Allied invasion of France during World War II. 11,000 Allied aircraft in flight as they drop bombs over strategic Nazi communication installations in France. Bombs released from American bomber aircraft and impact. Explosions occur and pillar of smoke rises. Gun camera footage as German enemy railroad areas and ships are strafed. Dramatic gun camera footage from an allied aircraft as it hits a German fighter plane in flight and the German fighter loses a wing and explodes. American paratroopers board planes in England for D-Day mission to land in France. General Brererton shakes hands with soldiers and sees them off. Another group of American soldiers board glider aircraft for the mission. British paratroopers also board gliders at an English airfield and the glider takes off.
Allied troops of the 3rd and 36th Infantry Divisions prepare before the invasion of Southern France (Operation Dragoon) during World War 2. Allied ships underway in Atlantic Ocean advance to invade Southern France. Camera pans across the deck of a troop ship filled with troops. American soldiers on board look at a map of France. Soldiers issued ammunition, flares and grenades. Soldier loads cartridges into a bandolier. A soldier reads a French phrase book. American flags are sewn on to the sleeves of shirts. A man with a dog. Invasion fleet underway as sun sets in the background.
Allies bomb Nazi targets in France and Netherlands during World War II. An animated map shows France and Germany. Allied squadrons move towards the bombers. Martin B-26 Marauder aircraft taxi and take off from a British airfield in England, United Kingdom. Interior cockpit view of a B-26 A pilot in the cockpit as he puts on a steel combat helmet and wears a steel jacket. A formation of bombers drops bombs on a Nazi German controlled airfield in Holland. Ground crew watches as a bomber comes in for landing. An aircraft sends off flares shortly before landing, indicating to ground crews that there are wounded soldiers on board. The bomber lands on its belly. Ground crew moves towards the bomber. A row of bombers. Crew members work on the bomber. Multiple shots of more bomber aircraft as they take off (some shots from the side, and some with the aircraft approaching the camera position). View of bombs attached to the bomber with bomb bay open. Bombs away view as bomb clusters are released through open aircraft bomb bay doors. Bombs dropped on Nazi installations in France. Aerial view of explosions on the ground.
Animated map depicts German Westward military thrusts into Holland and Belgium and toward France in World War 2. German armor units passing dragons teeth defenses, from behind. German troops riding atop tanks and trucks towing artillery. German Stuka dive bomber aircraft. Map showing Albert Canal, Meuse River, and details of Fort Eben Emael. German Paratroopers dropping from Ju-52 aircraft. Closeup of Ju-87 Stuka dive bomber. German troops using flame thrower. German armed engineer troops cross a road near a bridge and cross Meuse River in inflated boats, as Stukas drop bombs. German troops advance behind battery of flame throwers. German soldier places demolition charge. Huge explosion as it destroys the Fort blockhouse. Allied troops cross French-Belgian border to confront German forces. French Lorraine 37L armored vehicles. Roads filled by Belgian civilian refugees with their belongings. Animated cartoon of German planes bombing Belgian villages, strafing refugees, so they would clog roads and block Allied advance. Views of clogged roads and German bombings. He-111 dropping bombs. Me-109s strafing refugees who take cover in ditches. views from inside German bombers. Montage of destruction by German planes. Wounded child cries out, traumatized, in a hospital bed. Another wounded and bandaged child is seen in a hospital bed. A nun nurse sits by the bed of a wounded child. Montage of refugee children leaving war zones atop piles of belongings in trucks, and children in prams and carts, and in strollers and horse carts evacuating battle areas. Map shows German plan to attack through Ardennes Forest. German engineers sliding down steep hills, fording rivers, and laying wire for demolitions. German troops setting up machine gun and artillery placements and firing at opposing troops. German tanks and troops going through the Ardennes to the Meuse River, where Stukas dive bomb French positions. German artillery barrage across the Meuse. German troops cross the river with inflated boats. German engineers building pontoon bridges. Shelling by Allies causing explosions beside German troops building bridges. German Armor crossing the bridges and entering France in Battle of France.
American soldiers reach France and other European nations crossing the Atlantic Ocean during World War I. Soldiers of American Army march on Fifth Avenue in New York City and then seen boarding troop transport ships bound for France. Thousands of American soldiers crowded onto ships and transported to Europe. U.S. President Woodrow Wilson seen drawing the first draft number for World War 1 draftees in the U.S. military. Vice President Thomas Marshall seen drawing the second draft number. U.S. Navy ships and soldiers aboard during their voyage to Europe. View of a group of women Red Cross nurses on deck of troop carrier ship wearing full body coverall wetsuits or flotation devices. A Navy sailor examines the fit of the wet suit on one woman in the group. YMCA workers posed in a group for the camera aboard ship. Soldiers in chow line receive a meal and eat it below and up on decks. A soldier holds a puppy dog from home and feeds it some of his food. The sailors aboard fire a deck guns and drop depth charges after sighting a torpedo from a German U-boat. A Y-Gun is seen firing TNT depth charges from the centerline deck of a ship to each side. Waves seen crashing over bow of ship in the transport fleet during heavy rough seas. First troops of American soldiers disembark from a transport ship at a harbor in France in June 1917. U.S. soldiers march on streets of Paris. In London, England, American soldiers are seen marching through the streets and the British monarchs and officials including the Queen Mother, King Edward, and Prime Minister Lloyd George review the marching American troops at Buckingham Palace.
36th Division forces establish beachhead on Green Beach. Three bulldozers level beach. Naval Beach Patrol on duty in marked off beach sector. One man sends message over telegraph key while smoking a pipe. Sign on beach reads 'Beach CP Shore Party' One bulldozer pulls stalled jeep out of water. Barrage balloons float in sky over ships. LST (Landing Ship, Tank) U.S. 989 at beach.
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