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Camouflaged British tanks massed for attack on Caen after D-Day (WW2)

British military equipment is massed for the attack on Caen after the Allied Normandy landings in World War 2. British tanks covered with tree branches and net as camouflage. Rows of British tanks (likely the Mk IV Churchill tanks) park in a field near Caen. Red Cross medical ambulance trucks near Caen. Red Cross medics unload supplies from ambulance trucks. British forces moving into Caen for an attack. British Army trucks and jeeps move towards Caen.

Location: Caen France
Date: 1944, June
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079307
British Army General Montgomery in Normandy, British soldiers attacking Caen (WW2)

British Army General Bernard Montgomery with his staff during the Battle of Caen in World War 2. General Montgomery speaks with a Naval Liaison Officer. General Montgomery and British soldiers meeting in a forest. Soldiers refer to a map during the meeting. British Army soldiers in tanks (likely Mk IV Churchill tanks) approach Caen. A British Army tank covered in foliage moves towards Caen. British soldiers move towards Caen. A tank fires in the darkness. Silhouettes of German soldiers raising their hands to surrender. British soldiers moving though the fields. Captured German soldiers raise their hands.

Location: Caen France
Date: 1944, June 23
Duration: 1 min 11 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079308
Canadian Army attack Carpiquet airfield in Normandy during Operation Windsor (WW2)

Various field artillery firing under camouflage nets during Operation Windsor, part of the Battle of Caen during World War 2. Royal Canadian forces advance on Carpiquet airfield. Canadian soldiers crouch for cover. Canadian soldiers firing with mortar field artillery. Carpiquet airfield in smoke as seen from the fields. A camouflaged soldier aims his rifle and shoots. Soldiers in a tank. Close up of tank firing its machine gun. Canadian soldiers firing with machine gun behind hedgerows. A soldier uses binoculars, pointing at a direction, while standing on a tank. Carpiquet airfield buildings destroyed after Canadian shelling. The attack was conducted by the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, 8th Canadian Infantry Brigade, and 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade.

Location: France
Date: 1944, July 4
Duration: 1 min 1 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079309
Canadian Army advances to Caen after taking over Carpiquet airfield (WW2)

Soldiers of the Canadian Army, probably of the 2nd Armoured Brigade, advance from Carpiquet airfield to Caen during World War 2. Canadian tanks and armored tracked vehicles move through rough roads toward Caen. Tanks passing by leafless trees. A Canadian soldier sits on top of a Ram cruiser tank that is underway. M-4 Sherman tanks are also seen as Canadian troops travel to Caen.

Location: Caen France
Date: 1944, July
Duration: 41 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079310
Planes dropping incendiaries, Canadian soldiers capture Caen from German forces (WW2)

Canadian soldiers advancing through the city of Caen during the Battle of Caen in World War 2. Canadian Sherman tanks outside Caen. Several Canadian 25pdr SP tracked Sexton self-propelled artillery vehicles firing. Planes dropping incendiaries. Canadian soldiers, some wearing helmets covered in foliage for camouflage, carefully move through field. A German prisoner throws up his hands and surrenders to Canadian forces. A burning armored vehicle. A Canadian soldier during a mop-up of a destroyed house. Canadian soldiers walk through rubble in Caen. A British Churchill Tank AVRE underway in Caen. Bombed houses in Caen as Canadian soldiers perform a mop-up operation.

Location: Caen France
Date: 1944, July 9
Duration: 55 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079311
Canadian forces successfully captures Caen, celebrate with flag ceremony (WW2)

Anglo-Canadian soldiers holding the city sign saying “CAEN” after a successful capture from German forces in World War 2. Debris from houses damaged from bombings. Caen almost completely wrecked. Bulldozer clears out debris in the city center. The Abbey of Saint-Étienne, also known as Abbaye aux Hommes ("Men's Abbey"), is seen from the background. A Nazi propaganda poster written in French, depicting British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and a vulnerable woman. “Aurai-je assez” (“Will I have more”) is written on the poster. Debris and a road sign showing the direction to “Paris Rouen Le Mans Laval” in front of a pharmacy. Anglo-Canadian soldiers perform a mop-up operation near the pharmacy. French locals gathered to raise the flag of Free France (France Libre et les Forces françaises libres) in front of the Lycée Malherbe (building is now the Caen City Council 9 Place Mgr. des Hameaux).

Location: Caen France
Date: 1944, July 9
Duration: 41 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079312
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