German soldiers surrender in Paris, France, during liberation of Paris in World War 2. Mass surrender of German soldiers. The German soldiers are marched with hands on their heads, surrounded by French civilians, along the streets to the courtyard of the Chamber of Deputies. An American soldier on an M4 Sherman tank looks over the scene through binoculars. Smoke rises from a burning German Panther tank. A large group of German prisoners in the courtyard. (World War II period).
Landings of Allied troops for the invasion of Southern France during World War II. A barrage balloon floats in the air. Landing Ship Tanks (LSTs) and Landing Craft Tanks (LCT) head towards a beach.
Landings of Allied troops for the invasion of Southern France during World War II. Views of a shore. Ships and landing crafts on a beach. An explosion in water. Two soldier standing and ships in the foreground. A Landing Ship Tank (LST) and Landing Craft Tanks (LCTs) approach the beach. Sherman tanks enter water and drive to the beach. An LCT approaches. An LST in the background. The LST alongside a pontoon dock. A DUKW passes in the foreground.
Bomb damage in Coutances, France during World War II. Aerial view of the bomb damage in city. Heaps of debris seen in front of the damaged buildings. Priests walk through ruins.
Allied Operation Cobra, during World War II. United States infantry,tanks and other vehicles advance from Lessay through the war-torn town of Periers, on their way to Coutances, France. U.S. infantrymen (probably 90th Infantry Division) and armor of the 4th Armored Division, including M4(105) howitzer medium tanks and M4 medium tanks (part of Operation Cobra) move past a road sign that reads "Périers". At top of signpost, another sign reads: "Road cleared of mines to hedges." The tanks turn right (South) in front of the damaged Periers church, as they pass through town on their way toward the city of Coutances.
Military police guard German prisoners of war in vicinity of Periers,France, during World War II. German prisoners rest along wall in courtyard of a building. Some prisoners sleep over ruins of buildings. Military police guard them. Prisoners being marched to trucks and loaded, packed tightly onto open trucks. French women on bicycles stop and make fun of the German prisoners Damaged buildings seen in the background. Sherman tank of 4th Armored Division drives past bomb-damaged church. Road sign points along Route 71 to next town (Coutances) and end of route (coastal city of Granville).
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