Free French troops activities near Saint-Lô, France during World War 2. Captured German prisoners-of-war are kept inside a barbed wire enclosure, with Allied soldiers on guard. French Major General Jacques Philippe Leclerc and United States Army Major General Walton H. Walker walking together on Utah Beach while surrounded by soldiers and photographers. General Leclerc and General Walker talking to each other as photographers take photos. General Leclerc and General Walker board an Dodge WC51 command car together as soldiers and photographers surround them.
Townspeople and Free French 2nd Armored Division troops in La Ferté-Macé, Normandy, France during World War II. Very brief shot, townspeople tear down Nazi German propaganda posters near the World War 1 Memorial of La Ferté-Macé (24 Place du Gén Leclerc La Ferté-Macé, Normandy). A fashionable French woman walking past gazing soldiers. Four French soldiers laughing while they sit in front of a Charcuterie shop. One of them playfully points his rifle grenade launcher. M4 Sherman tanks rolling past townspeople in the center of La Ferté-Macé. The United States flag is hanging on a window beside a shop sign saying “BAR”. A French woman gives a glass of water to soldiers in front of the Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption de la Ferté-Macé Cathedral. French soldiers drink refreshments on top of a tank in front of the Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption de la Ferté-Macé. Close view of an adoring French woman. An M4 Sherman tank rolls past the World War 1 Memorial of La Ferté-Macé and the Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption de la Ferté-Macé.
French civilians gather to watch a parade celebrating the awarding of the Cross of Liberation (Croix de la Libération) to Paris after liberation of France from Nazi Germany during World War II. French women clapping. United States soldiers marching out of the Place de la Concorde (Place de la Concorde 75008 Paris, France) into Rue Royale. A French civilian holding a camera as spectators cheer. Women's Army Corps (WAC) officers marching toward the L'église de la Madeleine (Place de la Madeleine, 75008 Paris, France). French troops marching toward the L'église de la Madeleine. French children clapping as they watch the military parade. Three women watching and clapping among the crowd. French troops march and carry the French tricolor in Rue Royale. A marching band playing. A goat mascot accompanies marching troops.
Paris parade celebrating the awarding of the Cross of Liberation (Croix de la Libération) after liberation from Nazi Germany during World War II. Parade takes place on Rue Royale, Place de la Madeleine, and other streets in Paris. French troops stand up and salute. Close view of a French soldier saluting outside the L'église de la Madeleine (Place de la Madeleine, 75008 Paris, France). United States soldiers use cameras to record the event. French troops carrying a flag (with words) marching on Rue Royale. General Charles de Gaulle and other official stand on stage in the Place de la Concorde (Place de la Concorde 75008 Paris, France). General Charles de Gaulle salutes. An M5 half-track leaves the Place de la Concorde. Two soldiers with a French tricolor flag on top of a moving Free French 2nd Armored Division M4 Sherman tank in Rue Royale, followed by a smaller tank. Two Free French M4 tanks side by side. Several French tricolor flags on flagpoles near crowds of civilians. French troops stand and march with flags in Place de la Concorde. Soldiers with guns marching in Place de la Concorde. A distant observation airplane flying above soldiers standing near the Seine river, with the view of the Eiffel Tower behind. General De Gaulle and important officials sitting on chairs onstage. A cavalry regiment during the parade in Rue Royale. Cheering crowds watching the parade on Rue Royale.
General Charles de Gaulle presents regimental colors and standards to soldiers as a symbolic reconstruction of the French Army during liberation ceremony in Paris (World War II). Two stern United States military police stand in the crowd. French troops attend the ceremony in Place de la Concorde (Place de la Concorde 75008 Paris, France). General Charles de Gaulle presents flags with regimental colors that had been hidden from Germans during the war to French soldiers at the Place de la Concorde. Soldiers go down the stage after receiving their standards. Close up of an elderly soldier. Soldiers salute to General de Gaulle after going on stage. Soldiers receive their standards from General de Gaulle. Words seen on flags include "Honneur et Patrie (Honour and Fatherland) and "Republique Francaise" (French Republic.)
A United States gun crew fires an M114 155MM medium towed Howitzer upon enemy positions in Normandy during World War 2. Gun crew firing artillery under a camouflage net canopy. Soldiers load shells into the 155mm Howitzer. Howitzer fires. A formation of bombers flying. Distant view of a aircraft as it catches fire and breaks up in the sky. View of a gun barrel firing shells upwards. Closer view of crew loading shell into 8 inch Howitzer M1 and firing. Thick cloud formation over enemy position.
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