French and American soldiers liberate Strasbourg, France in World War II. Map points target areas in Metz and Strasbourg along the German border. Soldiers move forward on the muddy battlefield. A road sign showing the distance to Strasbourg (Straßburg), Saarburg, Metz and Nancy. Soldiers fire from French Army tanks. A soldier tosses an empty shell into a pile. Deserted German tanks and guns on the road. Strasbourg sign in German reads “Straßburg Schiltigheim”. A tank drives past heavy smoke in Strasbourg. French civilians watch Allied tanks enter Strasbourg. Wrecked American Jeeps on fire. Medics carry away the dead U.S. Army soldiers on stretchers. U.S. Army soldiers fire with M1919 Browning machine guns. Ammunition belt on machine gun. Soldier shooting with rifle with armored vehicle offering partial cover. Street littered with pile of small, handheld Nazi swastika flags. Closeup view of pile of small Nazi flags. Captured German soldiers form a long line. German General Franz Vaterrodt and other military officials surrender to the Allied forces. Bell tower of the heavily damaged Cathedral of Notre Dame in Strasbourg, France. Damaged buildings near the Cathedral.
Allied invasion of Southern France during World War II. Allied LCVP (Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel) underway at sea during the invasion of Southern France. Men aboard the LCVP.
During Allied invasion of Southern France during World War II, known as Operaton Dragoon. Allied LCVP (Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel) underway at sea during the invasion of Southern France. LCVP moves beach wards as smoke rises in the background. Gunners at a gun on board a ship with LCVP in the background. Men aboard the LCVP.
Allied invasion of Southern France during World War II. Allied LCVP (Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel) underway at sea during the invasion of Southern France. LCVP moves beach wards as smoke rises in the background. Men at the beach. A ship and LCVP underway at sea. Men aboard a LCVP. An aircraft flies at low altitude. Ships and landing crafts underway.
Allied troops during the invasion of southern France during World War II. Allied warships and rocket ships bombard the coast of Southern France. Blinker lights flash. Allied troops transfer from a transport ship to landing barges. The barge pulls away. Smoke rises from the coast as a result of Allied bombardment. Allied troops climb down a net to landing barges. They head for the beach. Troops in landing barges. At the beach tanks, trucks and other vehicles unload from LCI (Landing Craft Infantry), LCM, LST (Landing ship Tanks). Tanks and trucks advance inland. Troops walk along the beach.
Allied troops during the invasion of Southern France during World War II. Allied soldiers clear German mines in France, using metal detectors to find mines. Closeup of two shoebox mines. American M4 amphibian Sherman tank with Duplex Drive beside the minefield. Soldiers sit on the beach with incomplete German pill boxes in the background. Soldiers carry ammunition and artillery shells. Two and a half ton DUKW amphibious vehicles haul 105 mm howitzer ashore as it moves past a wrecked railroad line.
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