U.S. 4th Infantry Division in France during World War II. Troops of the 4th Infantry Division prepare and set roadblocks with landmines. A 57 mm anti tank gun crew sets up weapons on a hillside overlooking the main highway. A half truck tows a 57 mm gun into position. The soldiers place the gun into position. They load shells. The barrel of the gun seen between trees.
The United States Army in France during World War II. On 5th August, 1944 : soldiers of 35th Infantry Division, 137th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Battalion walk in columns while returning to a rest area near Le Mesnil-Robert. On 8th August, 1944 : an officer of 28th Division, 109th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Battalion shows replacements where to dig foxholes in Gathemo. The soldiers dig the foxholes. A United States Army Air Force ( USAAF ) P-51 Mustang burns after a crash landing near Vire. Ammunition in the aircraft exploding. The rescued pilot talks to two soldiers.
Strategic Secret Intelligence teams operate with U.S. 7th Army in the southeast France during World War II. An officer talks to another officer. Strategic Secret Intelligence teams look at weapons. 7th Army soldiers come out of a building. They get in a jeep. The jeep drives along a road. French people wave at them. Soldiers and officers look at a map during a briefing. Cars driven out of a headquarter building. Infantry moves up for an attack. Artillery is fired. A car damaged due to firing by enemy machine guns. Engineers construct a bridge. The soldiers enter a building. An officer and SSI team members seated around a table. SSI teams greet the officer as they return back. An officer checks identity papers for recruitment of male and female agents. Liberated French people and SSI teams patrol the roads. A man rides a bicycle.
The RAF (Royal Air Force) visits France to demonstrate to the foreign ally one of the most mobile emergency hospitals yet developed. An RAF Blackburn Beverley transport aircraft taxis at a French airfield. RAF officials seated at the airfield. Medical field unit members disembark from the aircraft. Equipment is unloaded by men and tents are set up. Men carry stimulated stretcher cases into the tents.
French troops and equipment move along the Siegfried Line in France during World War II. French troops on bicycles as they advance along the Siegfried Line. Tanks being loaded onto flat railroad cars. A soldier puts a cover on a tank. A railroad car pulls away. Tanks being loaded onto trucks and the convoy of trucks moves along the Siegfried line. The troops march ahead along the line.
French troops moving large artillery pieces along a tree-lined road in France during World War 2. French soldier smoking a pipe as he rides on four-wheeled carriage transporting an M1917 155mm artillery piece. A French Char B1 Bis Tank driving away from the camera. Its turret and main gun are rotated to the rear. French soldiers ride atop the tank as it moves through a village. They are followed by an H-35 light tank with soldiers draped on its turret. A Somua tank with foliage on it. An H-35 light tank with foliage camouflaging. Assortment of vehicles including trucks and a motorcycle with side car, transporting French soldiers.
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