Allied invasion of Southern France during World War II. Tracers strafe the beach. An Allied destroyer underway at sea. Landing crafts underway at sea. Allied soldier on the deck of a ship. Smoke emerges from the coast as a result of Allied bombardment. A soldier looks through a pair of binoculars. A ship strafed in background and smoke rises. Explosions occur in sea and smoke rises.
Allied invasion of Southern France during World War II. Aerial views of Allied occupiied aerodrome with numerous gliders and United States C-47 tow plane aircraft parked in the field. they are marked with white D-day invasion stripes Tents set up at the field. Wrecked German airplanes and bomb craters. Wrecked aerodrome. Low level aerial views of bombed roads, railroads and bridges.
Allied troops during the invasion of Southern France during World War II. Allied troops walk along the beach. Men dig foxhole with helmet while others use a shovel. Soldiers carry wounded men on litters towards a landing craft. German prisoners rounded up on the beach. Wounded American soldiers placed in a landing craft.
Allied troops during the invasion of Southern France during World War II. Allied soldiers disembark from a LCI (Landing Craft Infantry) and wade through waist deep water to reach the beach. Men advance inland. Barrage balloons fly over the beach.
Allied troops during the invasion of Southern France during World War II. Allied soldiers clear German mines in France, using metal detectors to find mines. Closeup of two shoebox mines. American M4 amphibian Sherman tank with Duplex Drive beside the minefield. Soldiers sit on the beach with incomplete German pill boxes in the background. Soldiers carry ammunition and artillery shells. Two and a half ton DUKW amphibious vehicles haul 105 mm howitzer ashore as it moves past a wrecked railroad line.
Allied troops during the invasion of Southern France during World War II. Allied soldiers talk to men of FFI (French Forces of the Interior). FFI armband. Allied trucks and tanks pass through a village.