Free French 1st Armored Division enter La Haye-du-Puits during World War 2. French men and women waving at passing French soldiers in military vehicles to welcome them. Passing military vehicles include M3 Lee medium tanks, M4 Sherman tanks, 2-1/2 ton tanks, M3 half-tracks and Red Cross Ambulances.
French men and women welcome the arrival of the Free French 1st Armored Division in La Haye-du-Puits during World War 2. A young French man waves at the Free French 1st Armored Division troops on top of moving M3 half-tracks and trucks. Tanks pass the damaged Eglise de La Haye ( 18 Rue Loret, 50250 La Haye, France. ) as two boys look on and wave. Willys MB army Jeeps and tanks. Two French men wave at passing Red Cross ambulances. French soldiers, civilian men, and women sitting on top of a tank at Pl. du Gen de Gaulle. The tower of the Eglise de La Haye in the background.
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.
M5 tanks rolling on beach docks near Saint Lo during World War 2. Two French soldiers on top of a Free France M5 tank “KOUFFRA”. “BUTTES CHAUMONT”, “LUXEMBOURG 05” and “TUILERIES” are written on the side of three Free French M5 tanks. A French soldier walks towards a line of tanks parked alongside hedgerows as troops meet.
French troops passing through La Haye Du Puits, Normandy during World War 2. M3 half-tracks pass by ruins of buildings. Army trucks park near a World War 1 memorial used as a motor pool. Two tricolor Free France flags in the World War 1 memorial. An M3 half-track driving, with the Église Saint-Jean showing its damage (Place Patton, 50250 La Haye, France) in the background. French soldiers in trucks pass by a street with shops with signs “CITROEN”, “E. DE SAINT-GERMAIN” and “X GRANDES MARQUES”. Storefronts are damaged from bombing. Tricolor French flags in the street. A close view of a World War 1 Memorial with inscriptions “LA-HAYE-DU-PUITS A SES GLOREAUX MORTS 1914-1918” (“LA-HAYE-DU-PUITS TO ITS GLORIOUS DEAD 1914-1918” in English).
Free French 1st Armored Division vehicles and tanks moving ashore near Le Haye Du Puits, Normandy during World War 2. Two French soldiers on top of a moving M3 Lee tank. An M4 Sherman tank follows the M3 Lee tank as part of a convoy. A French soldier gets down from top of tank. A Free France pennant in front of a tank. Two French soldiers lean on top of a moving Greyhound light armored car M8. More Free France vehicles including Jeeps and trucks moving as part of a convoy. Civilians welcome incoming Free French 1st Armored Division troops in vehicles in La Haye Du Puits, France.
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