French casualties due to allied air raids during World War 2. Houses and storefronts on fire during an air raid. German troops respond to fires. Two men evacuate a girl. A French family hugging. German troops transport French casualties on stretchers. An upset French woman comforting her daughter. French men and women watch as German medics evacuate patients and casualties into trucks. A German soldier delivers mail to slit trenches. German troops reading mail. German troops sharing mail to each other. A young German soldier smokes a pipe. German SS soldier eating bread while smiling. A German SS soldier smoking a cigarette and smiling. A SS Division Hitlerjugend Commander shakes hands with officers after presenting decorations. Soldiers respond with a Nazi salute.
German paratroops prepare to aid mechanized troops and infantry moving up near Saint-Lo during the Allied invasion of Normandy in World War II. Luftwaffe General der Fallschirmtruppe (Paratroop General) Eugen Meindl meets the paratroopers of the 3rd Division of the 2nd Parachute Corps. General Eugen Meindl talks to German officials. Troops perform the Nazi Salute as General Meindl on a camouflaged vehicle drives away. German infantry and mechanize troops deliberate on plan and prepare for mobilization. Road sign reads “N174 Saint-Lo”. Camouflaged German tanks, one a Panzer IV, taking the N174 highway to Saint-Lo. Close up of German officer with soldiers in tank. German troops smiling while marching on foot. German soldier in camouflage holding a Panzerschreck (German bazooka gun) grabs a trench shovel from a comrade and runs to his position. German troops use trench shovels to dig in. German soldier uses binoculars. Two soldiers fire a mortar. German soldier sits under a tree. A German soldier uses a field telephone. A German soldier wears a “Backpack” infantry radio behind his back. A group of German soldiers sitting. A German soldier communicates through morse code in the field. German troops reading a map. Medics carry an injured German soldier. German SS (Schutzstaffel) soldier with a limp leg speaking to other soldiers. Close-up views of SS insignia on uniform.
German Stug IV tank moving in the Battle of Saint-Lo during World War II. SS Division Gotz von Berlichingen troops move alongside tanks on the road. A tank covered in camouflage rolls along the road. German soldier wearing camouflage leaves hide behind a bush. German soldiers duck for cover after firing a 8 cm Granatwerfer 34 mortar. German soldier puts another shell into mortar. Explosion in the forest. A tank covered with camouflage leaves rolls along the road with its hatch open. German infantry trails behind a German Stug III tank. German troops hide behind hedgerows. German forces advance through hedgerows. Explosion from artillery. A camouflaged German soldier observes using a binocular. United States M4 Sherman tanks on fire in the middle of a field. Debris inside empty American tanks after being captured by Germans. The road to Saint-Lo is littered with Allied materiel. German forces capture more American tanks on the road to Saint-Lo. German officer points to hole in tank turret. German soldiers inspect a wrecked gun, with a dead body of an Allied soldier crushed underneath. A camouflaged car passes by a burning truck on the road to Saint-Lo. More devastated and destroyed materiel and tanks are found near Saint-Lo. German soldier marches behind captured British prisoners as a passing tank swats on with camouflage branches. British and American prisoners are taken to a prisoners’ collection point. Signs read “Löfel” and “Div. Gefangenen Sammelstelle” (“Division prisoners collection point” in English). Allied soldier’s back jacket reads “Patchie P.A. Jersey”. American prisoners of war sitting while under German guard. Some U.S. Army prisoners are seen wearing the shoulder patch of the 29th Division. German guard is seen wearing a SS Division Gotz von Berlichingen and Nazi Eagle Insignia patches on his arm. Defiant American soldier sitting. An Asian-American prisoner chewing straw turns his head away from the camera.
German Luftwaffe prepare for action against Allied shipping in Normandy during World War 2. German Luftwaffe officials meet to discuss actions against Allied shipping in Normandy. Men placing a bomb into place in bomb bay. German mechanic uses screwdriver to tighten bomb mount. A soldier salutes a flight crew approaching a bomber at night. Luftwaffe crew members prepare their flight vests and board plane. Bomber propellers begin to move after engine starts. The night bomber (likely a Junkers Ju 88A-4 ) prepares for take-off at night. Railway guns firing at night. Explosion on rough waves on the English Channel at night. A ship’s wheel moving on a helm at night. German PT boat gun at night. German sailor uses binoculars at night. Explosion on the English Channel at night. A speeding German PT boat and wake at night. A German Ship’s Telegraph (Schiffstelegraften) made by Fritz Hecht of Kiel moving. German PT boat launches torpedo at Allied transport ships at night. A ship explodes after a torpedo attack.
Operation Cobra in Normandy, France during World War II. United States soldiers sit by hedgerows. Soldier smokes a cigarette. Close view of a soldier’s face looking towards the sky. Soldier communicates on field hand set. Soldiers cover their ears as large artillery fires. Close up of moving tracks on tank. A United States Army M3A1 half-track with troops on top moving. M4 Sherman tanks moves through hedgerow. Another tank goes through hedgerow. United States soldiers walking over a field. The Big Picture host Alexander Scourby introduces the story of Operation Cobra in Normandy. Alexander Scourby holding a book titled “Breakout and Pursuit” by Martin Blumenson.
German soldiers launch a V-1 rocket during World War II. V-1 flying bomb in flight. Explosion in London as V-1 hits. Slow motion view of V-1 doodlebug taking off from a launching ramp.
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