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British troops landing at Sword Beach on D-Day. And U.S. troops landing at Omaha Beach.
During the D-Day Invasion of Normandy. British troops disembark from landing crafts at Sword Beach and move in lines towards the beachhead. Military trucks and tanks are seen on the shore as smoke emerges from a hill on the beach. Various wrecked building on shore. British troops carrying equipment and a bicycle ashore. In last 15 seconds scene shifts to landing of U.S. 1st Infantry troops at Omaha beach. View of waters edge from higher up beach. Gear and bodies floating in water. U.S. Army soldiers coming ashore as several are struck by German machine gun fire and drop to the ground. (World War II period).
Graves being prepared for fallen U.S. troops at the temporary American St. Laurent Cemetery, in France, during World War II.
German prisoners of war at work digging graves for fallen American soldiers, at the temporary American St. Laurent Cemetery, established by the U.S. First Army on June 8, 1944, shortly after the D-Day invasion of Normandy (Operation Overlord). This is the first American cemetery on European soil in World War II, and located on a cliff overlooking Omaha Beach and the English Channel, east of St. Laurent-sur-Mer and northwest of Bayeux in Colleville-sur-Mer. (It is now the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial.) Vertical posts with dog tags attached, mark the gravesites of the fallen troops. American soldiers sit near covered dead bodies of the fallen and perform tasks of identification and grave assignment. Covered remains of one soldier are carried across the field on a stretcher. Barrage balloons are seen in the sky overhead.
U.S. soldiers and German prisoners shelter under chalk cliffs on D-Day at Omaha beach in World War II
U.S. troops carrying a wounded soldier, of 16th Infantry Regiment, on a litter along narrow stretch of beach in the shelter of chalk cliffs on Omaha beach during D-Day invasion of Normandy, France, during World War 2. U.S. medics treating wounded under the cliffs. Two landing craft beached amidst the steel obstacles on shore. A German soldier receiving first aid from an American soldier. U.S. medic looks at ID information tied to a wounded soldier. Several German soldier prisoners of war, sitting on the shore. A destroyer escort offshore, firing a gun.
Soldiers of the 1st Infantry Division in England and during the invasion of Normandy and subsequent campaigns toward Germany (WW2)
Soldiers of the 1st Infantry Division training in England under General Clarence R Huebner, in preparation for the D-Day Normandy invasion in World War II. U.S. Navy ships underway at sea. Heavy naval guns bombard the coast of France on D-Day. U.S. Army soldiers seen during assault on Omaha beach with heavy losses on D-Day. U.S. soldiers and tanks encounter heavy German resistance in the "hedge rows." American soldiers digging trenches with shovels and picks and treating wounded comrade. Dead German soldier lying in street as Americans enter the town of Caumont (Caumont l'Eventé). Frenchman civilian pours wine for American soldier after they liberated Caumont l'Eventé from the entrenched German forces. An American helps a French civilian woman to reach a safe place crossing rubble. Damaged French houses along the sides of street. During rest, a soldier gives another a haircut, and another writes a letter. U.S. Air Force B-17s fly overhead and bomb near St. Lo, France on July 25, 1944. Other U.S. Army artillery units, the 4th and 9th Divisions, and General Patton's tanks provided support so the 1st Infantry (First Infantry or Big Red One) could occupy the area. Army combat engineers dig up mines and use construction equipment to clear debris. Wrecked houses and rubble. U.S. soldiers keep advancing through towns and eat and rest as they can. Road sign reads: "Coutances." First Infantry goes through Mortain, Etampes, Meaux, Soissons and across the Belgian border. German prisoners of war walk with their hands raised. German soldier digging out of fox hole. Siegfried Line and dragons teeth. Strong German resistance encountered at Aachen. Tanks fire in the field. House to house fighting in Aachen. Surrender of Aachen. A German flag laying in the street is run over by a U.S. military vehicle. German resistance is heavy during battle scenes in Battle of Hürtgen Forest. German and American artillery are seen in Hurtgen Forest. U.S. wounded treated. The 1st Division is pulled out for rest at the rear, in Belgium.
Military trucks move to transport supplies unloaded at Easy Red Section of Omaha Beach in France, during World War II.
10 days after D-Day invasion of Normandy by Allied forces during World War II. Trucks and military vehicles move on rough roads at Omaha Beach in France, transporting supplies unloaded at Easy Red Section of beach, to inland. A soldier sits outside the tents in a trench. Red Cross vehicles move. United States Army jeeps parked at the camp area.
USN Admirals Harold Rainsford Stark, Don P. Moon and John L. Hall Jr. on Omaha Beach during Normandy landings.
U.S. Navy Admirals on Omaha Beach during Normandy Landings of World War II. Admirals Harold Rainsford Stark, Don P. Moon and John L. Hall Jr. on Omaha Beach. German coast defense position. Stark and Hall sail in a small boat. Stark and others board a landing craft.
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