Allied Invasion of Lyon, Southern France during Operation Dragoon of World War II on 3 September 1944. Liberated Lyons civilians cheer arrival of the American troops. United States M4 Sherman tank drives into town. Damaged bridges, railroads, and blocked highways. Sign points to a bypass due to bridge out. Major General John W. O' Daniel, commander of 3rd Division, crosses river using bypass and directs pursuit of the German forces. French armored division enters Dijon on 11 September 1944. An M8 Greyhound and other armored vehicles. Allied soldiers shaking hands. Liberated civilians celebrate their arrival on street. French troops of the Seventh Army join with the French units of Third army. Map of France. United States soldiers parade through streets after victory.
U.S. infantrymen advance in Saint Lo, Normandy, France during World War II. Opening slate calls this subject "Big Push," referring to the Allied offensive to break out of the Normandy beachhead and push inland, during World War 2. (It's official name was "Operation Cobra.") An M4 sherman tank followed by a jeep, pass the camera. Another jeep passes in the opposite direction. Next, are seen a Sherman tank and two 3-inch Gun Motor Carriages,M10, loaded with sandbags and displaying aerial recognition panels on their tops. U.S. infantrymen move cautiously in brush at side of the dirt road, as more armor passes. A soldier positions his aerial recognition panel in place on his jeep. (These were fluorescent panels to prevent friendly fire from Allied aircraft.)
U.S. soldiers in Germany near end of World War 2, in Europe. An M26 Pershing leads a column of M4A1(76)W Shermans through a muddy street. Some have improvised armor plate welded over the driver's position. Medium and light tanks carrying infantry are seen on an open field. They are loaded with infantrymen. More U.S. tanks move in formation across the field. A German civilian mounts an M5A1 and converses with the crew. U.S. infantrymen search houses. Sherman tanks move through a German street. German civilians watching the tanks and American infantrymen. A Sherman parked on roadside while driver watches several ducks waddle across the road. Infantrymen walking down the street. A tank in the foreground.
U.S. soldiers in Luxeuil-Les-Bains, France during World War II. U.S. 36th Division M4 tanks and M10 tank destroyers loaded with soldiers move through streets. The streets are lined with cheering civilians. Buildings along the sides of the streets. People wave towards the soldiers.
The capture of La Haye du Puits by United States First Army troops under General Omar Bradley in Normandy (World War 2). An M4 81 mm Mortar Carrier Halftrack vehicle and jeep of the United States First Army driving to La Haye du Puits in Normandy. United States infantry troops travel on foot to capture La Haye du Puits. United States First Army soldiers traversing a meadow, crossing a puddle. United States First Army troops fire artillery under camouflage nets. Soldiers load shells into artillery and fire. United States soldiers fire mortar in a forest outside La Haye du Puits. A soldier fires his rifle through a hedgerow. Soldiers duck while firing mortars. Distant Haye du Puits covered in smoke. A soldier fires a rifle grenade launcher (probably an M7) into the air.
Free French 2nd Armored Division massed after landing on Utah Beach during World War 2. Many M4 Sherman tanks massed together. French troops tighten bogie wheel tracks using a socket wrench. Free French soldiers adjust ammunition loading on a Browning M2 machine gun affixed to a tank.
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