Excerpts from British movie about World War One Battle of the Somme. Map shows area of the Battle of the Somme and points to the region of Montaubon siezed by the British 30th Division on July 1, 1916. British World War I forces are seen entering former German trenches and resting. They clean debris from the trenches under German artillery fire. German troops counterattack out of trenches and cross the battlefield to engage entrenched British infantry. British fire at them with Lewis machine guns. Both sides sustain casualties.
French civilians greet Allied troops after the Liberation of Paris during World War II. A crowd of French civilians in Latin Quarter section greets Allied troops entering the city. A French man flashes a “Victory” gesture. A soldier on a Jeep takes pictures. Crowds of French civilians making “V for Victory” hand gesture.
French civilians greet entering Allied troops after the liberation of Paris during World War II. Troops and French civilians atop a tank on a street. Civilians around the soldiers. The civilians and the soldiers in front of the Lion de Belfort. The civilians wave on the streets. A soldier drives a jeep.
Convoy of U.S. ships underway at sea prior to invasion of Normandy during World War II. Deck of LST (Landing Ship, Tank) loaded with army trucks. Gun crew of ship. LCM (Landing Craft, Mechanized) loaded with U.S. troops alongside a ship. Barrage balloons in sky.
German prisoners after Allied invasion of Normandy during World War II. German prisoners being marched along road. U.S. DUKW (six-wheel-drive amphibious truck) passes by prisoners. Barrage balloons in sky. Prisoners behind barbed wire. Prisoners under guard of U.S. MP(Military Police). Prisoners wade through surf towards a U.S. landing craft on the beach.
U.S. soldiers wounded during Allied invasion of Normandy in World War II. Wounded U.S. soldiers strapped in stretchers being hoisted by U.S. sailors from a landing craft to the deck of a troop transport ship. The sailors carry wounded soldier on stretcher along the deck of the ship.
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