Aerial view of ruined French towns and villages destroyed by the fighting as Allied forces advance from the beachheads of Normandy to take the port of Cherbourg. U.S. troops moving along the road to Cherbourg. French civilians give refreshments to U.S. troops. U.S. field artillery firing. German troops surrendering under a flag of truce, leaving a fortified building. One of the U.S. soldiers guarding them has a bloodied head and face and wears bandages. U.S. airplanes bomb a fortress at Cherbourg, as Lieutenant General Omar Bradley and Major General Lawton Collins watch. Cherbourg falls to the Allies.
One month after D-Day, Allied forces continue advances across Normandy,France. German General and high ranking staff surrender to U.S. Major General Lawton Collins. U.S. artillery pounds German positions. On shell has 'Happy 4th Adolph' written on it. General Eisenhower greets and American soldier in the field, as Lieutenant General Omar Bradley, stands nearby. Church bells ring and French population celebrates Bastille Day (July 14th). American soldiers join in dancing at a town square during the celebrations. U.S, troops march along a road, one wearing a bowler hat. U.S. troops, firing machine guns, mortars, and recoiless rifles engage the Wehrmacht 352nd Division and other German defenders in costly battles amongst the hedgerows of Normandy. German troops surrendering. Wounded U.S. troops being treated. U.S. Sherman tanks and infantry moving along the hedgerows. A fallen U.S. soldier inside a hedgerow. U.S. troops enjoy a lull in battle. One naps in a farm field, while another chases a chicken. One GI reads the Stars & Stripes newspaper and another reads a letter from home. Several U.S. soldiers bathe in a creek while being protected by armed sentries.
Battle-weary American soldiers attend an open air chuch service by a barn in Normandy. U.S. gunners commence a concerted artillery barrage before tanks and infantry advance toward Saint Lo, France, in World War 2. Various artillery and tanks are seen, including one M4 Sherman Crab Tank (Mine sweeper). P-47s, flying low altitude close support missions, bomb a critical target, and troops move ahead on the way to Saint Lo. Two German soldiers run to surrender. Saint Lo falls. Scenes of the devastation in the city.
General Patton standing in jeep driving through France, during World War 2. Soldier at side of road salutes. Two pet dogs riding on U.S. military vehicle. U.S. infantry hiking along roadsides. German prisoner with arm in sling escorted by U.S. soldier carrying rifle with fixed bayonet. U.S. infantry taking a break. Destroyed bridge in background. U.S. infantry marching down Champs Elysee with Arc de Triomphe in background, being cheered by enthusiastic French crowds. American honor guard walking along street. (But all spectators looking in opposite direction.) U.S. Lieutenant General Omar Bradley with French General Charles de Gaulle and French officials, saluting. American infantry again on the move in the countryside.
Allied Operation Dragoon during World War 2. Invasion convoy of ships heading to French coast, on August 15, 1944. Three divisions of the United States 7th Army make amphibious landing on the coast, and proceed rapidly into interior of France. U.S. Sherman tanks entering the French city of Lyon on September 3, 1944. Local newspaper headline about the city's liberation . Infantry of the 7th Army moving through destroyed French towns. U.S. infantry and armor (Sherman tanks) fire at German positions in a French village.
German soldiers surrendering to U.S. Army soldiers in France, during World War 2. Destroyed and burning German army vehicles. German prisoners of war being marched, by U.S. guards, past a fallen German soldier at the side of the road. Aerial view of some of 20 thousand German prisoners of war, contained inside an outdoor area. Rows of captured German military vehicles in a field. U.S. troops passing through a town in Belgium, greeted by cheering local crowd. USO show (including Bing Crosby) with singers entertaining U.S. troops during leisure time.
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