Two British seamen recount their D-Day Normandy invasion rescue to a Women's Army Corps (WAC) Captain in Plymouth, England in World War II. Seaman on the left tells how after a British carrier hit a mine and the American soldiers had to swim to the shore. Seaman on the right tells that the carrier, on which he was there, was hit at the beach broadside and the men had to swim through rough seas. Most of the men were picked up by a United States landing ship and returned to England.
An American ship with troops on board it is seen in the ocean in Normandy, France. Barrage balloons fly overhead. Vessels anchored at the beach.
A group of American soldiers clambers down into landing craft from troop ship near Normandy, France during World War II, in the days immediately following the D-Day invasion of France by the Allies. Ammunition being lowered by a cargo net into a waiting LCVP (Landing Craft vehicle Personnel) Soldiers climb down a net alongside the ship. Coast Guardsmen kneel during the church service at the weather deck of the ship. Officers stand by the life line and soldiers march across the deck. LCVP (Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel) loaded with soldiers moves toward the beach shore.
American soldiers unload supply crates in the surf from an LST (Landing Ship Tank) at Leyte Island in Philippines during World War II. Navy officer and crew direct landing operations with public announcement system,as officer instructs an operator who speaks into the microphone. A Navy first aid station on the beach.
German coastal guns along the Atlantic Wall are loaded and fired at ships in Normandy, France during D-Day Invasion of France in World War II. British ships in formation return the fire. German infantry man machine guns and flamethrowers on the beach. A soldier looks through binoculars at enemy position. Heavy firing takes place. German bunkers and reinforced concrete fortifications. Coastal guns.
German soldiers inspect demolished landing craft at a beach in Normandy, France during World War 2 following D-Day operations. Camouflaged German tanks move through a field firing their guns. British prisoners being marched to the rear. Bullet ridden and wrecked Allied aircrafts and invasion gliders are seen. A jeep is removed from a glider and driven away by Germans. Canadian (some from Nova Scotia) and American soldiers taken as POWs by Germans.
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