A gas attack during World War 1. Gas shell explosion in a battlefield. French soldiers in a bomb crater in the battlefield as gas smoke drifts towards them. French soldiers in crater motionless while wearing gas mask as gas spreads through the battlefield. French soldiers in a trench wear gas masks (ARS-17 or Appareil Respiratoire Spécial) to protect themselves from a gas attack.
French colonial Senegalese troops resting and eating their meals while sitting on the ground. A young French African soldier blows a bugle to signal mealtime. Senegalese troops running. African cooks in mobile military kitchen distribute food to soldiers. Senegalese soldiers resting and washing dishes after a meal.
French colonial troops staking out wire entanglements in battlefield area during World War I. The soldiers crawl while setting up the barbed wire fence. One of the soldiers sets up a stake. Soldiers crawling under a barbed wire fence. French colonial troops wearing gas masks moving and leaving the trenches.
German Army troops marching and vehicles moving into Dunkirk during World War II. Allied vehicle wreckage and debris on both sides of the road. Abandoned war materiel and horses left behind by the British Army are seen. A ship on fire at Dunkirk harbor. Trucks on fire. Thick black smoke at Dunkirk. German Wehrmacht troops carrying supplies and Howitzers onto the beach. A body of a dead British soldier lying face down. Truck wreckage and abandoned war materiel at Dunkirk beach. Captured British prisoners of war being led away by German soldiers on bicycles. German soldiers light their cigarettes. Crowds of French and British prisoners of war fill a square in Dunkirk. Abandoned British tanks at Dunkirk.
United States soldiers during the invasion of Normandy in WW II. Two officers on the bridge of a Landing Craft Infantry (LCI) coming alongside a larger ship. The bridge of an LCI next to a transport ship. LCI-94 moving away. Sailors work with a windlass at the stern of an anchored LCI. Sailor sitting on the extreme bow of an LCI. A British Battleship. A camouflaged destroyer passes by. An LCI underway. Four soldiers wearing helmets on the deck of an LCI. The soldiers turn cranks on a hand type windlass. An LCI with a strained cable attached to its stern. The bridge area of LCI-94. A sailor is brought up to starboard side of bridge on a boatswain's chair. Sailor reaches the top and begins painting on the side of bridge. (World War II period).
Allied soldiers during the Invasion of Normandy in World War II. Group of American Navy personnel in flat hats and blues with a group of British women service personnel walk on a path. A park on the right side. Houses in the background. A suitcase being held up in front of a man. Insignia on suitcase reads 'U.S. Coast Guard.' A sign reads 'U.S. Coast Guard, Ruley, CPHOM' (Chief Photographer's Mate).
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