Aerial view of French Port of Brest during World War II. Allied General Walter M Robertson commanding officer of 2nd Infantry Division accepts surrender from General der Fallschirmtruppe Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke commanding officer of German Afrika Korps. Allies take German troops as prisoners of war. Aerial view of destroyed French port of Brest.
German troops move cautiously among French farms and buildings. A German soldier looks through binoculars. A StuG III tank destroyer in motion. . A damaged and abandoned American Sherman tank. Allied aircraft bomb and strafe German positions, while German antiaircraft batteries fire at them. German gunners successfully down an Allied airplane, which crashes near their position. Two young German soldiers hop over their defensive position and run to investigate the downed airplane. Later, the gun crew paint a white stripe on their gun barrel to indicate a successful downing. (World War II period).
United States Army Generals walking and talking with other British Officers at beachhead. View of many United States Army soldiers at beachhead. General George C. Marshall and General Dwight Eisenhower can be seen in a car. General Eisenhower talks with British Officers. Eisenhower and Marshall talk to an Army officer as General Omar N. Bradley, with a small bandage on his nose, stands in background. Admiral Ernest J. King with the officers. Close-up of General Henry Arnold (Hap Arnold) standing, smiling, and talking with the officers assembled. (World War II period).
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and General L. Montgomery in a car. Churchill is greeted by other Generals at beachhead. General Jan Smuts and General Sir Alan Brooke can be seen with him. View of many United States Army soldiers and British officers. Churchill and other British officers walk toward dock. Churchill and British officers on boat leaving the place. (World War II period).
German prisoners hammering stakes near hospital tents. United States soldier watches. Prisoners set up cots outside hospital tent as United States soldiers watch. An armed Military Police officer can be seen. (World War II period).
Units of Darnand's Vichy militia capture members of the French Resistance. German officers checking travel documents on a French highway. SS troops confront a French farmer accused of being in contact with the Resistance. The set his farmhouse ablaze. French currency circulated by the Allies. German Reserve Forces on their way to the combat front, carrying small arms and recoilless anti tank weapons. They clear the road to allow a military vehicle to pass. General Von Kluge confers with his staff. Many Allied aircraft seen in formations overhead. German Antiaircraft gun downs an Allied plane. German troops skirmish with Allied forces in a forest. German Befehls Panther tank advances. German forces in combat. Views of the Channel coast with Allied warships and supply ships seen. Black smoke streaming from an Allied vessel hit by German coastal defense guns of the Atlantic Wall. (World War II period).
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