Free French soldiers of the 2nd Armored Division climb down the rope net of a Liberty ship onto a landing craft departing for Cherbourg during World War 2. Landing craft with soldiers and vehicles pulls away from the ship. Soldiers watch the landing craft move away from the stern. A group of Liberty ships in the Cherbourg harbor. Free French soldiers watch landing craft unloading.
A German tank moving in front of a foxhole where a German soldier hides during World War 2. German soldier lowers his head into the fox hole. Tracks and wheels of a tank rolling in close side view on top of foxhole. German soldier popping from foxhole and waving to tank as he climbs out.
United States Martin B-26 Marauder bombers bomb dump near Cherbourg during World War II. United States Ninth Airforce Martin B-26 Marauder bombers in flight. Bombs dropping into a Nazi petrol dump about 13 miles south of Cherbourg, Normandy. Aerial view of area around Cherbourg. Thick smoke pillar over a Nazi petrol dump. Martin B-26 Marauders drop more bombs in flight. Aerial view of petrol dump severely bombed by the Ninth Airforce bombers.
German Army troops marching and vehicles moving into Dunkirk during World War II. Allied vehicle wreckage and debris on both sides of the road. Abandoned war materiel and horses left behind by the British Army are seen. A ship on fire at Dunkirk harbor. Trucks on fire. Thick black smoke at Dunkirk. German Wehrmacht troops carrying supplies and Howitzers onto the beach. A body of a dead British soldier lying face down. Truck wreckage and abandoned war materiel at Dunkirk beach. Captured British prisoners of war being led away by German soldiers on bicycles. German soldiers light their cigarettes. Crowds of French and British prisoners of war fill a square in Dunkirk. Abandoned British tanks at Dunkirk.
A Roman Catholic chaplain conducts funeral service for the dead in Normandy after the D-Day landings in World War II. Soldiers bowing their heads in prayer. A chaplain preaches on top of a Jeep. A soldier sits behind a piano beside the Jeep. The Catholic chaplain bows in front of the makeshift altar in the Jeep’s hood. Grave markers on the cemetery for fallen United States soldiers. The chaplain gives holy communion to soldiers. A man lays down a wreath. Soldiers fire a gun salute to the fallen while others hold the United States flag. A soldier plays a bugle while troops stand at attention.
A United States cruiser sailing the English Channel after the D-Day landings in World War II. United States Navy Admiral Harold R. Stark’s four-star flag. Admiral Stark looks through binoculars on board the ship. Admiral Alan Goodrich Kirk climbs down a sea ladder and is assisted aboard the USS Augusta by crew. Crewmen from the USS Augusta watch as officials board the ship. Allied ships in Normandy as seen from a DUKW. Admiral Stark with Admiral Kirk and Admiral John L. Hall Jr. on their way to Normandy beachhead. The three admirals tour the shore installations. An official talks to them. Soldiers wading through water ashore while carrying guns and supplies. Admiral Stark looks on as the official shows a part of the installation. Admiral Hall inspects a foxhole. Admiral Stark and an officer talk while standing on top of a Jeep. Soldiers carrying supplies in the foreground.
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