U.S. Fourth Infantry Division in Normandy, France, during World War 2. A sign on highway N.13 points to Montebourg 8.9Km and Cherbourg 34.9km, indicating their location as just north of Sainte Mere Eglise, as they advance following the Allied Normandy invasion in World War 2. A knocked out German Sturmgeschütz III (StuG III) assault gun is seen on a road next to some power lines. Closeup of the Stug III with two shell holes in it. Fourth Infantry soldiers in a jeep drive past another destroyed Stug III, as they make their way through the town of Montebourg. A U.S. M10 tank destroyer is parked on the road behind. Scene shifts to a jeep displaying a red cross flag carrying medics along a road past several U.S. soldiers standing near a cemetery containing old gravestones. Another knocked out Stug III is seen. Two American soldiers, with rifles, ride through a deserted town on horses, followed by another soldier on a motorcycle. Street sign shows distance to Ravenoville as 6.8km and to La Mer as 9.7km. Closeup of one of the mounted soldiers.
Allied invasion of Cherbourg, France during World War II. American soldiers walk past a hedgerow in a field in Cherbourg, France. Soldiers carry a rocket launcher as he goes down a steep embankment in the woods. Another soldier follows him down the embankment. American soldier seated on the ground as he eats from his canteen cup. Another soldier seated by hedgerow drinks from a cup. Soldier with a lighted cigarette in his hand. A soldier sleeps in a ditch. A soldier hands over a machine gun to another soldier.
Allied invasion of Cherbourg, France during World War II. American soldiers walk past a hedgerow in a field in Cherbourg, France. A soldier at the hedgerow looks on. A soldier speaks over a field phone. A soldier sights and then fires a 30 caliber water cooled machine gun. Another soldier fires the gun through an opening in the hedge. A soldier eats rations from a tin.
Allied invasion of Cherbourg, France during World War II. Damaged buildings as a result of Allied bombings in Cherbourg, France. Rubble spread on the streets. American soldier looks into a window of a bombed building from snipers. Soldier patrol the streets with damaged buildings in the background. Rubble spread on the streets.
Mine detonation activities in Cherbourg, France during World War II. United States officer points at mine control cables outside a building in Cherbourg, France. Men aboard the mine pelorus. Man pulls a cable. Flag on a paravane in water. An electrically controlled mine explodes in harbor. A wrecked L' Ouste fort with a tower on the top. Mines explode as a pillar of water and smoke rises up.
German rocket launching platforms sweep in Cherbourg, France during World War II. A German rocket launching platform in Cherbourg, France. Wooden planks at an incomplete rocket launching platform. Men make bags move down a ramp. Men save unused iron and concrete at the rocket launching platform. American military truck and vehicles at the rocket launching platform.
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