Allied Invasion of Montélimar, Southern France during Operation Dragoon of World War II. Map of Southern France shows Montélimar and Allied “Pincer” strategy to trap German forces. American soldiers fire heavy artillery and German batteries respond in kind. Retreating German troops and tanks leave much war materiel behind. Seventh United States Army tanks and trucks advance through streets. Huge black smoke cloud rises from a fire. Several German prisoners of war are captured by Allied forces. 191st tank destroyer battalion advances.
Natzweiler-Struthof (or Natwiller-Struthof), a German concentration camp and extermination camp, in France used by the Nazis for political prisoners from Belgium and France during World War II. A U.S. soldier examines urns used for ashes of victims. A crematorium, blood stained coffins and a gas chamber at the camp. An examination or experiment procedure table with indented fluid drains, that drains into a sink below.
D-Day invasion of Normandy, France by Allied forces during World War II. Congested beach of Normandy after Allied amphibious landings. Bulldozer moves up in the foreground. Soldiers clean rifles. Dukw (six-wheel drive amphibious truck) moves along road. A soldier with ammunition belt. A soldier reads French dictionary behind AA (antiaircraft) gun. Rolls on wire matting on it in France. Soldier in control tower waves. U.S. Army Air Force P-47 Thunderbolt fighters coming in to land. Plane being painted with invasion stripes. Soldiers crowd around planes. They talk to pilots. Planes are refueled. Planes taxi and take off.
U.S. soldiers in Laval Pl. du 11 Novembre, 53000 Laval, France) France during World War II. 3rd Division vehicles entering the main square. The Laval City Hall decorated with French flags in the background. 3rd Armored Division tanks, trucks and other vehicles cross a repaired masonry bridge and enter the town. People cheer. A military policeman directs the traffic. French civilians walk across the repaired bridge.
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.
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.
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