French 1st Army, C.C.1, under Colonel Gruss, moving west along highway D16 through the village of Schwoben. Infantry and armor entering Schwoben, past a sign reading "Tagsdorf" ( a village towards the west) in Alsace, during World War 2. A French soldier pauses by the body of a fallen German soldier. Local French people reentering the town of Sierentz,, some carrying belongings on horse-drawn wagon. The church of St. Martin in the background. Large number of French civilian men march loosely into the town, headed by one carrying the French flag.They wave and smile as they pass the camera. They march past an M10 tank destroyer and several French troops. View from jeep passing roadsign reading "Mulhausen,3.62." (This was located on highway D56 between Zimmersheim and Eschentzwiller.) View from parked jeep as jeeps and armored vehicles enter town. Local people fill the sidewalks to watch as French troops and tanks enter the town. French tricolor flags fly from windows of buildings.
U.S. troops battle enemy in Saint Lo, Normandy during World War II. Soldiers fire rifles and machine guns through hedge. Soldiers advance near hedge cautiously. Wounded soldier receives first aid behind hedge. A soldier begins to dig foxhole.
U.S. medics near Saint Lo, Normandy during World War II. Red Cross ambulance on field. U.S. medics stand around. Medics treat the wounded on field. Soldiers on stretchers are placed into ambulance.
U.S. troops around Saint Lo, Normandy during World War II. Officers look through binoculars over hedgerow. Men on telephones. Scorpion tank equipped with chain flails, moves along road. Soldiers and tank move on road. Sign reads 'St. Lo.'. U.S. army jeeps and soldiers outside city wait to enter.
U.S. troops enter Saint Lo, Normandy during World War II. U.S. soldiers march down road and enter city of Saint Lo. German soldier arrive holding white flags and raising their hands to surrender themselves. Jeep loaded with prisoners pass along road. German prisoners walk past dead German soldiers.
The capture of Cherbourg and Octeville to Allied forces during World War 2. Octeville, an important Nazi stronghold southwest of Cherbourg, falls to the 39th Regiment, 9th infantry division of the United States Army. United States soldiers running in a street. An American soldier taking cover at side of a road watching for enemy attack. A soldier uses a SCR-536 US Military “handie talkie”, the first handheld Walkie-talkie. American soldiers carefully navigate the streets of Octeville. Many dead German soldiers lying on the streets. American soldier points to a pile of dead German soldiers. Captured German soldier prisoners of war (POW) and two French Fifth Column “Collaborator” women are marched out of Octeville by American soldiers. United States infantry firing artillery at Cherbourg under a camouflage net. Cherbourg under fire from Allied artillery fire and bombings.
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