A French soldier (with an anchor symbol on his helmet) talks with a French civilian. A United States Army truck with soldiers and French volunteers move away from a damaged bridge. A vehicle drives on a damaged bridge. Poles planted to the ground by Germans to prevent glider landings of the Allies near Mont-Saint-Michel (Mont Saint-Michel 50170, France).
French civilians cheer while watching a French Forces of the Interior (FFI) fighters and Free French 2nd Armored Division soldiers’ parade in Paris during World War 2. French women clapping. Guards watch a military vehicle pass by. A soldier stands with French civilians. Soldiers and civilians watch a parade from the top of a building. French woman shows the “Victory hand gesture” as she smiles. Guards smiling beside French civilians. A French man waves the United States flag in front of French people watching from a balcony. Crowds of French civilians watch from balconies. Two French boys and a girl clapping with soldiers. People holding sign “Vive De Gaulle” (“Long live De Gaulle” in English). French people waving on top of two banners that read “Vive De Gaulle” and “Libération” (“Long live De Gaulle” and “Liberation” in English). French soldier smiling in front of cheering French civilians. An elderly man clapping, a boy leans on man’s shoulder while an old woman smiles. French women ride a military Jeep. French woman waves and smiles while hanging out with young FFI fighters. Soldier aims a rifle on top of a car scribbled on with FFI graffiti near the Arc de Triomphe (Place Charles de Gaulle, 75008 Paris, France). FFI fighters waving and smiling on top of a moving car. FFI staff car and a Red Cross ambulance parked near the Arc de Triomphe. Soldier wearing sunglasses turning wheels of a Jeep, smiling and gesturing at the camera during celebrations for the liberation of Paris.
Various Paris landmarks after liberation of Paris during World War 2. Two French soldiers from the 2nd Armored Division look at the camera from their M4 Sherman tank “Mangin” (September 25 1944). Liberation of Paris on August 25 1944. The French and United States flag flying above Paris. Aerial view of crowds crossing a bridge. Aerial view of people frantically running. French men and women use bicycles and walk on a bridge. French people cycling on Pont Alexandre III bridge (Pont Alexandre III, 75008 Paris, France). View of the Pont Alexandre III bridge and the Eiffel Tower. An artillery gun is placed in front of the Statue of Nantes in the Place de la Concorde. People walking in the Place de la Concorde with fountain in foreground. (Place de la Concorde 75008 Paris, France). People crossing the Pont Alexandre III bridge. A damaged metal barricade at bridge with Grand Palais in background. People cycling across Pont Alexandre III bridge. as man takes pictures with camera. A boat “Beaujolais” moored next to the Pont Alexandre III bridge. People on bicycles crossing between bridge abutments on Pont Alexandre III bridge with Les Invalides in background.
Cold-weather warfare in the Ardennes (Belgium) during the Battle of the Bulge in World War 2. German soldiers trekking up a slope. Soldiers near a tank. A damaged United States Army aircraft in the snow. Anti-aircraft flak attacks American and British fighter aircraft over the Ardennes. A German soldier looks up to the sky. Smoke German soldier wearing a machine gun belt looks on. Anti-aircraft Flak firing at Allied aircraft. Flakwaffen (anti-aircraft gunners) fire at flying aircraft. A downed Allied aircraft fall. Narrator shouts “Abschluss!!” upon Allied aircraft crashing. Flakwaffen soldier looks up to the sky to search for enemy aircraft. German soldier uses binoculars. Smoke in battlefield. Destroyed U.S. tanks. German Panzer V tanks moving. Soldiers climbing out. German soldiers walking through smoky field. Destroyed U.S. tanks and vehicles. A dead U.S. Army soldier.
A United States nuclear test conducted on the Bikini Atoll, likely the Cherokee test (the first conducted by the US of an air-dropped thermonuclear weapon). Condensation cloud forms after the detonation of the thermonuclear bomb. The skies become bright upon detonation explosion, before turning into dark. A photographer uses a camera to capture nuclear bomb detonation from an aircraft. View of the Pacific Ocean. Skies over the Pacific Ocean changes from apparently sunny to dark. A large Wilson cloud formation partially obscured by dark clouds. Two men watch the nuclear test detonation from a ship. Bright light obscures clouds after bomb detonation. The skies become darker, with the Wilson cloud becoming more prominent.
African American soldiers in Europe during World War 2. A black United States Army soldier climbs down a rope ladder to an LCM boat as other fellow black soldiers on the boat look on. A group of African American soldiers on board LCM. African American soldiers standing on deck of ship overlooking LCM alongside. African American soldiers on board a landing craft mechanized (LCM) heading towards a beach. Soldiers disembark from a LCM on a beach.
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