Parisians react to the assassination of French Socialist leader and outspoken war critic Jean Jaurès by Raoul Villain in France at the onset of World War 1. Throngs of people grab newspapers from vendors in Paris. The Le Petit Parisien front page announcing the declaration of war by Germany against France and the French decree to mobilize troops, with the headline, "La France décrète la mobilisation...." Crowds in Paris reacting to news. Reservists in civilian clothing, one with a child on his back, and uniformed soldiers, holding Lebel Model 1886 rifles with small French flags sticking out of their muzzles, marching in Paris. Aerial view of crowds of military-age men march to the Bureau Militaire to report for mobilization. French Bureau Militaire signs directing inductees. French reservists depart Paris by train, possibly from Gare du Nord train station. Enlisted Frenchmen waving good-bye from a moving train.
Two nurses wearing fatigue uniforms talking beside a Free France Army ambulance in Lessay, France during World War 2. In a bivouac shelter area, a nurse shows a paper to another nurse who is combing her hair. The nurse with paper is also smoking a cigarette. Symbols on the ambulance include the French tricolor flag, the Free France symbol, the Red Cross and the Caduceus symbol (a short staff entwined by two serpents surmounted by wings). The nurse with cigarette helps fix the other nurse’s hair. Nurse combing her hair beside the ambulance. A nurse eating from a bowl under a tree. A nurse laughs while having lunch from a mess gear and sitting on the grass. Two nurses carry a stretcher from a bivouac area to an ambulance.
French civilians gather to watch a parade celebrating the awarding of the Cross of Liberation (Croix de la Libération) to Paris after liberation of France from Nazi Germany during World War II. French women clapping. United States soldiers marching out of the Place de la Concorde (Place de la Concorde 75008 Paris, France) into Rue Royale. A French civilian holding a camera as spectators cheer. Women's Army Corps (WAC) officers marching toward the L'église de la Madeleine (Place de la Madeleine, 75008 Paris, France). French troops marching toward the L'église de la Madeleine. French children clapping as they watch the military parade. Three women watching and clapping among the crowd. French troops march and carry the French tricolor in Rue Royale. A marching band playing. A goat mascot accompanies marching troops.
United States troops and tanks enter the town of Notre-Dame-de-Cenilly during World War 2. Soldiers walk alongside M4 Sherman tanks upon entering Notre-Dame de Cenilly. Road sign reads “D. 38 Notre-Dame de Cenilly Manche”. Soldiers talking in front of an amphibious Jeep parked on Rue des Tilleuls. A smiling priest stands by a gate. A soldier salutes to troops entering Notre-Dame de Cenilly. A captured German prisoner with hands up is frisked by Allied troops near the damaged Café Breton Epicerie (2 Rue des Tilleuls, 50210 Notre-Dame-de-Cenilly, France). Army Jeeps pass by destroyed buildings. United States soldiers gaze at dead German soldiers among ruins. Bodies of dead German soldiers and equipment debris on the street. United States armored vehicles driving through the destroyed town of Periers. A tank passes by a man planting the French tricolor flag on a statue. An M3 half-track in Periers. Behind the half-track is the ruins of Église Saint-Pierre (Place du Général de Gaulle, 50190 Périers, France). The tricolor flag of France waves in hands of statue in Periers.
Victory march by Allied forces after Liberation of Paris during World War 2. United States soldiers and tanks crowd in front of the Arc de Triomphe (Place Charles de Gaulle, 75008 Paris, France). Tanks moving away from the Arc de Triomphe. French General Jacques Philippe Leclerc marches with a large crowd in Montparnasse, Paris. Parisian men and women watch from sidewalks and balconies. General Leclerc and marching crowd pass by the Le Select brasserie (99 Boulevard du Montparnasse, 75006 Paris, France). Soldiers in armored vehicles accompany General Leclerc and men marching in along the Boulevard du Montparnasse. Soldiers in tanks moving on the Avenue des Champs-Élysées. French crowds hold banners saying “Vive la France”. French tricolor and British Union Jack flags hang outside a shop.
A large crowd gathered near the Arc de Triomphe in Paris during the Allied liberation of the city in World War 2. Throngs of Parisians in a crowd. French men and women standing in front of the Arc de Triomphe (Place Charles de Gaulle, 75008 Paris, France). Over the French civilians, inscription of the Arc de Triomphe reads “Engen Moeskirch Hochstett” (after French victories during the Napoleonic era). Men and women started running, some with bicycles, on the sidewalk of Rue de Rivoli. French and British flags adorn the storefront of Bally (Swiss fashion luxury house). French 2nd Armored Division troops and some French resistance fighters fire machine guns (Browning M1919) at German snipers across the Hôtel De Nice (42 Bis Rue de Rivoli, 75004 Paris, France), near the Hôtel de Ville (Place de l'Hôtel de Ville, 75004 Paris, France). French soldier with cigarette on his mouth with Browning M1919 machine gun. Browning M1919 machine gun moves its aim and shoots. American flag hangs on window of a building.
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