United States Marines dressed in invasion uniform on board an invasion ship heading to Tarawa, Kiribati during World War II. Marine reads orders to a group. Marines chock 50 cal. Water cooled machine guns on board the ship. Marines set up tripods for machine guns two men in the background set up machine guns. Men break down equipment and walk off with it.
A wartime project "Phoenix" concrete caisson being towed in water off Portsmouth harbor in England. British military personnel aboard the caisson. The caisson is identified as "A 30" indicating it is destined to be part of an artificial harbor (code-named "Mulberry") at Omaha beach in the Normandy invasion of World War II. An antiaircraft gun is mounted on a platform at the top of the caisson. Royal engineers turn valves to allow water to enter interior chambers of the caisson, where the water level rises to 23 feet. British troops take up positions on the superstructure of the caisson.
Houses and buildings in Toulon, France. With smoke rises from behind a building as Allies shell a German fort. Palm trees in foreground as shelling continues and smoke rises upwards.
After Allied occupation of Toulon, France members of FFI ( French Forces of the Interior ) questions civilians outside a house. A French flag hoisted outside the house. German prisoners march on a street as Allied soldiers guard them.
A large crowd gathers outside the City Hall (17 Rue de la République, 06500 Menton, France) in Menton, France during World War II. Barber shaves hair of a girl collaborationist as people stand in the background look at her and mock her. Another female Nazi German-collaborator stands among the viewers. A barber shaves the head of a young woman as she sits in a chair and large crowd watches her outside the City Hall.
Aftermath of World War II in Berlin, Germany. Wrecked light artillery gun in the foreground destroyed due to Allied bombings. Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in the background in Berlin, Germany. Damaged steeple of the Church as a result of heavy bombardment during World War II. Damaged parts of the church with rubble on the ground.
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