Captured German troops in Cherbourg, France during World War 2. Captured German soldiers raise their hands up, with their backs facing the wall. American troops frisk captured German soldiers for weapons. A German soldier is being frisked by an American soldier while another holds his hair. An American soldier slaps the face of a German prisoner while the latter is being frisked. A wrecked tank covered with thick smoke. U.S. Army soldiers firing with rifles. A shop sign “TUDOR” near snipers. One of the soldiers smokes a cigarette while firing his rifle. American soldiers riding a jeep pass by wrecked vehicles. Building in background has sing that reads “Cherbourg Poste No. 1” (Cherbourg Post Office- 1).
Cherbourg after capture in World War 2. United States soldiers view Cherbourg from Fort du Roule (50100 Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, France). View of Cherbourg after invasion. Distant aerial views show heavy smoke in Cherbourg. Captured German troops (German prisoners of war - POW) leave Naval Arsenal area in Cherbourg under American watch.
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.
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