Bomb damage in Coutances, France during World War II. Aerial view of the bomb damage in city. Heaps of debris seen in front of the damaged buildings. Priests walk through ruins.
Allied Operation Cobra, during World War II. United States infantry,tanks and other vehicles advance from Lessay through the war-torn town of Periers, on their way to Coutances, France. U.S. infantrymen (probably 90th Infantry Division) and armor of the 4th Armored Division, including M4(105) howitzer medium tanks and M4 medium tanks (part of Operation Cobra) move past a road sign that reads "Périers". At top of signpost, another sign reads: "Road cleared of mines to hedges." The tanks turn right (South) in front of the damaged Periers church, as they pass through town on their way toward the city of Coutances.
Military police guard German prisoners of war in vicinity of Periers,France, during World War II. German prisoners rest along wall in courtyard of a building. Some prisoners sleep over ruins of buildings. Military police guard them. Prisoners being marched to trucks and loaded, packed tightly onto open trucks. French women on bicycles stop and make fun of the German prisoners Damaged buildings seen in the background. Sherman tank of 4th Armored Division drives past bomb-damaged church. Road sign points along Route 71 to next town (Coutances) and end of route (coastal city of Granville).
As part of Operation Cobra, elements of United States 2nd Armored Division with infantry, tanks and armored vehicles enter Canisy, France during World War II. Views of soldiers loaded on tanks, armored vehicles and trucks. (Troops in half-track wear the rare camouflage uniforms distributed mainly to the 41st Armored Infantry Regiment of the 2nd Armored Division.) German prisoners of war march along side of road, guarded by U.S. soldier.
German soldiers arrive by train in Paris, France during the German occupation of Paris (World War II). View of Gare du Nord, one of the main railway termini in Paris. German troops stand on one of the train platforms at Gare du Nord. Train with Nazi flags on it arrives at a Paris train station. German troops salute in the foreground. Swastika sign adorns the front of train. Soldiers stand with mounted guns on a train wagon. German army Generals and other officers meet at Paris railway station. Group of German soldiers stand nearby. Interior of station shows German troops on guard. Sign reads “Sortie interdite aux militaires No exit for soldiers”. German troops disembark from the Nazi train. German generals salute as they exit the station. A Nazi banner hangs above the exit gate.
German propaganda newspaper printing in occupied Paris,France during World War 2. View of Eiffel Tower. German soldiers read newspaper. Men work on Linotype machine. They set type case for printing. They pull proof from a print. German soldiers look at proof to approve it. Newspaper comes from end of a printing press machine. French workers stack papers. German soldiers come from newspaper office holding papers.
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