German armored vehicles on French Coast during World War 2 occupation of France. A map shows French Coast in European Theater. Camouflaged German Panther and Tiger I tanks travel on roads near French Coast. Tanks loaded with German soldiers. Artillery is fired. Smoke rises up. Troops walk along the road. German Puma armored car passes along the road. German troops advance through woods and take prisoners.
The Armistice Treaty marks the end of World War 1. United States soldiers of the 26th Infantry Division, AEF, celebrate, in a large group, at their base, in France. They cheer in unison. The soldiers talk and laugh. The soldiers receive their pay. A soldier keeps his payment in his pocket and takes out a document. The soldiers shake hands and bid farewell. They carry their belongings.
The Free French Destroyer, La Combantte crossing English Channel with General Charles De Gaulle, Admiral d'Argenlieu and General Henri Giraud aboard during World War II in France. The Cross of Lorraine flag of on the stern of the warship La Combantte. The French seamen stand in a line and salute. General De Gaulle in front of the seamen. The General awards medal to a French naval officer. All officers and crew wear the Cross of Lorraine on their uniforms. General De Gaulle seen with Admiral d'Argenlieu and General Henri Giraud. Several seamen of the crew. General Charles De Gaulle aboard the vessel. A DUKW (amphibious truck), flying the Cross of Lorraine ensign, with General de Gaulle and his party of Free French officers on board, heads toward shores of Normandy. Several other vessels in the sea.
Repatriated French soldiers being processed at a reception center in Paris, France, at the end of World War 2, in Europe. A repatriated French Colonial soldier speaks with two French soldiers assisting with the processing. The repatriated soldiers are processed by women at a long counter. 'Identite' written beside the counter. Several officials seated behind the counter talking to the repatriates. A woman behind the counter talks to a soldier and annotates a document. She stamps the document. Two women seated at a desk. A repatriated soldier is fingerprinted by a soldier who presses the index fingers of both his hands on the stamp pad and rolls his inked fingers on a document.
German troops defending against allies, after the Normandy invasion. German antiaircraft crew firing at American bombers over German-occupied France, in World War 2. Destruction from Allied bombing. A wrecked French cathedral. Formations of U.S. B-17 bombers overhead. German antiircraft guns firing. One American bomber hit and falling. French civilians fleeing bombed area, with meager belongings. French emergency vehicles responding. burning wreckage of a downed B-17. Crosses and helmets mark graves of French soldiers. Allied flier POWs carrying their opened parachutes. Others being escorted to prison compound holding many American prisoners of war.Artwork decorating their lying jackets. One POW is from 101st Airborne Division. Waffen-SS General,Josef Dietrich, Commander,5th Panzer Army, consulting with field officers. German troops in camouflage, walk through woods. A huge explosion near the camera. Destroyed Allied armor. Knocked out M4 Sherman tank named "Pistolpackinmamma!"and one named "Blondie," and another,"Alice II."
Map showing the Allied invasion of Normandy in World War II. German soldiers carry supplies and load them into trucks. German army trucks, heavily camouflaged with foliage on a road in France. Closeup of a soldier in truck. A soldier scanning skies above for Allied aircraft. The truck pulls to side of road and soldiers stand looking up at planes overhead. German antiaircraft batteries firing. Allied bombs exploding near a German installation. Contrails overhead from U.S. Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber. Fires burning from Allied bombs. German trucks moving at night, through area of fires. Buildings in a city being destroyed by Allied bombing. German infantry moving past destroyed buildings. German troops pose at side of a road. Closeups of the battle-weary German soldiers. A German Stug IV tank destroyer. A German one-man armored car. Other German armor moving on road. German infantry and one soldier with a bicycle. Two soldiers carrying MG 42 machine guns with folded tripods, over their shoulders. One carrying a Panzerfaust recoilless anti tank weapon. Soldier putting foliage on his helmet. German troops moving through wooded areas and running while under fire. Shells or bombs exploding only yards away. German soldiers hunkered down in ditches. More explosions extremely close to the camera. Troops smoking cigarettes during a brief lull. German armor moving in foliage. Soldiers stacking artillery shells and firing artillery. A knocked out Allied Sherman tank. German soldiers moving cautiously along roadside ditches. An American Sherman tank seen passing a farm building. German troops carrying antitank Panzerschreck and Panzerfaust weapons. An American M4 Sherman tank moving rapidly and a soldier firing a Panzerschreck. More U.S. tanks and more Panzerschreck anti-tank rocket launchers are being fired. German soldiers covered in foliage crawling through underbrush and running past U.S. tank. Soldiers sending out a Goliath Sd.kfz 302 remote controlled mine. Knocked out American armor. Weary and wounded German soldiers.
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