champs Elysees'. People buying newspapers on street. Children play in liberated France. Men and women singing the La Marseillaise is heard from the background. (World War II period).
Allied LST and LCT beached in Naples, France readying for Operation Dragoon during World War II.
Allied invasion of Southern France during World War II. Allied soldiers on beach at Naples Italy harbor preparing for launch toward Southern France as part of Operation Dragoon. Allied LST (Landing Ship Tanks) and LCT (Landing Craft Tanks) at the harbor. LST loaded with jeeps as barrage balloon flies overhead. Vehicles loaded aboard LST.
United States 3rd Division, 30th Infantry Regiment marches on French street and holds prisoners at gunpoint.
United States 3rd Division, 30th Infantry Regiment marches on road in southern France in vicinity of Aix-en-Provence. Soldiers hold two German prisoners at gunpoint. Group of American Army soldiers marches on French street. (World War II period).
French civilians gather at Town Square in Aix-en-Provence to stage celebrations as the city is liberated in World War 2
American 3rd Division, 30th Infantry Regiment forces in Aix-en-Provence France, while pushing northward through Southern France in World War II. Group of French civilians with flags in hand, including a French flag with FFI symbol, walk near Town Square. Two cars drive past among huge crowd. Men and women collaborationist prisoners held at gun point by FFI forces and forcibly marched in public in area of Place de l'Hotel de Ville near the Aix-en-Provence City Hall (Pl. de l'Hôtel de ville, 13100 Aix-en-Provence, France) as crowd jeers them. U.S. Army forces stand on a balcony of the City Hall as French citizens below cheer and wave. View of Belfry bell tower in background of shot, at Place de l'Hotel de Ville. Civilians with flags in hand. Men with various handguns in hand hold an accused collaborationist and forcibly move his head. Men, women, and children gather near the Fontaine de la Rotonde fountain (Place du Général de Gaulle, 13100 Aix-en-Provence, France) at the bottom of the Cours Mirabeau. They wave and cheer happily at American Army tanks, trucks, and forces passing through Aix-en-Provence.
Ruined buildings, docks and port in Marseilles in France left by retreating Germans
A film titled 'Mediterranean: Progress in Southern France' shows the wrecked buildings and port in Marseilles in France from Allied bombing and demolition by retreating German forces during World War II. Ruined buildings, warehouses, docks, and ships scuttled to prevent entry to the harbor. Allied forces detour around a destroyed bridge.
Wounded American soldiers being loaded aboard an LCI in Sainte-Maxime, France during World War II.
Allied soldiers in southern France during World War II. French civilians watch with dismay. German prisoners at a water front. Wounded on litters being loaded aboard a Landing Craft Infantry. French women and men watch the loading of the wounded aboard the LCI. Wounded American soldiers on litters being carried aboard.