United States Army troops landing on beaches in the Pacific during World War II. An LCM (Landing Craft Mechanized) carrying troops approach an island. A tracked vehicle carrying U.S. soldiers and supplies wade towards the beach of Saipan. Injured casualties lie on stretchers on the floor. An injured soldier is being carried to an aircraft for evacuation to Kwajalein, Marshall Islands. Recovered soldiers board an aircraft bound for Saipan. A Curtiss C-46 Commando transport plane takes off from Kwajalein airfield. Saipan airfield and surrounding areas show extensive damage after Japanese surrender. Engineers repair a hangar and airstrip on Saipan. Abandoned and damaged Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters in Saipan. A pile of destroyed Japanese aircraft in airfield. Damaged engine of a Mitsubishi Zero. Machines and conveyers mixing and transporting cement for airfield repair. A bulldozer clearing debris. A soldier hammering. Marston Mats laid down on newly repaired Saipan airfield. A Boeing B-29 Superfortress aircraft lands in Saipan.
A long line of wrecked German Army vehicles seen near Chambois, France, during the Battle of Chambois in World War II. Debris and supplies are seen scattered in the forest near the abandoned vehicles. United States Army soldiers inspect items left in the vehicles. An injured German soldier is escorted by U.S. soldiers. An Allied soldier walking past burned cars on the road.
12th detachment 66th infantry division medics carry a wounded German prisoner of war into stretcher in France during World War II. U.S. Army medics lift an unconscious prisoner from the stretcher. Medical attention given to German prisoners taken in drive to Paris, France. A wounded French solider given first aid by Allied medics. Medics carry the wounded French soldier into an ambulance.
Allied soldiers inspect a wrecked German fighter aircraft near Paris, France during World War II. U.S. Army soldier looks at the empennage of wrecked plane bearing the Nazi Swastika. A pair of captured German Luftwaffe crew standing near the wreckage. An artillery is seen in the background. Close-up view of captured German Luftwaffe pilot’s face showing bandages for injuries. Allied troops folding a tarp. Smoke rise from the debris and wreckage of German plane. A captured prisoner of war German Luftwaffe crewman looks down.
French soldiers on top of a French 2nd Armored Division M4 Sherman tank with label “L’ZAGRODZKI” near Paris, France during World War II. Badge of the French 2nd Armored Division on tank. 2nd Armored Division tanks moving towards Paris. Close up view of a carved stone pillar depicting a military official (probably Marshal Philippe Pétain).
French 2nd Armored Division M4 Sherman tank “SROCO” driving into a hedge near Paris, France during World War II. Advertisement for “ORANGE” on a wall is seen. French civilians crowd the streets of Paris during the arrival of Free French soldiers into the city. Civilians greet French soldiers and a few US troops on Jeeps and vehicles. A group of young men and women waving at Allied troops. A French man opens a Champagne bottle. French civilians hold Champagne bottles and glasses to celebrate arrival of Allied troops into Paris shortly after the city's liberation from German forces.
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