Chateau Thierry and the Aisne Marne Operation in France. U.S. Army shells Cantigny. The soldiers near the artillery. Camouflaged artillery bombards Cantigny. U.S. troops load shells in the artillery and fire. Smoke comes out of the artillery after firing. Destroyed building. Trucks loaded with U.S. troops. The troops ride forward in trucks. Ruins in Chateau Thierry. U.S. Marines in a trench in Belleau Wood. The soldiers eat food and stand in a group. (May 28-30, 1918 Battle of Cantigny) (World War I. World War 1. WWI. WW1)
German occupation of France during World War 2. The cathedral in Reims, France. Vehicles and a few men on a road in front of the church. Trees lining the road. The railway car in which an armistice agreement was signed by Germany and the Allies at end of World War 1. The Memorial Tablet symbolic of the 1918 armistice, the Alsace-Lorraine, and Ferdinand Foch's Memorial in Compiegne Forest. Ferdinand Foch's carriage in which the first armistice was signed. In 1940 : German troops cross River Marne in rafts. A signboard showing the distances to Paris and Soissons. Another signboard showing the distances to Grand Fitz James and Paris. Troops on tanks moving on roads. A signboard shows distances to Pontarme and Paris. A soldier with a gun on his back. Soldiers moving with carriages on a path between fields. Trees lining the path. German troops moving on tanks advancing deeper into France. The troops on the road in front of the castle in Versailles. The German flag hoisted on a flag pole over the Palace of Versailles and German soldiers occupy the Palace of Versailles.
The United States enters World War 1. A damaged bridge over Marne at Chateau Thierry. U.S. General John J. Pershing and a French General confer as they plan a Franco-American offensive. Soldiers of United States 103rd Division advance across a field on July 18th , 1918. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
The Aisne-Marne Operation in France during World War I. Soldiers of the U.S. 103rd Engineer Battalion, together with French Army engineers, cut and sharpen logs on the bank of the River Marne, in France, during World War 1. A city (Chateau-Thierry?) is visible across the river in the background, where the river seems to take a sharp bend. Next, a French and an American soldier are seen wielding large mallets to drive the newly cut poles into the river embankment at the water's edge. French officers are supervising the work. A line is stretched outward from the river bank. Change of scene shows French and American engineers working on a pontoon bridge across a different river. Troops are walking on the opposite side. Final scenes show American soldiers of the 103rd Engineers standing on and near an elaborate log-reinforced bridge, complete with metal railing. Other soldiers are guiding a horse as it pulls a two-wheeled caisson across the bridge. The Engineers examine the bridge deck and side reinforcements as the horse and caisson move past.
Chateau Thierry and the Aisne Marne Operation in France during World War I. U.S. soldiers carry a boat on their shoulders. They lower the boat into the water. They cross a newly constructed pontoon bridge over the Marne river. A damaged bridge in the background. The troops advance through a field and walk on roads. The roads are clogged with supplies and artillery barrage. Soldiers carry supplies on horse carriages.
A destroyed Marne river bridge at Chateau-Thierry in France in World War I. Camera pans across both sides of Marne river showing wrecked bridge and war torn buildings on both sides. A Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) rolling canteen serves refreshments to U.S. soldiers. The soldiers dip cups in a large pot.