U.S. Army troop reinforcements arriving at Omaha Beachhead and moving inland, during invasion of Normandy, France, in World War 2, in the days immediately following D-Day. (They are moving along a gradual rise overlooking the beach, that appears to be near Colleville Sur Mer, coordinates WN-62.) U.S. LST-281 discharging cargo of Army vehicles, including trucks and halftracks. A DUKW amphibious vehicle driving out of the surf. Sherman M4 tanks with deep wading kits; one named, "Goldie." Troops unload supplies from a beached Rhino Barge. More landing craft approaching the beach. Coast Guardsmen manning antiaircraft guns. Barrage balloons aloft. Antiaircraft guns firing, at night,from the beachhead, at German bombers, overhead.
Captured German soldiers raise their hands in defeat during the Allied Invasion of Normandy in World War II. Free French Forces Commando grins with missing teeth. Surrendered German soldiers are led away as prisoners of war (POW). German soldiers, both young and middle-aged, sitting on the beach. A balding German soldier wearing round eyeglasses. Allied soldiers frisk captured German soldiers for weapons. An injured German soldier rests on bed of hay. A German officer with a Nazi pin captured by Allied soldiers. Captured German soldiers with tired faces after capture from D-Day. German soldier chewing on weed stem. Injured German soldier lies down. Captured German soldiers, holding their hands up, are herded back to the beach to await their transport to camps. Sign on building reads, "BERNIERES," possibly for Bernières-sur-Mer. German soldiers sit on the beach behind barbed wire. German soldiers, all except one, duck down as something nearby explodes, and then rise again together. Captured German soldiers stand with their hands behind their heads on the beach during D-Day. Injured German soldier with bandage covering his left eye. Captured German soldiers being herded on beach, a barrage balloon flies to protect Allied supplies from overhead attacks.
French infantry on an offensive against German forces during the Battle of Verdun (World War 1). French soldiers avoid getting hit by artillery fire by hiding in a foxhole. French soldiers running and climbing on uneven terrain. Explosion from artillery fire. Smoke covers the battlefield as French soldiers climb a rocky terrain. French soldiers in trench. A French soldier tosses a grenade. French soldiers run away after grenade tossing. French soldiers throwing objects, possibly grenades, into smoking trench. The hills north of Verdun-sur-Meuse covered in smoke from the battlefield.
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