20,000 German soldiers surrender to Allied forces in France during World War II. German General Erich Elster surrenders himself and 20,000 troops to Major General Robert C Macon of the U.S. Ninth Army and to Major General OP Weyland, Commanding General of the XIX Tactical Air Command, on September 16. The formal surrender took place at the Beaugency Bridge on the Loire River. Long columns of Germans file into the city and lay down their arms. Numbers of items like trucks, civilian carts, horses, weapons and bicycle surrendered. View of surrendered rifles, pistols, machine guns, tucks and bicycles. 19360 Prisoners of War come down. View of Prisoners of War Camp and surrendered equipment.
Creation of an artificial harbor and bridges by the Seabees in Normandy, France during World War II. Coast of the English Channel. Phoenix units of the artificial harbor lying off the coast of England. A Lobnitz pier head. A section of whale unit & pontoon causeway. The Lobnitz pier at the end of a pontoon bridge.
Creation of an artificial harbor and bridges by the Seabees in Normandy, France during World War II. Captain Clark is in charge of landing operations at Omaha beach and Commander Karlior, 108th Seabees battalion talk. Towing operations: Tugs used for towing phoenix units. The tugs take a whale unit in tow. A tug takes a phoenix unit in tow and anther with a whale unit in tow. Lobnitz spuds in tow. A formation of fighter aircraft in flight. Seabees crew and gun crew on phoenix unit. 40mm anti aircraft gun on the phoenix unit. Transport aircraft tow a glider.
Creation of an artificial harbor and bridges by the Seabees in Normandy, France during World War II. A diagram shows the formation of the artificial harbor. An animated diagram shows phoenix units, bombardons, a floating lobnitz pier, a pontoon bridge and a sunken ship. A high tide and a low tide shown on an animated chart.
Creation of an artificial harbor and bridges by the Seabees in Normandy, France during World War II. Tugs with units of the artificial harbor in tow. A barrage balloon overhead. The tugs push phoenix units into position. Crew on the phoenix units works with lines. Flooded phoenix compartments. The phoenix units sunk in position. A Phoenix unit in sea and crew men on the unit.
German newsreel about the Invasion of Normandy region of France in World War 2. English narration overlaid on the newsreel by the U.S. Office of Strategic Services. A German soldier looks through binoculars. Artillery units move forward. North American bomber flies over. German Anti Aircraft batteries in action. Bombers drop bombs. Wreckage in the city of Caen. German pursuit planes fly to break U.S. plane formation. Ruins in the city following bombing by Allied air forces. French refugee civilians leaving the bombed city. German divisions of tanks and mobile artillery underway. Allied armed divisions air troopers and paratroopers captured. U.S. Sherman tanks knocked out. Bullet holes in the tanks. German troops advance. Germans soldiers fire rifles, machine guns and rockets.
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