Units of U.S. 23rd Company, 3rd Army meet with the units of 2nd French Armored Division on a road near Versailles, Le Perray, France during World War II. Troops on armored vehicles. Army trucks move along a road. A wounded Frenchman is given first aid.
French 2nd Armored Division enters the city during the liberation of Paris, France in World War II. The Pont au Change bridge in Paris. French civilians cheer as French troops enter the city. French women climb onto army vehicles and kiss soldiers. German prisoners are marched through the crowd. French people jeer, kick and spit upon the prisoners.
U.S. Cruiser USS Chester (CA-27) prepares to recover her scout floatplane while underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. A recovery sled being towed in water. The Chester's OS2U Kingfisher lands in slick. hooks on to the recovery sled and is hoisted aboard the ship. Crew members stand up in their respective tandem cockpits, as the plane is hoisted up, and climb out when it is secured..
German occupation of France during World War 2. The cathedral in Reims, France. Vehicles and a few men on a road in front of the church. Trees lining the road. The railway car in which an armistice agreement was signed by Germany and the Allies at end of World War 1. The Memorial Tablet symbolic of the 1918 armistice, the Alsace-Lorraine, and Ferdinand Foch's Memorial in Compiegne Forest. Ferdinand Foch's carriage in which the first armistice was signed. In 1940 : German troops cross River Marne in rafts. A signboard showing the distances to Paris and Soissons. Another signboard showing the distances to Grand Fitz James and Paris. Troops on tanks moving on roads. A signboard shows distances to Pontarme and Paris. A soldier with a gun on his back. Soldiers moving with carriages on a path between fields. Trees lining the path. German troops moving on tanks advancing deeper into France. The troops on the road in front of the castle in Versailles. The German flag hoisted on a flag pole over the Palace of Versailles and German soldiers occupy the Palace of Versailles.
Infantrymen of U.S. 36th Infantry Division, 143rd Regiment, 2nd Battalion, Company 'F' in Leimersheim, Germany. Infantrymen cross Karls Canal in pontoon rafts to take position on the Rhine River outside town of Leimersheim during World War II. Infantrymen walk through woods at Karls Kope Island after crossing canal. Two infantrymen in prone position look through trees. Shoreline of an opposite riverbank. German pillboxes on east bank of Rhine River. Several infantrymen in pontoon raft cross canal, disembark, walk to a Jeep, and receive their food.
Townspeople and Free French 2nd Armored Division troops in La Ferté-Macé, Normandy, France during World War II. Very brief shot, townspeople tear down Nazi German propaganda posters near the World War 1 Memorial of La Ferté-Macé (24 Place du Gén Leclerc La Ferté-Macé, Normandy). A fashionable French woman walking past gazing soldiers. Four French soldiers laughing while they sit in front of a Charcuterie shop. One of them playfully points his rifle grenade launcher. M4 Sherman tanks rolling past townspeople in the center of La Ferté-Macé. The United States flag is hanging on a window beside a shop sign saying “BAR”. A French woman gives a glass of water to soldiers in front of the Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption de la Ferté-Macé Cathedral. French soldiers drink refreshments on top of a tank in front of the Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption de la Ferté-Macé. Close view of an adoring French woman. An M4 Sherman tank rolls past the World War 1 Memorial of La Ferté-Macé and the Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption de la Ferté-Macé.
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