Liberation of Marseilles during World War 2. French Colonial Troops march through the streets. Civilians gathered to welcome the troops. Allied flags on buildings. Civilians cheer and greet the soldiers with the V for victory sign. Soldiers in military jeeps greeted by people. Liberated Russian workers who were forced into slave labor by the Germans. A parade in honor of the French Underground. Soldiers and tanks. Commander of the French Forces, General Jean De Lattre de Tassigny presents Military Medals to the men and women of the French Forces of the Interior (FFI).
Allied troops on the French coast shortly after the Allied Invasion of Europe in World War 2. Abandoned fortifications built by slave labor. A soldier looks at metal fences. Officers and soldiers walk through the fort. German weaponry destroyed by retreating German forces. A soldier walks on rubble in Granville. Observation post of the U.S. Navy. A lighthouse that separates Normandy from Brittany. A U.S. soldier on the lighthouse looks out to the sea.
Allied assault force tied up, prior to the invasion of Normandy. Soldier mans 20mm on craft. Landing Ships Tank (LST) and Landing Crafts Utility (LCU) underway. Barrage balloons flying overhead. A sunken liberty ship. 20mm gun mount in the foreground. Officer of the Deck (OOD) walks up with a pair of binoculars and looks out over assault force. Four wounded soldiers on stretchers being hoisted by crane; enlisted men look on. The wounded being received on another ship as sailors look on. The soldiers being lowered on to deck. Navy Lt. in charge of receiving injured men looks on. (World War II period).
Allied fleet advances during the Invasion of Normandy. Bow section of a Landing Ship Tank (LST) underway. Troops, equipment, and guns on board. Wrecked ship, almost sunken. AP or transport ship in the background. Down side of sunken ship. (World War II period).
Allied fleet advances during the Invasion of Normandy. A Red Cross boat steamer. with women on it. Boat is hoisted aboard the ship. Smoke from the steamer stacks. The ship underway. (World War II period).
Allied fleet advances during the Invasion of Normandy. Soldiers and equipment on a Landing Ship Tank (LST). Side of the LST. Bow section of LST. Soldiers seated on military vehicles. Boats tied up alongside. Soldiers stand by the railing on the deck. Ship lines hang nearby. A soldier on edge of the ship ramp.
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