French infantry assembled before advancing to occupy trenches in World War 1. The pick up supplies and are next seen marching in full battle gear towards the front lines. Officers on horseback follow leading platoon carrying the unit flag. Long line of infantrymen follow behind. Another view of the infantry on the march. The troops enter their trenches. They are dressed warmly and as they progress into an area of woods, snow is seen on the ground. A sign at the trench line reads: "Bois Carre." (WWI. WW1)
French soldiers positioned in a cave opening near Maurepas, Yvelines region, during World War I. Barricades in front of the dug out. A French soldier sits in the cave opening with a machine gun. Another soldier near him loads the machine gun.
U.S. soldiers during the Battle of Saint-Mihiel grand offensive on the Western Front during World War I. A large hay stack in a field. A soldier sitting on the stack. Smoke from firing and bombardment in the foreground. Soldiers load and fire artillery. Some of the soldiers seated in the field.
The capture of Cherbourg and Octeville to Allied forces during World War 2. Octeville, an important Nazi stronghold southwest of Cherbourg, falls to the 39th Regiment, 9th infantry division of the United States Army. United States soldiers running in a street. An American soldier taking cover at side of a road watching for enemy attack. A soldier uses a SCR-536 US Military “handie talkie”, the first handheld Walkie-talkie. American soldiers carefully navigate the streets of Octeville. Many dead German soldiers lying on the streets. American soldier points to a pile of dead German soldiers. Captured German soldier prisoners of war (POW) and two French Fifth Column “Collaborator” women are marched out of Octeville by American soldiers. United States infantry firing artillery at Cherbourg under a camouflage net. Cherbourg under fire from Allied artillery fire and bombings.
United States soldiers clear obstructions in a mined area of Cherbourg to reach a wounded lieutenant during World War 2. A United States demolition soldier lights the fuse of a Bangalore torpedo alongside railroad tracks. Bangalore torpedo explosion next to train tracks. United States soldiers force captured German prisoners to cross through safety lane in mine field across train tracks. Troops and German POW reach an injured United States Lieutenant. Hotel Tourville seen in background.
A spiked 17 cm Kanone 18 German heavy field gun with flag of surrender left by German troops in World War II. U.S. demolition soldier tapes attaches a charge along with a photo of Hitler onto a road barrier. Street barrier explodes. A United States Army M4 Sherman tank rolling through scattered debris on street in Cherbourg.
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