Captured German prisoners of war led through streets by French Forces of the Interior (FFI) guerrillas after the Liberation of Paris during World War II. Civilian onlookers watch the German prisoners marching away. Some hostile French civilians attempt to punch and beat German prisoners. French nuns, civilian women, and a priest clapping in front of a building. French civilians gather under a monument in Paris. M3 half-tracks moving in front of the Arc de Triomphe. A man holding the French flag under the Arc de Triomphe. General Charles de Gaulle walking on the street while escorted by a group of personnel. An M4 Sherman tank moving on a street near Avenue Champs Elysees. Crowds gather to watch military vehicles under the Arc de Triomphe (Pl. Charles de Gaulle, 75008 Paris, France).
Two United States Army medics puts a splint on an injured dog in Normandy, France during World War II. One of the medics wraps a gauze on the dog’s injured foreleg while another holds the dog still. Close view showing the medic putting cotton over the dog’s wound. First aid supplies are seen. The medic wraps gauze on the foreleg. The dog winces as the medic treats its wound. The dog licks with foreleg covered with gauze. The medics let the dog go and the dog walks away with a limp.
A soldier salutes at King George VI riding a DUKW on his visit to Normandy, France after the D-Day landings in World War II. The king leaves the DUKW where he is greeted by British Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery. Montgomery takes King George VI on a tour of the beach head. Montgomery accompanies the king to award British soldiers in Normandy. King George VI presents medals to soldiers of the 21st Army Group headquarters formation. The soldiers salute to King George VI as he presents their medals. The troops raise their hats in honor of the king. King George VI and Montgomery inspects the 21st Army Group standing at attention. King George VI and Montgomery board a car and then a DUKW.
Allied crewmen use binoculars to view the coast of the Cherbourg peninsula in Normandy during World War 2. The Allied invasion fleet approaching the peninsula the morning of D-Day in World War II. Allied warships firing rockets at enemy coastal defenses during invasion of France. Landing craft with U.S. soldiers and British soldiers heading toward shore during the assault. Landing crafts loaded with soldiers sailing towards the beachhead. Smoke rises from bombed enemy shore defenses. Allied assault troops landing on beaches of Normandy. Some of the soldiers fall as they are struck by German enemy fire. More troops disembark from landing craft and wade to reach the beachhead.
Events during the Paris Peace Conference. French Guard of Honor seen at Chateau Saint Germain-en-Laye (1 Pl. Charles de Gaulle, 78100 Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France), The French Royal Palace. Prime Minister of France Georges Benjamin Clemenceau arrives at the Palace. He is greeted by dignitaries waiting at the Palace. French soldiers seen. The ceremony marks the handling of the terms of Peace treaty to the Austrian Delegates.
A harbor in Cherbourg, France during World War II. Two vessels anchored to the harbor, one of them the Destroyer Escort USS Donnell (DE-56) recently converted to duty as Electric Power Barge (IX-182) supplying power to shore in Cherbourg from her turbo-electric generator. A smaller ship "32" by her side. A crane in the dock in view. A man on the dock. Flags flying on the two ships. Men step from the USS Donnell to the harbor. Few officers and sailors standing and talking on the USS Donnell aka Electric Power Barge IX-182. View of shore battery anti-aircraft artillery gun beside the dock. Men unloading materials from a truck and a few men at work with a concrete mixer including German prisoners of war under guard. Several seamen beside a board with 'US Navy Boat Landing' written on it. Small boat arrives and a number of U.S. Navy sailors come ashore.
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