British tanks with soldiers and foliage on top during the Battle of Dunkirk, World War II. A truck drives past French Army infantry soldiers. British troops examine a ship before boarding and smiling for the camera. British soldiers sitting and smoking cigarettes on deck during voyage. Thick smoke seen in distance as soldier stares out to sea while underway.
Captured Belgium troops crowd both sides of road as German convoy accepts their surrender early in World War II. Military officials talking in front of a building as part of surrender negotiations. German soldiers and civilians talking in Dunkirk. Belgium prisoners of war cheerfully smile and wave as they leave. Animated map demonstrates how the German forces closed in on British and French forces at Dunkirk. British troops in front of a blockade. A British soldier sets off a bomb. Smoke rises from bomb explosion at Dunkirk.
Wrecked British ships in the English Channel after the Battle of Dunkirk during World War II. Flag of Nazi Germany at Dunkirk Beach. Corpses in water as waves wash onto beach.
French 1st Army, C.C.1, under Colonel Gruss, moving west along highway D16 through the village of Schwoben. Infantry and armor entering Schwoben, past a sign reading "Tagsdorf" ( a village towards the west) in Alsace, during World War 2. A French soldier pauses by the body of a fallen German soldier. Local French people reentering the town of Sierentz,, some carrying belongings on horse-drawn wagon. The church of St. Martin in the background. Large number of French civilian men march loosely into the town, headed by one carrying the French flag.They wave and smile as they pass the camera. They march past an M10 tank destroyer and several French troops. View from jeep passing roadsign reading "Mulhausen,3.62." (This was located on highway D56 between Zimmersheim and Eschentzwiller.) View from parked jeep as jeeps and armored vehicles enter town. Local people fill the sidewalks to watch as French troops and tanks enter the town. French tricolor flags fly from windows of buildings.
A United States soldier suffering from severe burns and shock receive first aid from medics during World War II. A soldier, member of the 634th Tank Destroyer Forces, with severe burns is lying down on a stretcher and in extreme pain. The badly burned soldier breathes heavily. Bandages are applied. Medics treat burns with antiseptic and gauze. A medic brings more gauze. A medic holds a plasma bottle during transfusion for burn victim. Soldier with badly burned face on his side. Medic holds down the arm of burn victim receiving transfusion. A splint is applied to the arm of the soldier.
A United States soldier frisks a captured German prisoner, inspects field gear west of Saint-Lô during World War 2. American soldier unfastens the mess kit from the German prisoner’s belt. Soldier inspects the German prisoner’s mess kit and bread bag. Soldier frisks the prisoner’s chest pockets as another soldier smokes nearby. A captured German soldier sitting. A soldier drinks from a canteen. Soldier smoking a cigarette.
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