Allied troops during the invasion of southern France during World War II. Allied warships and rocket ships bombard the coast of Southern France. Blinker lights flash. Allied troops transfer from a transport ship to landing barges. The barge pulls away. Smoke rises from the coast as a result of Allied bombardment. Allied troops climb down a net to landing barges. They head for the beach. Troops in landing barges. At the beach tanks, trucks and other vehicles unload from LCI (Landing Craft Infantry), LCM, LST (Landing ship Tanks). Tanks and trucks advance inland. Troops walk along the beach.
Allied troops during the invasion of Southern France during World War II. Allied troops walk along the beach. Men dig foxhole with helmet while others use a shovel. Soldiers carry wounded men on litters towards a landing craft. German prisoners rounded up on the beach. Wounded American soldiers placed in a landing craft.
Allied troops during the invasion of Southern France during World War II. Allied soldiers disembark from a LCI (Landing Craft Infantry) and wade through waist deep water to reach the beach. Men advance inland. Barrage balloons fly over the beach.
Allied troops during the invasion of Southern France during World War II. Allied soldiers clear German mines in France, using metal detectors to find mines. Closeup of two shoebox mines. American M4 amphibian Sherman tank with Duplex Drive beside the minefield. Soldiers sit on the beach with incomplete German pill boxes in the background. Soldiers carry ammunition and artillery shells. Two and a half ton DUKW amphibious vehicles haul 105 mm howitzer ashore as it moves past a wrecked railroad line.
Allied troops during the invasion of Southern France during World War II. Allied soldiers talk to men of FFI (French Forces of the Interior). FFI armband. Allied trucks and tanks pass through a village.
Supplies transferred aboard United States landing craft underway in Atlantic Ocean during the invasion of France, in World War II. Landing Craft Infantry, USS LCI(L)-88, underway at sea with troops aboard it. Barrage balloons fly overhead. A military truck transfers from USS LST-372 (Landing Ship Tank) to USS LCT-540 (Landing Craft Tank) via a ramp between the two vessels. Numerous Invasion ships are seen.
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