Allied gliders in flight in France during World War II 5 days after D-Day. Gliders land, and thereafter are concealed among trees. U.S. Army 9th Division soldiers march forward toward the battle front in France.
Two nurses wearing fatigue uniforms talking beside a Free France Army ambulance in Lessay, France during World War 2. In a bivouac shelter area, a nurse shows a paper to another nurse who is combing her hair. The nurse with paper is also smoking a cigarette. Symbols on the ambulance include the French tricolor flag, the Free France symbol, the Red Cross and the Caduceus symbol (a short staff entwined by two serpents surmounted by wings). The nurse with cigarette helps fix the other nurse’s hair. Nurse combing her hair beside the ambulance. A nurse eating from a bowl under a tree. A nurse laughs while having lunch from a mess gear and sitting on the grass. Two nurses carry a stretcher from a bivouac area to an ambulance.
Normandy invasion Religious Service before D-Day invasion during World War II. Soldiers climb the cargo net to move aboard the United States Ship Bayfield (APA-33) from a Landing Craft Vehicle (LCV). Fleet of warships including USS Nevada (BB-36) and amphibious vehicles on their way to the beach of Normandy. Sailors watch other warships of the fleet.
German Luftwaffe prepare for action against Allied shipping in Normandy during World War 2. German Luftwaffe officials meet to discuss actions against Allied shipping in Normandy. Men placing a bomb into place in bomb bay. German mechanic uses screwdriver to tighten bomb mount. A soldier salutes a flight crew approaching a bomber at night. Luftwaffe crew members prepare their flight vests and board plane. Bomber propellers begin to move after engine starts. The night bomber (likely a Junkers Ju 88A-4 ) prepares for take-off at night. Railway guns firing at night. Explosion on rough waves on the English Channel at night. A ship’s wheel moving on a helm at night. German PT boat gun at night. German sailor uses binoculars at night. Explosion on the English Channel at night. A speeding German PT boat and wake at night. A German Ship’s Telegraph (Schiffstelegraften) made by Fritz Hecht of Kiel moving. German PT boat launches torpedo at Allied transport ships at night. A ship explodes after a torpedo attack.
Headlines about Normandy victory, bombing of Tokyo, and Philippines during World War II. Worker in war plants, Allied planes drop bombs over enemy positions in Europe. Allied invasion of Normandy and victory. Celebrations in Paris and liberation of Brussels. Franklin D. Roosevelt reelected as President after defeating Thomas A. Dewey.
British Royal Navy minelayer HMS Apollo during the Normandy D-Day landings in World War II with barrage balloons in the background. Mast of the HMS Apollo with a four-star flag. Allied commanders such as Allied Supreme Commander General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Naval Commander in Chief Admiral Bertram Ramsay, and staff officers from SHAEF meet onboard the HMS Apollo a day after Allied landings in Normandy. United States General Omar Bradley arrives at the HMS Apollo in an LCM. General Bradley climbs aboard the HMS Apollo. He is greeted by General Eisenhower. British Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery later joins the Allied commanders onboard the HMS Apollo. Montgomery salutes as he is welcomed by the crew. General Eisenhower and Field Marshal Montgomery smile and talk.
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