American troops take it in turns to throw darts at a portrait of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler / INCREDIBLE COLOURISED FOOTAGE of allied troops liberating a French city shortly after landing on mainland Europe on D-Day has resurfaced this week. Video shows American forces bringing equipment and artillery ashore at Utah beach following the successful D-Day landing of allied troops on the beaches there. Utah beach was a deep-water port at the tip of the Cotentin peninsula, and was therefore essential to hold if the Americans were to bring supplies directly from North America onto mainland Europe. Further footage from the film shows between 16,000 and 18,000 German prisoners being escorted towards the beach after the successful allied capture of the nearby city of Cherbourg, while other clips see American soldiers throwing darts at a portrait of Adolf Hitler / mediadrumworld.com