U.S. General Hunter Liggett reviews the U.S. 2nd Division forces in Dolcourt, France during World War I. U.S. Second Division troops stand in a squad. The troops hold a United States flag and a U.S. Marines flag. The soldiers stand at attention. A military band plays different instruments. General Liggett reviews the division. The General and a U.S. officer salute. The military band in the background. The troops march with guns on their shoulders. A U.S. officer stands and looks. General Hunter, U.S. Gen. Hanson Edward Ely and a French officer decorate Second Division troops in Chateau-Thierry. A medal is pinned up on the uniform of a U.S. soldier. Horse carts behind the troops.
Chateau Thierry and the Aisne Marne Operation in France during World War I. U.S. soldiers carry a boat on their shoulders. They lower the boat into the water. They cross a newly constructed pontoon bridge over the Marne river. A damaged bridge in the background. The troops advance through a field and walk on roads. The roads are clogged with supplies and artillery barrage. Soldiers carry supplies on horse carriages.
The United States enters World War 1. Men of the United States 3rd Division march towards Chateau Thierry. Soldiers of the United States 2nd Division advance to the war front. Soldiers loaded onto trucks as they move through a French town towards the front. French soldiers on side of the road applaud as they pass. Soldiers in trenches with guns. U.S. soldiers fire M1917A1 water cooled Browning machine gun. French 320 mm railway guns being fired. Soldiers put on gas masks and commence firing small trench mortars.. Soldiers fire at the enemy from the trenches. Their rifles have fixed bayonets. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
United States soldiers in Chateau-Thierry, France during World War II. United States soldiers stand near a board which reads ' Chateau-Hierry'. A horse driven cart under a tree in a distance. The soldiers enter the town. Children play near a military tank. A soldier washes his hands and a girl stands nearby and watches him. The soldiers walk through streets. A crowd watches the passing soldiers. A soldier points his hand as he stands in a balcony.
The German assault on France during the Battle of France in World War II. German artillery on a rail car. Soldiers load and fire the gun. Troops on the railway tracks. German cavalry advances with horse carts. French prisoners march to the rear carrying their wounded. Ruins of Fort Brimont after bombing by German Luftwaffe Stukas. Street fighting in the town. Soldiers fire and take cover among the ruins. Rubble strewn all over the roads. Soldiers jump over barricades erected on the roads. Soldiers on foot and in horse carriages. The Notre Dame de Reims cathedral. The Germans charge French positions amid the burning ruins of Tagnon. Panzer division tanks and troops make their way through the streets. Smoke due to explosions in a town and in nearby fields. Soldiers cross fields. Burning structures. Street fighting in the town. Machine guns fired. Soldiers ready artillery. Chateau-Thierry: Germans advance past abandoned and wrecked French war equipment. Street fighting. Soldiers take cover in the ruins. They enter and check damaged buildings. Soldiers fire machine guns from within the ruins. The deserted streets. Germans cross the Marne on rafts. Troops on foot, in vehicles, the horse cavalry and equipment laden carriages advance towards Paris. Soldiers rest and sleep.
Horse drawn artillery advances through Chateau-Thierry in France. Signboard reads Paris and Soissons marked with an arrow. French prisoners march on foot in the foreground. Mortar drawn artillery advances. Horses and horse carts. Officers in cars drive. German soldiers sleep on wagon. (World War II period).
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