French troops advance in Belfort, France during World War II. French troops of 2nd Moroccan Division and French 5th Armored Division advance behind an M-4 tank. The soldiers fire 30 caliber light machine guns. A dead German soldier in a ditch. A wounded German soldier lies in a ditch. French soldiers arrive with a group of German prisoners.
U.S. troops in Carentan, France during World War II. Officers and men of the 101st Airborne Division in a town square. Soldiers stand in formation. Buildings in the background. U.S. Army General Maxwell D Taylor delivers a speech. Major General Troy H Middleton pins a Silver Star on Brigadier General Anthony C McAuliffe. Children watch the soldiers. Soldiers stand at attention in a line. Civilians watch from the balcony of a building. A soldier shakes hands with the civilians. French civilians give flowers to the soldiers.
U.S. troops in Carentan, France during World War II. Officers and men of the 101st Airborne Division in a town square. Soldiers stand in formation. Buildings in the background. The soldiers are awarded medals. French civilians watch from the windows of a building.
Activities of the U.S. Army Military Police in Normandy, France during World War II. Military Police (MPs) talks to civilians. The civilians board an army truck with the help of MPs. The MPs enter into a building and talk to a man. The MPs carry cartons and place them into army vehicles.
Allied soldiers are greeted in Paris, France during World War 2. The streets of Paris lined with civilians eager to welcome the Allied soldiers. A street sign "Paris,Pied-Italie." Soldiers in a jeep. The soldiers are welcomed by the French civilians. Still photographers shoot picture if French woman kissing an American soldier. A French cinematographer stands on hood of car. His motion picture camera is on tripod on car roof. A sign on car roof reads (in English) : "Please don't kill the French cameramen." A French woman with two men in the rumble seat of a car. One man holds rifle. Back of car has "FFI" (for French Forces of the Interior) and the Free French, Cross of Lorraine, symbol painted on its back. (World War II period).
German soldiers surrender in Paris, France, during liberation of Paris in World War 2. Mass surrender of German soldiers. The German soldiers are marched with hands on their heads, surrounded by French civilians, along the streets to the courtyard of the Chamber of Deputies. An American soldier on an M4 Sherman tank looks over the scene through binoculars. Smoke rises from a burning German Panther tank. A large group of German prisoners in the courtyard. (World War II period).
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