Allied troops set off for the final drive of the Liberation of France and Belgium in World War II. La Havre: Intensive bombing by Allied bombers at the 2nd port of France. Allied planes in flight, drop bombs. Smoke from the explosions. German positions are covered by Allied target indicators. Soldiers and tanks advance through fields. Smoke and fire from destroyed vehicles and bombardment. The first Allied platoon enters the town. Destroyed buildings and ruins. The dock area, reduced to a complete rubble. Surrendered German soldiers are marched in the streets. Antwerp: Liberation of Antwerp. A convoy of tanks. Allied troops cross a Bailey bridge over the Albert Canal. British Second Army enters the city. Tanks and soldiers. Machine gun fire. The dock side railway head is captured. Civilians welcome the troops. Belgian Forces of Interior and civilians celebrate. Allied aircraft drop arms and supplies attached to parachutes for use by the Belgian Army. A low flying British Short Stirling bomber dropping supplies. Soldiers collect the supplies and load it into a cart. Brussels: Members of the Belgian Government lay wreaths at the Brussels war Memorial in tribute to the capital's liberation. Soldiers march. Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery is given a grand reception. The Field Marshal in a convertible. He greets the people from a hotel balcony. Lyon: The U.S. Seventh Army liberates Lyon. German snipers in elevated position in the Hotel Dieu, beside the Rhone River, fire into crowded streets from the hospital. Soldiers fire back at them. Smoke and fire coming from the German firing position. Civilians crouch and take cover. Hospital patients removed to safety. Nurses tend to a wounded man. French and U.S. troops drive through the city. Civilians shake hands with the soldiers. Some men and mostly women collaborationists, accused of working with the Germans, are disgraced and paraded on the streets with their hands behind their heads. FrenchpPeople cheer and celebrate.
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