French Prime Minister and Minister of War, Georges Clemenceau, visits the new French Army Grand Quartier Général (general headquarters) during WWI. The location is probably Beauvais, but not confirmed. Military officials salute to Georges Clemenceau as he ascends the stairs leading to the entrance of the new headquarters. Prime Minister Clemenceau meets senior military officials. A brief shot of General Ferdinand Foch, standing in front of garden shrubs.
French Army Renault FT tanks roll through a village devastated by shells during World War 1. Renault FT tanks pass by houses that lost their roofs from shell attack. A convoy of Renault FT tanks rolling through the village. A French soldier sitting on the back of a moving tank.
A gas attack during World War 1. Gas shell explosion in a battlefield. French soldiers in a bomb crater in the battlefield as gas smoke drifts towards them. French soldiers in crater motionless while wearing gas mask as gas spreads through the battlefield. French soldiers in a trench wear gas masks (ARS-17 or Appareil Respiratoire Spécial) to protect themselves from a gas attack.
Various field artillery firing under camouflage nets during Operation Windsor, part of the Battle of Caen during World War 2. Royal Canadian forces advance on Carpiquet airfield. Canadian soldiers crouch for cover. Canadian soldiers firing with mortar field artillery. Carpiquet airfield in smoke as seen from the fields. A camouflaged soldier aims his rifle and shoots. Soldiers in a tank. Close up of tank firing its machine gun. Canadian soldiers firing with machine gun behind hedgerows. A soldier uses binoculars, pointing at a direction, while standing on a tank. Carpiquet airfield buildings destroyed after Canadian shelling. The attack was conducted by the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, 8th Canadian Infantry Brigade, and 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade.
French soldiers of the 2nd Armored Division cheer upon the sight of Cherbourg coast during World War 2. French soldiers walk to rail at the first sight of the coast of Cherbourg. French soldiers waving and cheering upon sight of the Cherbourg coast. French soldiers waving with their hats on deck. Some soldiers raise their helmets. Soldiers climbing up a ship’s mast. A lieutenant wearing glasses watch the coast of Cherbourg as the ship draws near.
Free French soldiers of the 2nd Armored Division climb down the rope net of a Liberty ship onto a landing craft departing for Cherbourg during World War 2. Landing craft with soldiers and vehicles pulls away from the ship. Soldiers watch the landing craft move away from the stern. A group of Liberty ships in the Cherbourg harbor. Free French soldiers watch landing craft unloading.
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