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French and 3rd army troops enter Strasbourg and advance in the Metz area, France (WW2)
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. Third Army troops walk in the mud. Weather overshoes are distributed to troops. Soldiers put on 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 soldier crawls himself to reach an 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 on Jeep watch on.
Allied warships bombard German positions inland in Menton, France (WW2). Human torpedoes found.
Naval battle between Allied warships and German forces inland at Menton, France during World War II. Aerial view of German shells landing in Menton, near the Italian border. The French battleship Lorraine and United States destroyers are sailing off the French Riviera. Smoke rises from bombardment of German positions in the mountains. Battleships fire their artillery, bombarding German positions. Smoke rises from the coast of Menton. Allied soldiers find two German sneak craft human torpedoes, also known as mini subs, beached in Cape Martin, a headland situated between Monaco and Menton in Southern France.
French woman gives chocolates to Free French soldiers in Lucé-sous-Ballon France (WW2)
Free French 2nd Armored Division troops in Lucé-sous-Ballon France during World War 2. Road sign reads “D. 123 Lucé sous Ballon”. French soldiers converge outside a shop at 7 Rue Louis Louaze 72290 Lucé-sous-Ballon, at the intersection of D123 and Le Grand Champ du Sablon. Sign on the wall of the shop says “Chocolat Menier”. A motorcycle is parked outside the shop. A French woman holding a “Cross of Lorraine” (symbol of Free France and French resistance against Nazi Germany) distributes chocolates from her basket. French woman smiling. Two soldiers kiss the French woman’s cheeks. French soldiers, vehicles and locals crowd outside the café. Two French Red Cross soldiers in an armored vehicle receive a bucket of water. Convoy of Free French soldiers continues down Le Grand Champ du Sablon as they leave Lucé-sous-Ballon
French troops march into Alsace-Lorraine and local citizens greet them, near end of World War I.
Allied armies advance into territory held by the Germans, near the end of World War 1. After 47 years of German rule, citizens of Alsace-Lorraine welcome victorious French troops as they march through a decorated arch. They parade behind a brass band, along streets lined with well-wishers. Sreets are filled with Alsatians in traditional costumes. Alsatians pull down an equestrian statue of the Kaiser and beat on it with hammers. When Armistice Day arrives, firing ceases and German and French troops pose quietly looking at one another. People parade in the streets, along with marching troops.
American soldiers using field telephones at the fortress of Guentrange overlooking Thionville, France, during World War II.
American soldiers of th 90th Infantry Divisionat, at the fortress of Guentrange (Fort Obergentringen) in Thionville, France, during World War 2. The town of Thionville. A cluster of buildings in the town. Smoke rising from certain areas in the town. High walls of the main barracks of the fortress south of the Maginot Line in Thionville, built by the Germans when they occupied Lorraine after 1871. An iron palisade in front of the main barracks of the fortress. Trees near the iron fence. People walk along a pathway beside the fence. American soldiers at the fortress. A couple of soldiers using a field telephone. The soldiers sit outside the entrance of the fortress and clean rifles. Krupp 105 mm guns at the fortress.
The civilians on the streets of Paris welcome Allied soldiers in Paris,France.
Allied soldiers are greeted in Paris, France. The streets of Paris lined with civilians eager to welcome the Allied soldiers. A street sign "Paris,Pied-Italie." Soldiers in a jeep. The soldiers are welcomed by the French civilians. Still photographers shoot picture if French woman kissing an American soldier. A French cinematographer stands on hood of car. His motion picture camera is on tripod on car roof. A sign on car roof reads (in English) : "Please don't kill the French cameramen." A French woman with two men in the rumble seat of a car. One man holds rifle. Back of car has "FFI" (for French Forces of the Interior) and the Free French, Cross of Lorraine, symbol painted on its back. (World War II period).
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