Arrival of German prisoners-of-war in Britain after their capture during the Invasion of Normandy (D-Day) in World War 2. German officers with downcast expressions leave their train in Britain. German prisoners-of-war are herded out of the train station by Allied soldiers. Captured German soldiers rounded up, entering their prison camp. A British soldier counts how many German prisoners arrive in the camp. German soldiers enter their camp in groups.
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.
D-day minus 1 (June 5, 1944) during World War 2. U.S. soldiers eat a meal while seated on the deck of a Large Landing Craft Infantry LCI(L) number 88, docked in Weymouth, England. (This ship would be the first LCI(L) to carry troops to the Easy Red landing zone during the second wave of landings at Omaha beach, on D-Day. Among troops landing there would be the 16th Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, with support from 7th Field Artillery Battalion;1st Engineer Combat Battalion; 1st Medical Battalion; 741st Tank Battalion (DD); 62d Armored Field Artillery Battalion; and 20th Engineer Combat Battalion.) A Captain and a field grade officer sit next to each other on the ship's deck. One soldier looks through his binoculars at an English woman standing outside her back door, looking back at him through her binoculars. Wash is drying on her line. The soldier tries to call out to her, but stops, realizing it is futile. Several of his buddies are amused by the whole event. Scene shifts to U.S. Army Air Forces B-26 bombers flying in formation, and then to aerial views from an aircraft, of bombs exploding on the ground in a city below. Next, a formation of B-17 bombers is seen, escorted by P-47 fighters. Scene shifts back to Weymouth harbor again, where American troops attend a Roman Catholic mass on the pier, adminstered by a military chaplain, wearing traditional clerical garb. LCL(L)s number 89 and 93 are seen tied up in the background. Coast Guardsmen gather around one of their ship's officers who briefs them on the operation.
D-Day minus 4 (June 2, 1944). A U.S. Transport ship and landing craft at a harbor in the South of England, during World War 2. A jeep, with American soldiers in it, is hoisted aboard a ship. View of men riding a jeep as it is lowered into the hold of the ship. A diesel engine being loaded aboard the ship. A welder making repairs to the ship's superstructure. A cargo net filled with boxes of K-rations being hoisted aboard the ship.
10 days after D-Day invasion of Normandy during World War II. U.S. Soldiers and military vehicles move on the streets of a town. Houses damaged by bombs and battle. A military plow clears scattered building material and debris while civilians watch. Camouflaged vehicles move on the countryside roads.
Allied bombers drop bombs over Normandy during D-Day in World War 2. A US Army Air Forces Martin B-26 Marauder with D-Day invasion stripes in flight. Aerial view of Allied vessels sailing towards Normandy’s beachheads. A United States Army Air Forces fighter with D-Day invasion stripes flying over the English channels to watch over ships. POV allied fighters fire at German planes on the ground. German planes burst into flames. A German plane on the ground explodes violently. A Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber drops bombs over Normandy. Aerial view of bombs falling and exploding in train switch yard.
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