United States Martin B-26 Marauder bombers bomb German held petroleum facility near Cherbourg, France during World War II. United States Army Ninth Air force Martin B-26 Marauder aircraft in flight. Bombs dropping onto a German fuel storage area about 13 miles south of Cherbourg, Normandy. Aerial view of area around Cherbourg. Thick smoke pillar over a German petrol dump. Martin B-26 Marauders drop more bombs in flight. Aerial view of petrol dump severely bombed by the Ninth Air force bombers.
United States bombers attack Tobera Airdrome, an Imperial Japanese aerodrome located near Rabaul, Papua New Guinea during World War II. Aerial view of Tobera. A thick pillar of smoke and explosion rises from Tobera. Shadows of multiple aircraft are seen on aerial view of Tobera Airfield. Aerial view of the coast of Keravat, near Tobera Airfield. A group of bombers in flight. Five United States Consolidated B-24 Liberator bombers flying away.
The United States 30th Infantry Division carry equipment outside Malmedy during World War II as they recover victims of the Malmedy Massacre (also know as the Baugnez Massacre.) A bulldozer clears snow from the road. United States soldiers walk behind in heavy snow. A soldier carries a large cable spool on his back. Group of men carry equipment and a stretcher while walking in deep snow. A snow covered tank drives past soldiers. A snow covered Sherman tank-dozer passes. Soldiers carry body of victim of the Baugnez Massacre on a stretcher through deep snow Military truck with trailer parked in snow near La chapelle Saint Henri de Géromont in the outskirts of Malmedy on E421 Rte de Waimes. A sign reads “Geromont Malmedy” (the German word “Kreis” is scratched out).
United States 88th Infantry Division soldiers question a group of German prisoners of war (POWs) in Zerf, Germany in World War II. The POWs belong to a mountain division recently brought into battle area from Finland. A prisoner of war comes out of a building. United States soldiers question the prisoner. Another soldier holds a clipboard. A prisoner of war talks to the Americans. A soldier wearing glasses speaks to a captured prisoner.
Captured German prisoners of war (POWs) stand during a search in Zerf, Germany during World War II. United States Infantry soldiers search through prisoners’ belongings. Confiscated items lie on the ground. A soldier questions a prisoner during a search. A Military Police inspects items from POWs. Captured officers resting. Faces of young soldiers captured by United States troops. View of the various types of boots worn by mountain troops. Prisoners seated in open field do various activities. A prisoner washes hands. A shirtless prisoner stands up, adjusts his suspenders. A captured German prisoner shines his boots. Prisoners begin to move. Smiling prisoners shake hands and greet each other.
United States 302nd infantry, 94th division in the village of Besch in Saarland, Germany during World War II. Three German children waving from a ruined doorway. 748th tank battalion, 94th division pass through Besch with whitewashed M4 Sherman tanks. United States soldiers on top of an M3 half-track painted in white.
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