The D-Day invasion of Normandy during World War II. Ships head for a beach. An AK (cargo ship) underway. A small boat in the foreground. The sun breaks through the clouds. Two columns of LCIs (Landing Crafts Infantry) underway.
U.S. troops and a U.S. Navy Admiral on a Normandy beachhead. U.S. troops, heavily laden with gear, including life preservers, seen on Normandy invasion beachhead several days after D-Day, during World War 2. A large number of German prisoners of war walk past the camera, under guard. View from further back of the prisoners walking along the beachhead. Barrage balloons aloft in background. A U.S. Lieutenant in foreground and several soldiers and a jeep nearby. A DUKW amphibious vehicle drives past the marching prisoners. U.S. soldiers remove their flotation gear and stack them into a pile on the beach. U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Don Pardee Moon seated in a jeep. LCIs (Landing Craft, Infantry) in the background. Admiral Moon talks with several U.S. officers. He then climbs aboard a Dodge WC 52 vehicle, in which others are already seated on benches in the back.
Eva Braun, Adolf Hitler's companion, knits with her mother on a beach in Italy. Eva frolics in the water. Surf washes a woman's feet. Shadow of a woman playing in surf. Eva does a back bend . Eva and her mother wade in the water. They dive off the rocks into water and swim. Eva's sister, Gretl, swims with them.
Allied invasion of Southern France during World War II. Allied soldiers on beach at Naples Italy harbor preparing for launch toward Southern France as part of Operation Dragoon. Allied LST (Landing Ship Tanks) and LCT (Landing Craft Tanks) at the harbor. LST loaded with jeeps as barrage balloon flies overhead. Vehicles loaded aboard LST.
United States landing craft and vessels during the invasion of France in World War II. Landing craft at the coast in France. Barrage balloons in flight. Troops file down a slope to the beach in the background. Ships in the transport area. A Rhino barge loaded with tanks.
Holes in side of an Allied Landing Craft Infantry (LCI) in France. LCI on beach. View of the superstructure of LCI. Rear section of Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel (LCVP) showing exposed engine. Damage to side of LCI. (World War II period).
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