Paris in Vichy France during World War II. The Gare du Nord (18 Rue de Dunkerque, 75010 Paris, France) in German occupied Paris. Traffic outside the station. A sign for German troops transport. German soldiers inside the station. A German troop train with a Nazi flag on the engine arrives. German officers and soldiers get off the train. Waiting soldiers greet the new arrivals. A sign reads 'No exit for soldiers' in English and German. The officers exit the station past German guards.
Seventy five U.S. Army Curtiss P-40L airplanes are ferried across the Atlantic Ocean to within flying range of Morocco, North Africa, by the Aircraft Carrier, USS Ranger (CV-4), during World War 2. U.S. Army Air Force pilots prepare to fly the P-40s to the former Vichy French Anfa Airport near Casablance, captured by the Allies in Operation Torch. The Army pilots and support personnel are seen being briefed on the flight deck. Navy deck crews help move a P-40 into position. USAAF 57th Fighter Group commander, Colonel Frank H. Mears shakes hands with a navy officer from the cockpit of his P-40. Carrier officer seen signaling for take off. Colonel Mears takes off. More P-40s follow. Navy officers and sailors watch the departing P-40s and give thumbs up for approval. The P-40s buzz the carrier as they form up to depart.
German troops fight the Allied Forces in France during World War II. A map of the Western Front of France. Soldiers of French Commander Joseph Darnand's Vichy French Militia lined up. Captured members of the French underground are marched off. German officers check travel documents on a French highway. A farmhouse is set ablaze in a search for underground members and 'invasion' currency circulated by the Allies. German Field Marshal Günther von Kluge confers with his staff. A German antiaircraft downs an Allied airplane. German paratroopers in fight with the Allied Forces in a forest. Allied ships off a coast.
French Vice President of the Council Pierre Laval in his office in Vichy, France during World War II. Laval seated at a desk. His secretary Olivier de Sardan standing nearby. They discuss a document. Laval reading a newspaper. He leaves Hotel Du Parc and sits in the car.
Units of Darnand's Vichy militia capture members of the French Resistance. German officers checking travel documents on a French highway. SS troops confront a French farmer accused of being in contact with the Resistance. The set his farmhouse ablaze. French currency circulated by the Allies. German Reserve Forces on their way to the combat front, carrying small arms and recoilless anti tank weapons. They clear the road to allow a military vehicle to pass. General Von Kluge confers with his staff. Many Allied aircraft seen in formations overhead. German Antiaircraft gun downs an Allied plane. German troops skirmish with Allied forces in a forest. German Befehls Panther tank advances. German forces in combat. Views of the Channel coast with Allied warships and supply ships seen. Black smoke streaming from an Allied vessel hit by German coastal defense guns of the Atlantic Wall. (World War II period).
Minister President of Norway Vidkun Quisling addresses police volunteers in Norway during World War II. French volunteers are inspected by a General in Versailles. They march and enter a building. Latvian and Lithuanian volunteers for German Army service on a train for Germany. They arrive at a railroad station with their family members. They board the train and wave hands towards their loved ones.
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