German troops advance to target Allied landings in France during World War II. A damaged sign post reads 'Caution. Enemy in Sight!'. German Army panzer division troops advance under cover of artillery fire. Soldiers take cover. German stick grenaded or stick hand grenades (Stielhandgranate) on the ground near soldiers in a wooded area. Soldier readies a Panzerfaust weapon. Explosions on the battlefield. Wrecked Allied tanks and vehicles on the road. Soldiers load shells and fire artillery. Camouflaged artillery fired. Soldiers in the undergrowth. Soldiers greet each other and talk. German Panzer tanks advance. Black smoke due to explosions. Soldiers use small arms and flamethrowers during night fighting. Scene changes to coast, with view of Allied ships and craft seen off shore from German Atlantic Wall fortifications. German soldiers behind defense lines and fortifications on the beach. Smoke rising from ships off shore. A German officer inside a fortification bunker surveys the beach and ships at sea using binoculars.
German Schutzstaffel (SS) Hitler Youth advance near Bayeux in France during World War II. German soldiers advance supported by tanks. Soldiers on camouflaged tanks. German Panzer IV tanks and armored vehicles advance past immobilized Allied tanks. German tanks and infantry move pass abandoned Allied tanks and equipment. German troops fire small arms. Soldiers move towards and attack a French village. Street fighting in the village. Soldiers fire machine guns amidst ruins. Bomb damaged buildings. Smoke due to explosions.
Ferry boats in Loire River, France. French civilians operate small ferry boat between Orleans and St. Marcean. Passengers include a German prisoner, wounded Frenchmen, a U.S. soldier and French civilians. A man paddles the boat. Civilians wait on the river bank. Men holding a stretcher and a cycle. The boat arrives, passengers get off. The civilians watch as the soldiers come onto the bank. French policemen accompany a prisoner. Civilians take the stretcher aboard the ferry to help a wounded soldier. A man paddles the ferry. (World War II period).
Ferry boats in Loire River, France. French civilians operate small ferry boat between Orleans and St. Marcean. Civilians wait on either banks. A ferry arrives with passengers. Allied soldiers, French civilians with cycles, and a medic get off the ferry. Men help the women up the step bank. Civilians with cycles board the waiting ferry. (World War II period).
The Allies advance after amphibious landings in France during World War II. Allied tanks blast a German pillbox. Nazi gun crews surrender. A nazi soldier with a white flag. The prisoners marched by the Allied soldiers. Allied soldiers search German prisoners and confiscate their belongings. FFI (French Forces of the Interior) soldiers greet and talk to Allied soldiers. The men with the FFI sleeve patches. Allies advance further inland. Citizens of the town of Frejus come out to welcome the Allied troops. They greet and cheer the soldiers. Soldiers on tanks greet the civilians.
Allied troops advance around Paris,France during World War II. A pontoon bridge across Seine river as tanks of the U.S. 3rd Armored Division advance across the pontoon bridge. Civilians watch the military convoy advance from the banks of the Seine. A boat on the bank of the river. A tank rolls across a pontoon bridge.
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