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 Germans capture Paris in June 1940 during World War 2. German troops advance towards Paris in France. Soldiers on horses, on foot, and in cars advance through french towns including Sacy le Grand. An advance German party follows the fleeing French towards Chateau Thierry. Soldiers amidst wrecked cars and vehicles. They battle amidst ruins and damaged buildings in a town. The Germans engaged in street fighting. Soldiers cross the Marne River in rafts and fire machine guns. A sign board for Paris and Soissons in Aisne. Soldiers on foot, in carts, and the horse cavalry. The Germans enter the suburbs of Paris. They set petrol and oil plants on fire. Black smoke due to the fires and explosions. Military vehicles enter and leave the Palace of Versailles. The German Swastika flag is raised on the Palace roof. Paris falls to the Germans. The Eiffel Tower and other monuments. German officers and soldiers in Paris. German soldiers climb up the Eiffel Tower and hoist the Nazi state war flag atop the monument. Troops and military vehicles parade before the Arc De Triomphe at Champs Elysees.
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)
The United States enters World War 1. A damaged bridge over Marne at Chateau Thierry. U.S. General John J. Pershing and a French General confer as they plan a Franco-American offensive. Soldiers of United States 103rd Division advance across a field on July 18th , 1918. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
British soldiers enter the town of Lisieux, France. Armed British soldiers patrol the streets. Soldiers walk past the destroyed buildings. Firing and bombardment. Soldiers and British tanks fire at Nazis hiding in the town. A French civilian woman brings a glass of water and a pitcher to a prone British soldier firing at German positions from a street corner. Soldier prone firing a machine gun. People in the town of Chartres, a center of resistance. A young woman resistance soldier talks to an Allied French soldier. French General Charles De Gaulle and other officers greeted by the town on August 23, 1944. De Gaulle addressed the town to commend their resistance. De Gaulle looks at the Chateau de Rambouillet in Rambouillet, France, from where he directed the French armored divisions in their push to Paris. Views of the palace, gardens, and a lake at the Chateau de Rambouillet with Charles De Gaulle standing beside the lake. (World War II period).
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