September 4, 1944, U.S. troops are being briefed and then set out to patrol and investigate report of Nazi massacre of French civilians at village of Martincourt, in World War 2. An armed Free French woman with armband, stands looking over the remains of the village. A U.S. patrol in a jeep drives through the remains of Martincourt, which had been burned with flamethrowers and its citizens killed and beaten. View inside the burned out church. As1st Army pushes towards Liege and Aachen, other U.S. units seem launching an attack, South of the border, in the area of Sedan, France. U.S. ground troops firing machine guns as USAAF P-47 aircraft dive to bomb and strafe German positions. U.S. troops occupy a town where wrecked German equipment is seen.
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.
Allied forces invade France on D-Day during World War II. The allied troops concealed in foliage. Soldiers stand with civilians around a tank. A soldier talks to a young girl. Soldiers rest. A group carries a Nazi German swastika flag. Crowd on a village street. Soldiers walk through a wreckage of the Church. A ruined statue and a damaged home in view. Infantrymen advance behind bushes to village. Weapon carrier moves past.
U.S. troops of 4th Infantry Division in France. The troops walk along a road. Trees in the background. A squad walks at the side of a road. Two German prisoners with hands on heads walk behind. A soldier guards them. Soldiers walk through a rubbled village. They pass a road sign. The sign reads 'Cherence le Roussel'. Soldiers move through the streets. Houses in the background. A soldier ties a handkerchief on the end of a stick to mark the location of a mine. The squad walks cautiously through the village. They check buildings and look for snipers. A soldier walks along a street and talks on a walkie-talkie. A soldier reads a paper. Soldiers near a building. ' Cherence le Roussel, Mairie' written on the building. (World War II period).
French troops operating in Mulhouse, Alsace-Lorraine, France, during World War 2. Burning buildings in village. The spire of a church. Smoke rising from the burnt areas. A man directs several boys to help fight the fire. Village residents fighting fires with buckets of water. Colonial North African infantry of the French 1st Army accompanied by an M4 Sherman tank on street outside gated official-looking building. They enter through gates cautiously. Elsewhere, a local Frenchman pours glasses of white wine for American soldiers sitting in a jeep. Scene shifts to the French troops, along with a cameraman, who are sheltering under sniper fire, near building. Their M4 tank (named "Marne") also provides some cover. Momentary glimpse of German soldiers taken prisoner.
U.S. Army 'Red Ball Convoy' moves through village of Courville-sur-Eure (Chartres, Eure-et-Loir) France, in World War 2. A sign reads " Red Ball Convoys only-All others keep out." A soldier wearing an arm band, holds a clip board and accounts for the trucks as they pass. A military policeman stands at a traffic control point. He signals the convoy of supply trucks to turn in the village. The convoy of trucks pass along the road. The trucks carry gasoline, ammunition and rations. They are also seen traveling along route nationale 23 (N23) on outskirts of the town. Spires of a church can be seen in the distance.
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