Three United States soldiers looking up to the sky while sitting on top of a tank in Normandy during World War II. A United States soldier standing against hedgerow looking up to the sky. Distant view of formation of United States bombers flying over Normandy. United States soldiers smile as they look upwards to watch bombers fly. Some soldiers use binoculars to watch. Soldiers sit on the grass while watching the sky. A soldier points upwards to a formation of bombers. A soldier turns his head while looking up the sky. A man rushes forward to catch a small leaflet falling from the sky. Two soldiers dash to grab a larger leaflet dropping from the sky and then read it together as the walk away.
M4 Sherman tanks and other military vehicles moving through country road in Normandy, France during World War II. Two United States soldiers crouch while advancing alongside road tanks pass by. United States infantry soldiers moving through a village and a forest. Soldiers climb over a fallen tree trunk. Soldiers pass by a dead cow. Soldiers moving in a field. A German prisoner places his hands behind his head after his capture by a United States soldier. United States soldiers walking beside a road. A damged road sign reads “Le Dese … Le Hommet "
United States soldiers and tanks advance on road in Normandy countryside during World War II. A tank covered in camouflage moving near hedgerows, passing by two soldiers. Soldiers moving in straight line. A United States soldier uses a field telephone. A soldier uses a walkie talkie onboard a moving Jeep. A soldier driving a Jeep in between hedgerows. Captured German prisoners march along a road while being guarded by an African American soldier. German prisoners lay down belongings during a search. United States soldier questions a group of German prisoners. Soldier frisks German prisoners. German prisoner pulls out his wallet. A German prisoner wearing glasses looks away. A young German prisoner displays a forlorn expression while being frisked. Man picks up cigarettes scattered on the ground. A prisoner holds his belongings while he waits for his turn to be searched. A frowning German prisoner.
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and United States General Dwight D. Eisenhower meets Brigadier General Maxwell D. Taylor and inspect the United States 101st Airborne Division in England during World War II. A staff car with the British and American flags arrives on the Welford airfield, Berkshire, England. General Dwight D Eisenhower and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill alight from the staff car after an attendant opens the car door. Prime Minister Churchill and General Eisenhower meets with military officers as they walk in the airfield. Prime Minister Churchill salutes and shake hands with Brigadier General Maxwell D. Taylor. A band plays while Prime Minister Churchill and General Eisenhower review the 101st Airborne Division troops with its Commander, Brigadier General Taylor. Two soldiers hold flags. Prime Minister Churchill, Generals Eisenhower and Taylor review the troops by walking amongst them. General Eisenhower uses binoculars to watch paratroopers jumping from C-47 planes during a mass demonstration. Hundreds of paratroopers with parachutes fall to the airfield. Prime Minister Churchill and General Eisenhower get in a car. Army vehicles driving away.
Captured German soldiers with raised hands are searched in Periers, Normandy, France during World War II. A young German prisoner wearing an oval-shaped dog tag (erkennungsmarke) being searched. A soldier flips through the pages of a booklet seized from a captured German prisoner. An M7 priest 105 mm Howitzer Motor Carriage M7 with soldiers moves in front of the ruins of Église Saint-Pierre (Place du Général de Gaulle, 50190 Périers, France). Soldiers in tank passes by destroyed houses on devastated road.
United States troops mine clearing operation near Saint-Germain-sur-Sèves, Normandy during World War II. A United States soldier carries a mine detector . Other troops walking on road. A sign in German reads “Minen!” ((Land) mines in English). A soldier with a dagger finds a land mine. Finger points to a land mine. A soldier probes the mine using his knife. Soldier removes mine in front of a German sign with skull and crossbones symbol reading “Minen!”. Soldier holds the antipersonnel land mine, which was new and rarely seen at the time. Several disarmed land mines together on ground.
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