Allied invasion of northern France during World War II. Allied bombers attack the coast during invasion of France. German coastal fortifications of the Atlantic Wall are shown. A German officer looks through binoculars. He surveys Allied ships and crafts approaching the coast. German coastal guns fired at the Allied fleet in the English Channel. Smoke due to explosions in the water. Soldiers fire artillery. They load shells. Ships hit by the artillery fire. German pillboxes and fortifications. German soldiers inspect damaged and wrecked crafts washed ashore. Soldiers look out to the sea. Camouflaged German tanks and infantry move through a French village. Explosions in fields. Machine guns fired. Soldiers take cover, fire in prone positions. They advance past wrecked and damaged Allied tanks. Allied prisoners marched in the forest. Seated prisoners. German officers discuss strategy and review a map, possibly a captured one. German fortifications on a French beach. Germans pass downed Allied and British planes. Invasion stripes on an aircraft. German officers arrive to inspect the wrecked aircraft. Captured British and Canadian prisoners of war (POWs). Soldiers of The Nova Scotia Highlanders, The 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion held prisoners. Wounded POW prisoners. A soldier with an eye patch. A German officer talks to the prisoners and checks their papers.
Allied forces bomb Caen, France during World War II. German soldiers use binoculars to spot USAAF aircraft in flight. German soldiers man artillery guns. American planes in flight overhead. Anti-aircraft guns fired from German fortifications. Allied aircraft in flight. An Allied aircraft is hit and descends to the ground. Burning aircraft wreckage in a field.
The bombed-out city of Caen, France during World War 2. Bomb damaged buildings. A winged angel statue atop a column seen amidst the damage. The statue holds what appear to be garlands in each hand. Wrecked trucks and vehicles amidst the ruins. French refugees evacuate the city. The men, women, and children refugees move with their belongings, run for cover under enemy fire. French men push a goods cart on a road. German soldiers leaving the city of Caen. German soldiers on motorcycles. A stationary rail car. German Wehrmacht Army soldiers in military vehicles and camouflaged tanks. Tanks move across a field. German officers in discussion. Panzer troops fire tank guns. Explosions on the battlefield. U.S. Army or Canadian prisoners or POWs marched with hands in air by Germans. German officers and soldiers inspect wrecked American and Canadian vehicles and tanks. A pierced tank. A shirt on ground with words "Canadian Armoured Corps". Several views closeup of wrecked Allied tanks.
German Schutzstaffel (SS) Hitler Youth advance near Bayeux in France during World War II. German soldiers advance supported by tanks. Soldiers on camouflaged tanks. German Panzer IV tanks and armored vehicles advance past immobilized Allied tanks. German tanks and infantry move pass abandoned Allied tanks and equipment. German troops fire small arms. Soldiers move towards and attack a French village. Street fighting in the village. Soldiers fire machine guns amidst ruins. Bomb damaged buildings. Smoke due to explosions.
U.S. Army Air Forces Eighth Air Force, VIII Fighter Command operations in Germany during World War II. 15 April 1944: Lieutenant General JN Mcelroy of the 355th Fighter Group 358th Squadron attacks ground targets. He strafes an airdrome and a train. Smoke due to the bombardment and firing. An aircraft on the ground. Black smoke rises up into the air.
U.S. Army Air Forces Eighth Air Force, VIII Fighter Command operations in Germany during World War II. Gun camera views from 15 April 1944: Captain HL Fogg of the 359th Fighter Group 368th Squadron attacking ground targets, in one of their last combat missions in P-47s. (The unit converted to P-51s in April, 1944.) Captain Fogg strafes a train and an oil well. White smoke arises due to the firing and bombardment. An electric tower. The aircraft in flight over a field.
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