Townspeople and Free French 2nd Armored Division troops in La Ferté-Macé, Normandy, France during World War II. Very brief shot, townspeople tear down Nazi German propaganda posters near the World War 1 Memorial of La Ferté-Macé (24 Place du Gén Leclerc La Ferté-Macé, Normandy). A fashionable French woman walking past gazing soldiers. Four French soldiers laughing while they sit in front of a Charcuterie shop. One of them playfully points his rifle grenade launcher. M4 Sherman tanks rolling past townspeople in the center of La Ferté-Macé. The United States flag is hanging on a window beside a shop sign saying “BAR”. A French woman gives a glass of water to soldiers in front of the Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption de la Ferté-Macé Cathedral. French soldiers drink refreshments on top of a tank in front of the Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption de la Ferté-Macé. Close view of an adoring French woman. An M4 Sherman tank rolls past the World War 1 Memorial of La Ferté-Macé and the Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption de la Ferté-Macé.
Free French 2nd Armored Division M4 Sherman tank on a street in Antony, France firing its machine gun during World War II. Side view of a Free France M4 Sherman tank on the street as it fires machine gun. Sherman tank advances on the street. Wall nearby reads “A. COUSTY TLPH 0105 BOIS & CHARBONS BUREAU”. Soldiers advance after the tanks move. An injured German prisoner of war holds on to two soldiers’ shoulders as the soldiers escort him. Injured man and soldiers pass by a shop “DESMARAIS FRÈRES”.
Free French 2nd Armored Division tanks firing guns while parked on a street in Antony, France during World War II. Smoke emanates in the horizon as tank shells hit. M4 Sherman tanks rolling on street. Side view of a Free French M4 Sherman tank (“Auerstedt”) firing its machine gun. Close side view of M4 Sherman tank firing main gun.
French 2nd Armored Division M4 Sherman tank “SROCO” driving into a hedge near Paris, France during World War II. Advertisement for “ORANGE” on a wall is seen. French civilians crowd the streets of Paris during the arrival of Free French soldiers into the city. Civilians greet French soldiers and a few US troops on Jeeps and vehicles. A group of young men and women waving at Allied troops. A French man opens a Champagne bottle. French civilians hold Champagne bottles and glasses to celebrate arrival of Allied troops into Paris shortly after the city's liberation from German forces.
United States General Dwight D. Eisenhower, General Omar Bradley and French General Jacques Philippe Leclerc mingle with French citizens near the Arc de Triomphe after the Liberation of Paris in World War 2. General Eisenhower salutes as he approaches a crowd. A French 2nd Armored Division Jeep is parked nearby. French men and women clapping near Generals Eisenhower, Bradley, and Leclerc. Crowds gathered as the three generals stand in front of the Arc de Triomphe (Place Charles de Gaulle, 75008 Paris, France). General Eisenhower board a staff car. Staff car with General Eisenhower drives through the Avenue des Champs-Élysées, being escorted by trucks of soldiers following behind. General Omar Bradley waves and smiles while sitting on the passenger seat of a U.S. Army Jeep. Staff car with Allied flags convoy with military vehicles. General Bradley alights from Jeep. General Eisenhower meets Generals Bradley and Leclerc and more military officers on the sidewalk. A sign reads “Montrouge Radio” can be read behind General Bradley. General Eisenhower boards the staff car. Staff car drives away.
Supreme Commander of Allied Expeditionary Force General Dwight Eisenhower in U.S. 2nd Infantry Division area in France during World War II. U.S. officers arrive in jeeps at 2nd Infantry Division area. General Eisenhower and U.S. Army General Omar Bradley talk with Commander of U.S. 2nd Infantry Division Major General Walter M. Robertson and other officers of the 2nd Infantry Division. A jeep pulls up. General Eisenhower speaks to his second cousin, Sergeant G. C. Etherington of Abilene, Kansas, and of the Chemical Warfare Section. General Eisenhower's jeep pulls up.
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