United States tanks on a road in France during World War 2. United States infantry and tank units in France. Sand bags are packed tight around a tank to fortify and dampen effect of enemy fire. U.S. tanks camouflaged, first with painting (a tank with lettering 'Warhawk" on the side is shown); then with branches over top to help conceal it. Nets and haystacks used for covering and obscuring tanks. Snow covered fields near St Vith. Tanks painted white with a whitewash to camouflage for winter battle. Tanks with lettering on side, "Kathleen", is whitewashed. A tank hits mines and explodes. A British tank outfitted with flails is used to find and detonate land mines. An explosive 'Snake' deployed in a field and used for demolition of enemy mines.
French officers at a headquarters in Paris, France, during liberation of France in World War 2. General Charles De Gaulle, J. P. Leclerc and other officers converse with each other. The General shakes hands with other officers. General Charles seated at his desk reads a document. The General and J. P. Leclerc converse with each other.
French and United States Army 3rd Army troops liberate Strasbourg, France during World War II. Tanks of the French 1st Army moves from the Swiss border. Sign reads “Mülhausen Elsaß” (“Mulhouse, Alsace”). Troops find the body of a dead German soldier along the road. They advance in the Metz area. The 9th army advances through villages in bordering Germany. Soldiers walk on the battlefield. German prisoners of war (POWs) walk along with the soldiers. Civilians holding the French flag return to their homes after the battle. Strasbourg sign in German reads “Straßburg Schiltigheim”. Bell tower of the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Strasbourg, France. Damaged buildings near the Cathedral. The street is littered with pile of handheld, small Nazi flags with swastika emblem. Men gather outside buildings discussing amongst themselves. U.S. Third Army soldiers walk in the mud. Winter weather overshoes are distributed to troops. Soldiers put on the all-weather boots. More German soldiers and officers are captured in Metz. United States Ninth Army troops enter the town of Weisweiler, Germany. Soldiers moving through backyards, chicken houses and engage in house-to-house fighting. A mortar crew fire mortars behind trench made of sandbags. A wounded U.S. Army soldier crawls to reach the outstretched arm of a fellow soldier. Injured U.S. soldier receiving treatment in aid station. Medical aid stations at various places on the battlefield. Medics treat a wounded soldier. A dying soldier lies down on the street. Soldiers carry a patient to top of a tank. They march forward on the battlefield as officers in Jeep watch.
French and American soldiers liberate Strasbourg, France in World War II. Map points target areas in Metz and Strasbourg along the German border. Soldiers move forward on the muddy battlefield. A road sign showing the distance to Strasbourg (Straßburg), Saarburg, Metz and Nancy. Soldiers fire from French Army tanks. A soldier tosses an empty shell into a pile. Deserted German tanks and guns on the road. Strasbourg sign in German reads “Straßburg Schiltigheim”. A tank drives past heavy smoke in Strasbourg. French civilians watch Allied tanks enter Strasbourg. Wrecked American Jeeps on fire. Medics carry away the dead U.S. Army soldiers on stretchers. U.S. Army soldiers fire with M1919 Browning machine guns. Ammunition belt on machine gun. Soldier shooting with rifle with armored vehicle offering partial cover. Street littered with pile of small, handheld Nazi swastika flags. Closeup view of pile of small Nazi flags. Captured German soldiers form a long line. German General Franz Vaterrodt and other military officials surrender to the Allied forces. Bell tower of the heavily damaged Cathedral of Notre Dame in Strasbourg, France. Damaged buildings near the Cathedral.
Allied invasion of Southern France during World War II. Allied LCVP (Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel) underway at sea during the invasion of Southern France. Men aboard the LCVP.
During Allied invasion of Southern France during World War II, known as Operaton Dragoon. Allied LCVP (Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel) underway at sea during the invasion of Southern France. LCVP moves beach wards as smoke rises in the background. Gunners at a gun on board a ship with LCVP in the background. Men aboard the LCVP.
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