German Army prisoners lined up on sidewalk are searched by French soldiers of French 2rd Armored Division and FFI (French Forces of Interior) in France during World War 2. Location is likely in or near Ciral, France. German prisoners of war seated on floor are guarded by two FFI men.
German tank burning on the roadside in France. Sign reads "Carrouges". American 3rd Armored Division tanks and soldiers enter town of Carrouges. Spanish civilians lined up against a wall with hands on top of their heads. They were workers in German labor battalions. Lined up on another wall are captured prisoner German soldiers, including some young boy soldier POW. French medic treating captured, wounded German soldier. French 2nd Armored Division tanks entering the town of Sees, France. Cross of Loraine on tank.
Liberation of town of Sées, France, during World War 2. Sign reads "Sees". Captured German prisoners of war lined up on a roadway in Sees, France. French soldiers stand guard in front of the German prisoners. Close up view of faces of the German prisoners, some are young boy soldiers. French Major General Jacques Phillippe Leclerc of 2nd Armored Division talks with soldiers including an American
French tank crew of the Free French Forces, leave their M4A2 Sherman tank to inspect another that has been knocked out. Both tanks display the logo of French 2nd Armored Division (2e Division Blindée, 2e DB), commanded by General Philippe Leclerc. The destroyed one belongs to the 501ème Régiment de Chars de Combat (501st RCC 3eC) and was knocked out, probably by an 88mm anti-tank shell, on August 13, 1944 in Ecouves forest. Closeups of huge holes penetrating the turret of the tank. The other tank's crew members begin recovering bodies of dead from the stricken tank, which has the name "l'Ourcq" stenciled on its side. They remove the body of one dead soldier and place it on a blanket. They also remove the headless body of another from the tank. (Note: Reportedly, the destroyed tank was number 420583.)
U.S. Army soldiers of the 314th Infantry regiment, 79th Infantry Division, entering town as people cheer in Mamers, France on August 12, 1944 during liberation of France in World War 2. Next scene shifts to Argentan France on August 13, 1944, and shows German prisoners of war marching through the streets and assembling in courtyard at a monastery in Argentan. View of some Mongolians in a courtyard who were Russians pressed into service by the Germans. General George S Patton talking to Major General Lunceford E Oliver, CG of the 5th Armored Division. General Patton leaves in a jeep.
4th Armored Division enters city of Troyes in France. Smoke rises from wrecked buildings in background. Wrecked German trucks. French civilians destroy German street signs.
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