German troops enter Paris during World War 2. German soldiers marching in Paris. German military vehicles heading towards the Arc de Triomphe. View of the Arc de Triomphe (Place Charles de Gaulle - 75008 Paris). British Fusiliers French Colonial Army marching in Paris a year before the Nazi invasion of France. African soldiers of the French Army during a parade march. Various sectors of the French Army and Navy participate in a parade. Armored vehicles during a parade. German armored vehicles in a parade in Paris. German soldiers marching under the Arc de Triomphe. German Generals Fedor von Bock and Georg von Küchler watch the triumphant parade. Close view of German soldiers marching triumphantly in Paris. View of the Avenue des Champs-Élysées. A German soldier on horseback leading a parade march. General Fedor von Bock salutes at German soldiers. Aerial view of Paris after its capture by the Germans. German soldiers on horseback and carts in Paris. Crowds gathered at the Arc de Triomphe. German soldiers at the Place de la Concorde. The hôtel de la Marine (2 place de la Concorde - 75008 Paris), the headquarters of the French Ministry of the Navy (Ministère de la Marine) and becoming the headquarters of the Nazi German Kriegsmarine after the fall of France, is seen behind German soldiers at the Place de la Concorde.
French men and women watch truck loaded with German prisoners in front of the Hotel de la Gare in Granville, France (135 Rue Couraye, 50400 Granville, France ) during World War 2. German prisoners on truck are taken away from Granville, located in the Normandy region. Frenchmen riding their bicycles on the streets after the captured German soldiers are taken as prisoners by the Allied forces. A woman walking with her bicycle as her daughter leads on the street. Storefronts are boarded-up. Signs of storefront are written in French. An Allied Jeep drives past on the street. A dog lazes in front of a store with sign saying “WE SELL BEER BIERE”. A French woman crosses the street. Frenchmen stand near a road sign for the direction and distance to towns of Saint-Pierre-Langers and Avranches.
Aerial view of Avranches, France on August 6, 1944 (World War 2). Aerial view of the city center of Avranches. The Basilica of Saint-Gervais of Avranche is seen (Basilique Saint-Gervais d’Avranche Place Saint-Gervais, 50300 Avranches, France). Surrounding countryside shows craters formed from aerial bombing.
Free French General Jacques Philippe Leclerc meets with French soldiers in Doucelles, France during World War 2. General Leclerc, wearing his two star helmet and holding his cane, points forward while sitting a Jeep. A motorcycle and Jeep driving in the town of Doucelles passing by a tank. French soldiers attend injured man in the street. Soldier unwraps bandages from the head of the injured man, who briefly flashes a "V" for victory sign. M3 Half Tracks leaving the town of Doucelles, France. A sign reads “Doucelles” alongside the road.
Free French 2nd Armored Division troops in Ballon, France during World War 2. Free French troops assemble for a meeting near army Jeeps. A French soldier speaks while other reads notes. A French soldier climbs on top of an M4 Sherman tank. Free French M4 Sherman tanks and armored vehicles roll through Ballon, France with Jeep and Ford GPA 'Seep'. Road marker reads, "Ballon."
French men and women welcome the Free French 2nd Armored Division troops in Luce, France during World War 2. Smiling French men and women. Soldiers and crowds gather outside a hotel in Luce, France. French tricolor flags are hanging on house windows. A man pours wine for a French soldier. A woman offers a tray of sliced bread to a soldier. French troops assemble for a meeting in the town center. A soldier takes notes. A soldier speaks beside a soldier smoking. Soldiers drinking coffee offered by an old French lady with coffee pot. Elderly French woman pours wine for a soldier. Major General Jacques Philippe Leclerc on a moving Jeep. Soldiers at the border of Le Mans. A sign reads “LE MANS 113 400”. Military vehicles parked in roadside.
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