General Charles de Gaulle with French officials in Place de la Concorde during World War 2. Crowds gather in Place de la Concorde (Place de la Concorde 75008 Paris, France) to watch a parade. Men sitting on top of a statue. A French camera man shoots footage on top of a car with a sign “Please don’t kill the French cameramen”. French Forces of the Interior (FFI) fighters marching during victory parade. French civilians sit on top of moving military and Red Cross vehicles. French civilians give the V-sign. French women and soldiers riding on an M3 half-track. Red Cross medics and nurses, some carrying flags, marching from the Arc de Triomphe to the Place de la Concorde. Red Cross medics give the V-sign hand gesture (for victory) while cycling. A young Red Cross nurse with leg injury is carried on a stretcher during parade, near Hôtel de Crillon (10 Place de la Concorde, 75008 Paris, France). Smiling young nurse gives a V-sign while being carried on stretcher.
French Forces of the Interior (FFI) fighters during a parade in Paris after Allied liberation (World War 2). FFI fighters victoriously marching with French tricolor flags and rifles at the Place de la Concorde (Place de la Concorde 75008 Paris, France). Civilians watch the parade on the side of the plaza. Some people are seen clapping. A U.S. Army Jeep with soldiers drives near marching FFI fighters and French guards. A Piper Cub flies low near the crowds. Men and women hold United States, French and British flags and signs “Vive de Gaulle”, “Allies”, on top of a Free French trucks in front of Hôtel de Crillon (10 Place de la Concorde, 75008 Paris, France). Sign on the side of the trucks read “Liberation” with French, England, and United States flags displayed. Piper Cub light aircraft flying over the Arc de Triomphe as seen from the Avenue des Champs-Élysées.
British Major General Richard N. Gale gives a final message to airborne troops at the headquarters of the British Sixth Airborne Division in Harwell, England a day before D-Day in World War II. The airborne troops raise their berets. A British pathfinder officer briefs his men. He points to a map. The soldiers huddle together to discuss plans. Airborne troops receive supplies and food rations in cans. The troops also receive their salaries in French Francs. A box labeled “Invasion Currency France” and French Francs on the table. A hand counts French Franc bills. A pair of hands hold French Francs currency. The soldiers inspect their French Francs. British soldiers paint white star identification bands on field equipment. A soldier tests a radio set. A group of soldiers inspect shrapnel mines, small alarms, and ammunition. A soldier inspects a Bren machine gun. Another soldier inspects a pistol. A soldier locks a submachine gun. Trooper sharpen a knife. Soldier puts bullets into his Ammunition pouch. Troops break camp and depart for glider and airborne carrier bases at dusk. They synchronize their wrist watches. The soldiers load their supplies on the back of trucks. Trucks with troops drive away.
United States soldiers capture German prisoners in small French village. View of U.S. soldiers with prisoners. U.S. troops enter Saint Marcouf passing road sign. Wrecked village is shown. U.S. soldiers greeted by French civilians. Soldiers come together and pose. Soldier holds a captured Nazi flag. (World War II period).
29th Division U.S. Army soldiers on mine patrol. They walk on a road in St Lo, carrying rifles and metal detectors. They sweep above the road looking for buried land mines. A sweeper stops at an area and a soldier carefully digs looking for a buried landmine. (World War II period).
Four Howitzers camouflaged by netting, part of Battery B of United States 127th Field Artillery Regiment, are fired near the edge of a forest.
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