Allied prisoners of war (POWs) in Paris during World War 2. Columns of Allied prisoners, including American and British soldiers, being marched by German guards through the streets of Paris. Parisians and Vichy French supporters line the sidewalks and watch silently, except for two isolated instances in which one woman spits at a passing prisoner and another jeers at them. A brief scuffle is also seen among several spectators on the sidewalk. Some prisoners are seen stepping from a tram and entering a building. German guards and French policemen maintain order under supervision of German officers.
France under German occupation during World War II. Vichy French fascist militia (under Joseph Darnand) round up FFI (French Forces of the Interior) members. They march FFI members out of a building. German soldiers search French civilians. They stop and check civilians on bicycles and in cars. The bullet ridden windshield of a car used by FFI. A soldier with a revolver talks to a French farmer. Soldiers check an elderly farmer. A man gives a 5 Francs note. Close up view of the French currency bill. Smiling German soldiers march towards Normandy. They take cover from while under aerial attack by U.S. aircraft. Antiaircraft guns fired at the aircraft. Soldiers load and fire artillery. Aircraft drop bombs over target areas. A plane is hit, descends and crashes. Soldiers in camouflaged trucks and cars pass by cheering troops. German officers greet each other. Officers and soldiers keep watch through shrubs. Soldiers on guard with guns. German General Günther von Kluge discusses strategy, reviewing a map with his soldiers. A damaged sign post reads 'Caution. Enemy in Sight!'
German troops advance to target Allied landings in France during World War II. A damaged sign post reads 'Caution. Enemy in Sight!'. German Army panzer division troops advance under cover of artillery fire. Soldiers take cover. German stick grenaded or stick hand grenades (Stielhandgranate) on the ground near soldiers in a wooded area. Soldier readies a Panzerfaust weapon. Explosions on the battlefield. Wrecked Allied tanks and vehicles on the road. Soldiers load shells and fire artillery. Camouflaged artillery fired. Soldiers in the undergrowth. Soldiers greet each other and talk. German Panzer tanks advance. Black smoke due to explosions. Soldiers use small arms and flamethrowers during night fighting. Scene changes to coast, with view of Allied ships and craft seen off shore from German Atlantic Wall fortifications. German soldiers behind defense lines and fortifications on the beach. Smoke rising from ships off shore. A German officer inside a fortification bunker surveys the beach and ships at sea using binoculars.
German submarines and Allied ships in the North Sea during World War II. Crew men aboard a German submarine. Sailors on the conning tower use binoculars to survey the surrounding waters. The Captain surveys the waters. The crew works in various parts of the ship. The submarine displacing water. A crew member looks through the submarine periscope down below. An Allied aircraft in flight overhead. The alarm is sounded, the crew members run down into the submarine. The Captain gives orders to submerge. The submarine submerges fast. The crew communicates. Sailors at various controls. The crew listens quietly. A sailor at the radio. The Captain looks through the periscope.
Allied invasion of northern France during World War II. Allied bombers attack the coast during invasion of France. German coastal fortifications of the Atlantic Wall are shown. A German officer looks through binoculars. He surveys Allied ships and crafts approaching the coast. German coastal guns fired at the Allied fleet in the English Channel. Smoke due to explosions in the water. Soldiers fire artillery. They load shells. Ships hit by the artillery fire. German pillboxes and fortifications. German soldiers inspect damaged and wrecked crafts washed ashore. Soldiers look out to the sea. Camouflaged German tanks and infantry move through a French village. Explosions in fields. Machine guns fired. Soldiers take cover, fire in prone positions. They advance past wrecked and damaged Allied tanks. Allied prisoners marched in the forest. Seated prisoners. German officers discuss strategy and review a map, possibly a captured one. German fortifications on a French beach. Germans pass downed Allied and British planes. Invasion stripes on an aircraft. German officers arrive to inspect the wrecked aircraft. Captured British and Canadian prisoners of war (POWs). Soldiers of The Nova Scotia Highlanders, The 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion held prisoners. Wounded POW prisoners. A soldier with an eye patch. A German officer talks to the prisoners and checks their papers.
Allied forces bomb Caen, France during World War II. German soldiers use binoculars to spot USAAF aircraft in flight. German soldiers man artillery guns. American planes in flight overhead. Anti-aircraft guns fired from German fortifications. Allied aircraft in flight. An Allied aircraft is hit and descends to the ground. Burning aircraft wreckage in a field.
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