As part of Operation Cobra, elements of United States 2nd Armored Division with infantry, tanks and armored vehicles enter Canisy, France during World War II. Views of soldiers loaded on tanks, armored vehicles and trucks. (Troops in half-track wear the rare camouflage uniforms distributed mainly to the 41st Armored Infantry Regiment of the 2nd Armored Division.) German prisoners of war march along side of road, guarded by U.S. soldier.
Allied Invasion of Marseilles, Southern France following Operation Dragoon during World War 2. French forces enter Marseilles and engage any remaining Germans. French Algerian soldiers of the 3rd Algerian Division in firing positions. French Algerian soldiers walk into Fort Saint Nicolas. Body of executed civilian man in Fort Saint Nicolas with his hands tied behind his back. Dead and wounded soldiers. Street defenses set up by German soldiers are seen abandoned, including artillery gun emplacements and machine gun nests. Views of rubble at docks, warehouses and port facilities that had been deliberately destroyed by retreating German forces. Part of ship with swastika visible just above water line. Bomb damaged hangers and aircraft at airport. Wrecked French planes with German markings. Liberated French civilians in Marseilles cheer Algerian troops. General Joseph de Goislard de Monsabert walking down street during parade as civilians cheer. Mosabert is congratulated by General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny and French politician André Diethelm who is described as French minister of war by the narrator.
Allied Prisoners are marched in Paris,France during World War II. Large group of American and British prisoners are marched through streets under German guards. Buildings on either side of the street. Buses move through street. Civilians, possibly French collaborationists, jeer and slap at two different Allied prisoners as they march by.
Bridge construction in Paris during Allied Invasion of France in World War II Construction of the American bridge across the river. Officer instructs as the workers construct bridge. Engineer operates crane and places steel treadway. Engineers attach and seal the treadways with one another. Pontoon floats are used to provide support. View of the completed bridge. Tanks move across the bridge.
German capitulation in Paris,France during World War II. United states Army General Mark Wayne Clark arrives in Paris. He disembarks car. Officers greet and receive him. General Clark seated at office. He interacts with the officers. Group of German occupation forces gathered by the allied soldiers. German with their hands on head.
General De Gaulle visits Paris,France during World War II. Aerial view of the Arc De Triomphe. French General Charles De Gaulle places wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. De Gaulle leads on the procession and tours the city. Notre Dame De Cathedral. Large crowd of civilians gather at the street square. Snipers fire artillery on the crowded streets. Civilians escape and hide beneath vehicles. Buildings in the background. Wounded people are carried on litters to hospitals. Soldiers fire back at snipers. Police capture Germans. Angry civilians beat the Germans as the Police drive them away through streets.
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