Allied troops marching in victory on Avenue Champs Elysees, Paris, France. United States General Dwight D. Eisenhower stands with Marshal Charles de Gaulle on a moving car. Eisenhower on a horse-drawn carriage in London, England during VE parade. Eisenhower with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. General Eisenhower is welcomed with a ticker tape parade in New York City after WWII victory. Eisenhower raises his hands victoriously during parade. Eisenhower speaks to the crowd from a podium, saying "New York simply can't do this to a Kansas farmer boy and keep its reputation for sophistication.”
United States and Allied invasion craft massed in Bizerte harbor in Tunisia before the invasion of Sicily (WWII). Assault troops are boarding invasion boats. Crates of materiel on the boats. Soldiers receive equipment such as lifebelts on board. Tractor pulls sledges carrying materiel. A DUKW (Duck) 2 ½ -ton amphibious truck boards a boat. A halftrack with an anti-aircraft gun reverses to board the craft. Soldiers pushing a 3 ¼-ton trailer to craft. Men boarding a tank landing ship. Allied invasion craft approach Sicily. United States troops seaborne landing in southern Sicily.
United States Army engineers lay down matting on the beach during the Allied landing in Sicily (WWII). A “general purpose vehicle” truck moves away from a docked landing craft, moves over matting. A half-track with a 105 mm howitzer moves out of landing craft. Landing crafts unload military vehicles on the beach. Soldiers on top of a moving tank. Trucks parked on the side of a road. Soldiers and vehicles move on the beach. An infantry landing craft docked on the beach. A damaged craft stuck on the beach. Damaged boats, equipment, debris scattered on the beach. Landing craft tilting on the side. United States troops moving on a beachhead, along with artillery pieces, and vehicles. An Army Jeep moves in front of a landing craft. Amphibious vehicles wading to the shore. Soldiers setting up equipment on the beach. Soldiers form pontoon bridges using boats. A tractor pulls a pontoon to the shore. Troops cross the pontoon bridge into the beach. A truck disembarks from pontoon bridge.
Italian and German forces strike United States landing boats and Liberty Ships with bombs during the Battle of Gela in Sicily (Operation Husky, WWII). Italian forces attack a United States landing boat with bombs. Landing boat on fire, with its deck full of halftrack and personnel carrier vehicles. Half-tracks and other vehicles on boat are on fire. More bombings near the shore of southern Sicily. The SS Robert Rowan, a Liberty Ship and part of the 2nd Armored Division, caught on fire after being hit by three 500 kg German bombs. Thick black smoke covers the burning Liberty Ship. A dramatic explosion and smoke formation from the SS Robert Rowan. Other soldiers view the burning ship.
Bombing of the Woleai Atoll during World War 2 (Pacific Ocean theater). Animated map shows the location of Mariaon Island (presently part of the Federated States of Micronesia). A United States Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy bomber in flight. Bombs dropping from the bomb bay of B-24. Bombing of islands in the Woleai Atoll. Aerial view of fire and explosions on the Woleai Atoll and islands.
Allied forces bomb French rail lines in Dreux, France during World War II. Animated map shows the location of Dreux, southwest of Paris. The 9th Airforce Marauders on Douglas A-20 Havoc bombers flying over the English Channel. Surface craft are ferrying men and material on the English Channel. Aerial view of the Normandy countryside with abandoned gliders. German aerodrome in Dreux. Douglas A-20 Havoc bombers dropping bombs over railroad tracks, highways, and communication lines in Dreux. Clouds of smoke form from aerial bombing of Dreux. 9th Airforce Marauders drop bombs over a highway junction southwest of Caen, Normandy. Clouds obscuring the target after bombs are dropped. Pillars of smoke rise from the target area.
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