Dunkirk during World War II. British destroyer underway at full steam. German plane flying near barrage balloons. Smoke can be seen on shore due to bombing by Germans. Dozens of rescue boats containing crewmen and soldiers sail out to safety. Destroyer passes ship that has sunk. British soldiers wading in water towards ship. British soldiers climb onboard a ship. Exhausted British navy personnel rest on deck of ship. British navy personnel, some inadequately dressed, pose for the camera. Some soldiers are even barefoot. Ship blows out dark smoke as it sails near the Dunkirk harbor. British soldiers onboard a ship prepare ammunition and ropes to fight the Germans. British soldier grabs a rifle. A soldier throws a rope over the side of a ship. British soldiers on board ship are wearing life jackets. British ships sail near Dunkirk.
United States Secretary of State James Francis Byrnes speaks during the 1946 Four-Power Paris Conference after World War 2. Secretary of State James Francis Byrnes reports on America’s commitment to secure peace through cooperation, saying “But we must not forget that if we fail to cooperate in a peace which is indivisible, we may again find that we will have to cooperate in a war which is worldwide. Whether we like it or not, we live in one world”
Statesmen arrive at the Palace of Versailles for the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, which ends the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers in World War 1. Dignitaries such as French Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau arrive by car. World leaders and dignitaries walking on the palace grounds of Versailles. United States President Woodrow Wilson is seen in between Georges Clemenceau and Italian Prime Minister Francesco Savero Nitti as they walk to the Palace of Versailles. Delegates seated and talking to each other inside the Hall of Mirrors, where the treaty is signed. View of hand leafing through the Treaty of Versailles affixed with the official seals.
French soldier sits on mobile observation platform while being raised into position by comrades during the First Battle of Marne in World War 1. Artillery, including French 155mm 1877/1914 L de Bange Cannons firing over the forest near Brasles, east of Paris. Soldiers running in the battlefield. Smoke covers the battlefield from artillery fire. French soldier observes from mobile observation platform. General Joseph Jacques Césaire Joffre (also known as “Papa Joffre”) and military officials inspect cavalry. General Joffre inspects French infantry. General Joffre salutes and shakes hands with military officials before departing by car. French cavalry (likely the Cavalry Corps Sordet or Bridoux) charges to the battlefield.
Under a camouflage canopy, soldiers load and fire artillery as German forces draw closer to Paris during World War 1. German officers observe firing. German infantry, wearing the Pickelhaube helmet, marching towards Paris. French and Belgian refugees with horse drawn carriages flee from German forces. French soldiers on horseback. German cavalry gallop over a road and berm into a field. German infantry, holding their rifles, as seen from low ground level, charging towards the French.
French troops are transported by train and Parisian taxi cabs, upon orders by General Joseph Gallieni, to the First Battle of Marne (World War 1). French soldiers riding a locomotive train. Taxi cabs (Renault AG1 Landaulets) leave Paris transporting soldiers to Marne. Crowds watch the taxi cabs with soldiers leave Paris. Two soldiers talking to each other at the back of a taxi cab on the way to the front. 250-350 Renault AG1 Landaulets, more popularly known as the Renault Taxi de la Marne (for their role in transporting 4,000 soldiers to the First Battle of Marne in 1914), leave Paris for the front.
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