A gas attack during World War 1. Gas shell explosion in a battlefield. French soldiers in a bomb crater in the battlefield as gas smoke drifts towards them. French soldiers in crater motionless while wearing gas mask as gas spreads through the battlefield. French soldiers in a trench wear gas masks (ARS-17 or Appareil Respiratoire Spécial) to protect themselves from a gas attack.
French colonial Senegalese troops resting and eating their meals while sitting on the ground. A young French African soldier blows a bugle to signal mealtime. Senegalese troops running. African cooks in mobile military kitchen distribute food to soldiers. Senegalese soldiers resting and washing dishes after a meal.
French colonial troops staking out wire entanglements in battlefield area during World War I. The soldiers crawl while setting up the barbed wire fence. One of the soldiers sets up a stake. Soldiers crawling under a barbed wire fence. French colonial troops wearing gas masks moving and leaving the trenches.
German Army troops marching and vehicles moving into Dunkirk during World War II. Allied vehicle wreckage and debris on both sides of the road. Abandoned war materiel and horses left behind by the British Army are seen. A ship on fire at Dunkirk harbor. Trucks on fire. Thick black smoke at Dunkirk. German Wehrmacht troops carrying supplies and Howitzers onto the beach. A body of a dead British soldier lying face down. Truck wreckage and abandoned war materiel at Dunkirk beach. Captured British prisoners of war being led away by German soldiers on bicycles. German soldiers light their cigarettes. Crowds of French and British prisoners of war fill a square in Dunkirk. Abandoned British tanks at Dunkirk.
Rennes in Brittany falls to Allied troops. Civilians in the streets. Military vehicles pass by. Forces of U.S. General George S Patton liberate the city from Germans. U.S. soldiers in trucks and jeeps as the crowd welcomes them. French policemen among the crowd. U.S. paratroopers freed by the Germans are welcomed back. The troops are greeted and kissed by French women. (World War II period).
Liberation of Marseilles during World War 2. French Colonial Troops march through the streets. Civilians gathered to welcome the troops. Allied flags on buildings. Civilians cheer and greet the soldiers with the V for victory sign. Soldiers in military jeeps greeted by people. Liberated Russian workers who were forced into slave labor by the Germans. A parade in honor of the French Underground. Soldiers and tanks. Commander of the French Forces, General Jean De Lattre de Tassigny presents Military Medals to the men and women of the French Forces of the Interior (FFI).
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