Anglo-Canadian soldiers holding the city sign saying “CAEN” after a successful capture from German forces in World War 2. Debris from houses damaged from bombings. Caen almost completely wrecked. Bulldozer clears out debris in the city center. The Abbey of Saint-Étienne, also known as Abbaye aux Hommes ("Men's Abbey"), is seen from the background. A Nazi propaganda poster written in French, depicting British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and a vulnerable woman. “Aurai-je assez” (“Will I have more”) is written on the poster. Debris and a road sign showing the direction to “Paris Rouen Le Mans Laval” in front of a pharmacy. Anglo-Canadian soldiers perform a mop-up operation near the pharmacy. French locals gathered to raise the flag of Free France (France Libre et les Forces françaises libres) in front of the Lycée Malherbe (building is now the Caen City Council 9 Place Mgr. des Hameaux).
German troops enter Paris during World War 2. German soldiers marching in Paris. German military vehicles heading towards the Arc de Triomphe. View of the Arc de Triomphe (Place Charles de Gaulle - 75008 Paris). British Fusiliers French Colonial Army marching in Paris a year before the Nazi invasion of France. African soldiers of the French Army during a parade march. Various sectors of the French Army and Navy participate in a parade. Armored vehicles during a parade. German armored vehicles in a parade in Paris. German soldiers marching under the Arc de Triomphe. German Generals Fedor von Bock and Georg von Küchler watch the triumphant parade. Close view of German soldiers marching triumphantly in Paris. View of the Avenue des Champs-Élysées. A German soldier on horseback leading a parade march. General Fedor von Bock salutes at German soldiers. Aerial view of Paris after its capture by the Germans. German soldiers on horseback and carts in Paris. Crowds gathered at the Arc de Triomphe. German soldiers at the Place de la Concorde. The hôtel de la Marine (2 place de la Concorde - 75008 Paris), the headquarters of the French Ministry of the Navy (Ministère de la Marine) and becoming the headquarters of the Nazi German Kriegsmarine after the fall of France, is seen behind German soldiers at the Place de la Concorde.
Free French 2nd Armored Division vehicles driving through the streets (Town Quay) of the port city of Southampton, England during World War 2. A French soldier on a motorcycle passes by a Kemsley Newspapers store, advertising the Daily Sketch newspaper as well as the Sunday Chronicle, Sunday Times, Sunday Graphic, Sunday Chronicle, and Empire News). Army Jeeps follow the motorcycle. British men and women watch the convoy of Free French vehicles traveling to the port. Free French Army Jeeps and trucks carrying supplies and soldiers driving in Southampton. Free French troops on motorcycles turn in front of the Clyde Building at East Gate on Town Quay, Southampton SO14 2NY to a docked LST.
Barrage balloons fly over Allied fleet during the invasion of Normandy during World War II. A flag with 4 stars on the mast the HMS Apollo where United States General Dwight D. Eisenhower sails. United States General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Admiral Bertram Ramsay talk while they observe the invasion of Normandy onboard a ship. United States General Omar Bradley climbs a rope ladder to join General Eisenhower and Admiral Ramsey. Soldiers standing in formation upon the arrival of British General Bernard L. Montgomery. Aides assist General Montgomery as he comes aboard ship. Admiral Bertram Ramsay, General Dwight D. Eisenhower and General Bernard L. Montgomery smiling together.
Allied forces enter Rome after liberation from Nazi Germany during World War II. Roman men and women welcome United States soldiers on moving tanks. Allied soldiers enter Rome through the Porta Maggiore, also known as the Porta Prenestina (Piazza di Porta Maggiore, 00182 Roma RM, Italy). Aerial view of United States tank and soldiers entering Rome. Italian men and women cheer and welcome Allied soldiers outside the Colosseum (Piazza del Colosseo, 1, 00184 Roma RM, Italy). Soldiers marching on the Via di S. Giovanni in Laterano towards the Colosseum. A regiment of the British Army plays bagpipes outside the Altar of the Fatherland (Altare della Patria), also known as the Victor Emmanuel II National Monument (Piazza Venezia, 00186 Roma RM, Italy), near the Capitoline Hill. Adoring Italian women reach out to soldiers on a jeep. Crowds gathered to watch Allied military vehicles drive on Via dei Fori Imperiali towards Piazza Venezia. Italians watch the entrance of Allied trucks into the Saint Peter’s Square (Piazza San Pietro, 00120 Città del Vaticano, Vatican City) of the Vatican City.
A German map depicting the French, British and Belgian cities located near the English Channel during World War II. German Luftwaffe pilots preparing their Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighters. Luftwaffe Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant Colonel) and night-fighter ace Helmut Lent briefing with officers. Helmut Lent smiling. A fighter spinner propeller begins to move. Helmut Lent’s Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter takes off from the airfield. A group of German Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighters taking off. German gunmen shooting at Allied aircraft with Flak 38 anti-aircraft gun. German crew with 88-mm FlaK-37 anti-aircraft artillery shooting at Allied aircraft in France. Crash site of a United States bomber shot down by German forces. Bent propellers and smoldering wreckage of crashed plane. A downed Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber captured by German forces after a belly landing. German troops capture United States crewmen standing next to parachutes and wrecked plane. German soldiers frisk captured crewmen. German soldiers lead captured crewmen away.
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