Allied forces bomb French rail lines in Dreux, France during World War II. Animated map shows the location of Dreux, southwest of Paris. The 9th Airforce Marauders on Douglas A-20 Havoc bombers flying over the English Channel. Surface craft are ferrying men and material on the English Channel. Aerial view of the Normandy countryside with abandoned gliders. German aerodrome in Dreux. Douglas A-20 Havoc bombers dropping bombs over railroad tracks, highways, and communication lines in Dreux. Clouds of smoke form from aerial bombing of Dreux. 9th Airforce Marauders drop bombs over a highway junction southwest of Caen, Normandy. Clouds obscuring the target after bombs are dropped. Pillars of smoke rise from the target area.
Allied bombers bombard railways in Mulhouse, France a month before the Normandy invasion (World War 2). Animated map shows the location of Mulhouse, near the Franco-German-Swiss border. Bombers flying to Mulhouse. United States Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy bombers in flight. Lockheed P-38 Lightning, Republic P-47 Thunderbolt and North American P-51 Mustang fighters escort the heavy bombers while flying over France. A German fighter aircraft is shot down by a P-47 as seen from a distance. A German pilot is very faintly seen parachuting after ejecting from fighter. Two United States fighters fly away. Aerial view of Mulhouse, Belfort, and surrounding communes. Bombs dropping over Mulhouse and its freight yard. Pillars of smoke rise from Mulhouse. Another aerial raid to Mulhouse took place on May 25, 1944, two weeks after the initial raid. Aerial view of bombs dropping over Mulhouse. Thick clouds of smoke forms over Mulhouse freight yards. A formation of Consolidated B-24 Liberator bombers in flight.
Allied bombers drop bombs near Caen, France during World War II. Consolidated B-24 Liberator bombers of the United States Eighth Air Force in flight, passing over surface vessels bound for France six days after D-day. Aerial view of a French city, bombed by another group. Pillar of smoke rises up from the bombed city. Moving engine propeller of a bomber. small fragmentation and incendiary bombs are released over French airfield and railroad bridges outside Caen. Aerial view of Norman countryside. Craters from bombs are seen in aerial view.
United States Douglas A-20 Havoc medium bombers bombing railway, highway and airfields in Northern France after the Normandy Landings (WW2). United States Ninth Airforce Douglas A-20 Havoc medium bombers flying to the German-occupied airfield of Lessay, Normandy. Aerial view of Lessay and nearby highway and railroad bridges being bombed. A Douglas A-20 Havoc drops bombs over a town south of Cherbourg. A railroad bridge is bombed. Dark smoke pillar rises from bombed railway bridge. Douglas A-20 Havoc medium bombers flying to bomb the Seine and the Belgian border two weeks after the Normandy landings. Thick clouds of smoke covers the heavily bombed airfield.
United States Martin B-26 Marauder bombers bomb German held petroleum facility near Cherbourg, France during World War II. United States Army Ninth Air force Martin B-26 Marauder aircraft in flight. Bombs dropping onto a German fuel storage area about 13 miles south of Cherbourg, Normandy. Aerial view of area around Cherbourg. Thick smoke pillar over a German petrol dump. Martin B-26 Marauders drop more bombs in flight. Aerial view of petrol dump severely bombed by the Ninth Air force bombers.
Destroyed buildings in a war-battered town in Germany during World War II. Explosions from bursting artillery shells are seen behind the battered houses. More artillery shells burst in a field; a destroyed house stands in front of the battlefield. Smoke covers the field as more shells are fired. Artillery shell explodes beside a damaged house. Closer view of houses bombarded by artillery shell attack. Thick clouds of smoke cover the destroyed village. Explosion of white phosphorus and high explosive shells in the village streets. Aftermath of artillery shell attack on destroyed village.
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