Soldiers on top of a tank in Normandy, France during World War 2. Soldiers moving carefully on the road to Saint-Lô, France. A road sign reads “Saint-Lô”. A United States soldier crouching roadside with rifle. Thick black smoke forming. Armored infantry from the 2nd Armored Division wearing camouflage jackets take cover against a tank. Bomb explosion in Saint-Lô. Soldier firing rifle. Soldiers move on a street with destroyed houses. United States tank fires during street fighting. Tank fire hits buildings in Saint-Lô, creating smoke. Soldiers running. A wall breaks apart and falls after being hit by artillery. Sherman Crab minesweepers (M4 Sherman tanks fitted with flails) moving through a field. Soldiers conduct a mop-up operation in Saint-Lô. Soldier enters a house. Soldiers walking on devastated streets of Saint-Lô, with destroyed houses and piles of debris. An M10 tank destroyer enters Saint-Lô. A soldier reading a road sign “SAINT-LO SA CATHEDRALE SON PANORAMA DON DE CLAUDEL”. The remains of a United States Army infantry commander lies in state, covered by the United States flag, on top of a pile of rubble of the Église Notre-Dame de Saint-Lô (2 Rue Carnot, 50000 Saint-Lô, France). Aerial view shows damaged building in Saint-Lo. Television host Alexander Scourby reads a book titled “Breakout and Pursuit” by Martin Blumenson. Alexander Scourby closes the book and speaks to the audience.
United States soldiers with live chicken and drink cognac with French people after the Liberation of Paris during World War 2. A United States soldier with a live chicken on top of an M4 Sherman tank. A live white chicken pecks its feathers. Soldiers drink cognac while talking to a crowd of French people. A man pours cognac for a soldier. French men view a French 2nd Armored Division Piper Cub parked on a sidewalk. French men and women cycling with their bicycles on the Avenue des Champs-Élysées.
French 2nd Armored Division tanks in front of Notre Dame de Paris during World War 2 liberation of Paris. Pedestrians walking in front of Notre Dame de Paris (6 Parvis Notre-Dame - Pl. Jean-Paul II, 75004 Paris, France). French 2nd Armored Division tanks, some with names “Chateau Larose” and “Chateau Laffitte”, arrive in front of the Notre Dame. A soldier directs a tank to reverse. A French 2nd Armored Division M4 Sherman tanks “Pte de Vanves”, “Pte Maillot” driving in front of Notre Dame. French soldiers and civilians stand. Rows of tanks parked near civilians. Red Cross truck arrives. Red Cross medics rush with a wheeled bed. Crowds gathered in front of Notre Dame with the Free France banner hanging in front. Civilians and female nurses running. Groups of civilian men marching in three lines along a road. Crowds of French civilians cheering from stone balustrade. A nurse stands on a balustrade to watch a parade. A French woman smokes a rolled cigar while sitting on a balustrade with crowds. A man smoking a pipe and a girl stand among the crowd.
French Forces of the Interior (FFI) fighters and Free French 2nd Armored Division soldiers’ parade after liberation of Paris in World War 2. Crowds of French citizens gather on the sidewalk to watch victory parade. French people holding banners reading “Vive De Gaulle” and “Libération” (“Long live De Gaulle” and “Liberation” in English). French people cheering. Soldiers marching with the French tricolor flag along the Avenue des Champs-Élysées. The Arc de Triomphe (Place Charles de Gaulle, 75008 Paris, France) is seen on the background. Soldiers marching in front of a building displaying flags of Allied nations- the United States, Soviet Union, United Kingdom and France. FFI fighters (men and women) marching, some with rifles and banners, down a road. Banner reads “FFI”. Another Free French placard reads “2e. Section Libération”. FFI men and women in casual clothing marching along the Avenue des Champs-Élysées. FFI fighters march with rifles on their shoulders along Boulevard du Montparnasse, passing by Le Sélect brasserie, a notable meeting place for French intelligentsia. Staff car and a group of half-tracks along the Avenue des Champs-Élysées. Soldiers with a gun sit on top of a tank during a parade. Soldiers and FFI fighters celebrate their victory by raising the “Victory Sign” on top of a moving military vehicle during the parade. French 2nd Armored Division M4 Sherman tank “St. Anne d’ Auray” moves during the parade. Soldiers on top of a moving vehicle. Crowds running along the Avenue des Champs-Élysées. French people running on the sidewalk of Place de la Madeleine, near the Madelios menswear department store.
United States troops and Free French armored units enter Paris during World War 2. Crowds watch a group of French 2nd Armored Division M4 Sherman tanks pass by the Arc de Triomphe (Place Charles de Gaulle, 75008 Paris, France). Some civilians ride bicycles along the road during parade. French woman wearing a floral hat waves from a crowd. A group of French women waving. One woman waving a small French flag. Young men and guards form a human barricade to control heavy crowd along Avenue Manceau. Rear view of a man gesturing the crowd to a guard. An old man is being pushed back by a human barricade.
Various Paris landmarks after liberation of Paris during World War 2. Two French soldiers from the 2nd Armored Division look at the camera from their M4 Sherman tank “Mangin” (September 25 1944). Liberation of Paris on August 25 1944. The French and United States flag flying above Paris. Aerial view of crowds crossing a bridge. Aerial view of people frantically running. French men and women use bicycles and walk on a bridge. French people cycling on Pont Alexandre III bridge (Pont Alexandre III, 75008 Paris, France). View of the Pont Alexandre III bridge and the Eiffel Tower. An artillery gun is placed in front of the Statue of Nantes in the Place de la Concorde. People walking in the Place de la Concorde with fountain in foreground. (Place de la Concorde 75008 Paris, France). People crossing the Pont Alexandre III bridge. A damaged metal barricade at bridge with Grand Palais in background. People cycling across Pont Alexandre III bridge. as man takes pictures with camera. A boat “Beaujolais” moored next to the Pont Alexandre III bridge. People on bicycles crossing between bridge abutments on Pont Alexandre III bridge with Les Invalides in background.
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