United States soldiers with freed Russian prisoners in Cherbourg during World War 2. United States Army soldiers find Russian prisoners-of-war in the Arsenal at Cherbourg. An American military officer speaks with a Russian prisoner. Russian prisoners-of-war and Ukrainian women, brought to France to work as slave labor for German forces, in the Arsenal. Russian prisoners speak to American soldiers. A French man walks along the Cherbourg harbor. A United States soldier examines ruined bridge while French locals and stray dogs continue to use the bridge.
Free French troops activities near Saint-Lô, France during World War 2. Captured German prisoners-of-war are kept inside a barbed wire enclosure, with Allied soldiers on guard. French Major General Jacques Philippe Leclerc and United States Army Major General Walton H. Walker walking together on Utah Beach while surrounded by soldiers and photographers. General Leclerc and General Walker talking to each other as photographers take photos. General Leclerc and General Walker board an Dodge WC51 command car together as soldiers and photographers surround them.
M5 tanks rolling on beach docks near Saint Lo during World War 2. Two French soldiers on top of a Free France M5 tank “KOUFFRA”. “BUTTES CHAUMONT”, “LUXEMBOURG 05” and “TUILERIES” are written on the side of three Free French M5 tanks. A French soldier walks towards a line of tanks parked alongside hedgerows as troops meet.
A French man throws a rock at a store window displaying an Adolf Hitler poster in La Ferté-Macé, Normandy, France during World War II. . Man kicks damaged store window to create a bigger hole in the glass. Angry French men seize the Adolf Hitler poster and light it on fire. French townspeople and soldiers crowd outside the “Au Caveau” and “Charcuterie” shops. A group of French townspeople smiling beside a soldier.
Intense bombing over Le Havre, France after Allied landings on D-Day in World War II. Allied Consolidated B-24 Liberator bombers in flight. Aerial view of Le Havre being bombed at night. Bombs exploding over the city with fires being visible from the air. Some flak and tracer fire are visible at night.
The first phase of German assault on France and the Low Countries during World War II. The main part of the Battle of France campaign beginning 10 May 1940. Massive columns of German soldiers lined up in Berlin. Hundreds of young soldiers in uniform. Close-ups of some German soldier faces. An animated map depicts the movement of the English and French Armies across the French city of Lille towards the Ruhr Area in Germany. Allied vehicles move to meet the German advance. British Expeditionary Force troops, French, Belgian, Dutch, and colonial troops move to the front in railroad train cars, trucks, and on foot. Allied soldiers on motorbikes on a street. Soldiers stand guard at a check post. Tanks, military trucks and motorbikes cross the check post. The convoy moves along. Troops in a train. Tanks on the streets. Soldiers on tanks. Hundreds of Allied French and British soldiers march ahead in France. Soldiers man artillery and guns. Soldiers use detonators to set off explosions.
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