Large number of captured German soldiers is marched along a pathway,in Mulhausen (Mulhouse), Alsace, guarded by French soldiers of the 1st Army, during World War 2. They are followed by groups of French irregulars, who also perform guard duties as a contingent of the German soldiers is marched through the center of town, past Mulhouse Cathedral.German prisoners are herded into a narrow alleyway where they are searched and processed by French troops.
United States soldiers prepare to fire artillery at pillboxes in Cherbourg dock area during World War 2. Artillery fires at German pillboxes. The artillery being fired appears to be QF 6 pounder 7cwt Mk 2 anti-tank guns. Artillery being fired at point-blank range in the outskirts of Cherbourg. United States soldiers fire artillery from behind a barbed wire fence. More shells are loaded into the artillery gun. Shells scattered on the ground as soldiers prepare their rifles. Soldier loads shells into artillery. American soldier fires Browning M1917 .30 calibur heavy machine gun from a house window towards pillboxes. U.S. Army soldiers with machine gun and automatic rifle. A soldier aims his Browning M1919 machine gun at German soldiers. German troops emerge from pillbox, holding a white flag as they surrender to American forces. American soldier frisks a captured German soldier. American troops frisk German prisoners. German prisoners are made to march out of the dock area with their hands up.
French troops passing through La Haye Du Puits, Normandy during World War 2. M3 half-tracks pass by ruins of buildings. Army trucks park near a World War 1 memorial used as a motor pool. Two tricolor Free France flags in the World War 1 memorial. An M3 half-track driving, with the Église Saint-Jean showing its damage (Place Patton, 50250 La Haye, France) in the background. French soldiers in trucks pass by a street with shops with signs “CITROEN”, “E. DE SAINT-GERMAIN” and “X GRANDES MARQUES”. Storefronts are damaged from bombing. Tricolor French flags in the street. A close view of a World War 1 Memorial with inscriptions “LA-HAYE-DU-PUITS A SES GLOREAUX MORTS 1914-1918” (“LA-HAYE-DU-PUITS TO ITS GLORIOUS DEAD 1914-1918” in English).
U.S. 7th Army forces moving in Army trucks in the French Riviera (or Côte d'Azur) , during Allied Operation Dragoon, in World War 2. French citizens on side of the roads cheering. A U.S. Army tank goes by the crowd. Members of FFI (French Forces of Interior) decorated with Silver Star by General Alexander Patch ("Sandy" Patch) and French General De Lattre de Tassigny, in Saint Tropez. Scenes of city and harbor of Toulon. Destroyed docks and ships of French fleet, scuttled in 1942, listing or partially sunk at harbor. Dead bodies. Large artillery guns on scuttled French warships.
10 days after D-Day invasion of Normandy during World War II. U.S. Soldiers and military vehicles move on the streets of a town. Houses damaged by bombs and battle. A military plow clears scattered building material and debris while civilians watch. Camouflaged vehicles move on the countryside roads.
United States military jeeps pass through road in rain. A MP directs traffic. United States infantry soldiers ride on military tanks passes by muddy road in rain. (World War II period).
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