Final preparations for Allied invasion of Normandy, France (D-Day) during World War II. On day before the Normandy invasion an officer briefs pilots about the first flight of invasion. Commanding General of an Airborne Division talks to men in an open field. Paratroopers offer prayers at a service prior to the invasion. Troop Carrier Command area with tents and personnel. Paratroopers inspected by General Dwight D Eisenhower. Paratroopers with their faces blackened.
D-Day Allied invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. Airborne paratrooper soldiers march on air field in groups. Men relax beneath aircraft. Men inspect the parapaks. Men apply camouflage make up on each others faces. A man reads out a message from Supreme Commander. Equipment loaded, man eats pineapple and other checks sub machine guns. Indian paratroopers in full battledress and equipment. Men inspected by pilot and crew chief and then by a jump master. Paratroopers board an aircraft. One British paratrooper with British type ammunition leg pack assisted by another paratrooper into the aircraft. Men march across air field. C-47 planes take off for invasion.
Allied D-Day invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. United States C-47 aircraft in flight at early dawn. Interior of aircraft paratroopers prepare to jump and attach lines to overhead cables. Men bail out of aircraft. Paratroopers land jump from nearly 40 C-47 planes. Paratroopers load into aircrafts at dusk. Aircrafts in flight, CG 4A gliders descend.
Allied invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. Allied Naval vessels fire at coast of France on D-Day. United States B-25 flies low over water, B-26 aircraft in flight. Bombs dropped descend towards target area and strikes. United States 101st Air Borne Division troops land from LST (Landing Ship Tanks) Troops wade through water as they advance towards beach. B-26 aircraft in formations drop bombs, bombs impact. Bombs dropped over rail road yards, bridges, highways, towns and villages.
Two cars pull up near a YMCA (Young Men's Christian Association) building or club for American Army and allied forces in World War I. They drive on a snow covered road. Cars drive past the building. A Church with a snow covered sloping roof.
Events during World War I. United States General of Armies, John Joseph Pershing after World War I. Pershing in his uniform wearing spectacles.
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