French men and women watch truck loaded with German prisoners in front of the Hotel de la Gare in Granville, France (135 Rue Couraye, 50400 Granville, France ) during World War 2. German prisoners on truck are taken away from Granville, located in the Normandy region. Frenchmen riding their bicycles on the streets after the captured German soldiers are taken as prisoners by the Allied forces. A woman walking with her bicycle as her daughter leads on the street. Storefronts are boarded-up. Signs of storefront are written in French. An Allied Jeep drives past on the street. A dog lazes in front of a store with sign saying “WE SELL BEER BIERE”. A French woman crosses the street. Frenchmen stand near a road sign for the direction and distance to towns of Saint-Pierre-Langers and Avranches.
Aerial view of Avranches, France on August 6, 1944 (World War 2). Aerial view of the city center of Avranches. The Basilica of Saint-Gervais of Avranche is seen (Basilique Saint-Gervais d’Avranche Place Saint-Gervais, 50300 Avranches, France). Surrounding countryside shows craters formed from aerial bombing.
Free French General Jacques Philippe Leclerc meets with French soldiers in Doucelles, France during World War 2. General Leclerc, wearing his two star helmet and holding his cane, points forward while sitting a Jeep. A motorcycle and Jeep driving in the town of Doucelles passing by a tank. French soldiers attend injured man in the street. Soldier unwraps bandages from the head of the injured man, who briefly flashes a "V" for victory sign. M3 Half Tracks leaving the town of Doucelles, France. A sign reads “Doucelles” alongside the road.
Free French 2nd Armored Division troops in Ballon, France during World War 2. Free French troops assemble for a meeting near army Jeeps. A French soldier speaks while other reads notes. A French soldier climbs on top of an M4 Sherman tank. Free French M4 Sherman tanks and armored vehicles roll through Ballon, France with Jeep and Ford GPA 'Seep'. Road marker reads, "Ballon."
Naval battle between Allied warships and German forces inland at Menton, France during World War II. Aerial view of German shells landing in Menton, near the Italian border. The French battleship Lorraine and United States destroyers are sailing off the French Riviera. Smoke rises from bombardment of German positions in the mountains. Battleships fire their artillery, bombarding German positions. Smoke rises from the coast of Menton. Allied soldiers find two German sneak craft human torpedoes, also known as mini subs, beached in Cape Martin, a headland situated between Monaco and Menton in Southern France.
Austrian Empress Zita of Bourbon-Parma, wife of the late ex-Emperor Karl I and the last Empress of Austria, descends stone steps in the gardens of the Villa Annunciata Hotel (Today the CCAS Holiday Apartment at Cor André Tardieu, 06500 Menton, France), adjacent to the Monastery of the Annunciation (2135 Cor André Tardieu, 06500 Menton, France). A traditional brick-lined well in the garden. Stone steps in a lush garden. Rose bushes and other plants growing. Trellis with vines. A road in Menton, hills are seen in the background. Distant view of Villa Annunciata Hotel, camera pans to view of the Monastery of the Annunciation and its chapel. Sign hanging beside the arch reads “Monastère” (“Monastery” in English).
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