The Allied invasion of Normandy, France during World War 2. Improvised port facilities being erected in "Operation Mulberry." Ships carrying troops and supplies pull up to the Mulberry piers. Troops and vehicles moving on the piers toward the shore at Normandy. A severe storm tears up the mulberry port facilities. A man crawls a rope invertedly to get to a ship. War materiel moving on the Normandy beaches. A map of Normandy. View of Seaport at Cherbourg, France. Allied and German forces moving to battle over the Cherbourg port. Large formation of Allied aircraft. United States troops battling Germans in hedgerows, on the way to Cherbourg. A United States soldier uses a SCR-536 Walkie-talkie while in hedgerow. Soldier smoking a cigarette in hedgerow. French farmers collecting hay with pitchforks. United States troops being welcomed by French residents. Meeting heavy resistance at outskirts of Cherbourg, the U.S. employs batteries of field artillery. Some infantry engaged in street fighting. Nazi German General Karl-Wilhelm von Schlieben surrenders to the American forces in Cherbourg.
Night view from behind a building wall. LST 282 (Landing Ship Tank) burns as a result of radio-controlled flying bomb released from German Dornier approximately 2100 hrs on D-Day of Operation Dragoon invading southern France. Location is Green Beach near Saint Raphael France. (World War II period).
French soldiers pass by on a field at Maurepas and cross a creek. Soldiers on horse-carts pass over the muddy creek area. Houses in the background.
French soldiers positioned on a high ridge near Maurepas, Yvelines, during World War 1. French soldiers walk in a column along a reinforced trench atop the ridge. French soldiers with packs and gear on their backs moving along the trench. Trees in the background. A waterway in the background.
29th Division U.S. Army soldiers on mine patrol. They walk on a road in St Lo, carrying rifles and metal detectors. They sweep above the road looking for buried land mines. A sweeper stops at an area and a soldier carefully digs looking for a buried landmine. (World War II period).
United States soldiers capture German prisoners in small French village. View of U.S. soldiers with prisoners. U.S. troops enter Saint Marcouf passing road sign. Wrecked village is shown. U.S. soldiers greeted by French civilians. Soldiers come together and pose. Soldier holds a captured Nazi flag. (World War II period).
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