M4 Sherman tanks firing into the town of Dombasle, France during World War 2. Thick smoke forms behind trees in Dombasle. Explosion in Dombasle after M4 Sherman tanks fire artillery. Three United States soldiers stand behind a wall while observing their surroundings. Infantry soldiers advance towards Dombasle with tanks. Soldiers wade through a deep creek, holding rifles above their heads. Soldiers running in battlefield, near tanks. Side view of tank firing machine gun. Gun barrel of tank.
Wreckage of a bomber, probably associated with United States Ninth Air Force raids in Europe during World War II. Out of focus views of an airfield and bombers in flight.
Parisians celebrate the liberation of Paris from Nazi Germany during World War 2. A French M4 Sherman tank carrying French women and soldiers of the Free French Second Armored Division pass by crowds. More M4 Sherman tanks, Jeeps, M3 half-tracks of the 2nd Armored Division with troops enter Paris. Smiling people along sidewalks wave and welcome incoming troops and vehicles. French men and women wave the French tricolor flag welcoming United States troops to Paris. Crowds of civilians welcome troops. Nun greeting a soldier with a Faire La Bise (French cheek kiss). French civilians welcome a Free French Second Armored Division M3 half-track “LONGCHAMP” carrying troops. Civilians milling around troops to welcome them. Happy French civilian crowds smiling and flashing the “V for Victory” sign. French women surround an army Jeep with troops parked near a Paris Métro exit. A soldier snuggles and gives a woman a kiss on her cheeks. Soldier and a woman kiss. Soldier stands on top of a Free French M4 Sherman tank throwing chewing gum candies at French civilians.
Allied forces enter Rome after liberation from Nazi Germany in World War 2. United States soldiers walk as Italian women and men clap and cheer for them on the street (likely in the Prati district). Soldiers waving at the camera. Crowds watch a tank driving on the street. Cheering and smiling Italian men and women. Italian men and women sit on top of a moving tank with soldiers. People assembled in front of 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. Italians tear out a racist Nazi propaganda poster. Huge crowds enter the Vatican City through the Via di Porta Angelica. Clapping Italians. A tank with soldiers and crowds of Italians in front of the Altar of the Fatherland. Closer view of cheering Italians.
German Stug IV tank moving in the Battle of Saint-Lo during World War II. SS Division Gotz von Berlichingen troops move alongside tanks on the road. A tank covered in camouflage rolls along the road. German soldier wearing camouflage leaves hide behind a bush. German soldiers duck for cover after firing a 8 cm Granatwerfer 34 mortar. German soldier puts another shell into mortar. Explosion in the forest. A tank covered with camouflage leaves rolls along the road with its hatch open. German infantry trails behind a German Stug III tank. German troops hide behind hedgerows. German forces advance through hedgerows. Explosion from artillery. A camouflaged German soldier observes using a binocular. United States M4 Sherman tanks on fire in the middle of a field. Debris inside empty American tanks after being captured by Germans. The road to Saint-Lo is littered with Allied materiel. German forces capture more American tanks on the road to Saint-Lo. German officer points to hole in tank turret. German soldiers inspect a wrecked gun, with a dead body of an Allied soldier crushed underneath. A camouflaged car passes by a burning truck on the road to Saint-Lo. More devastated and destroyed materiel and tanks are found near Saint-Lo. German soldier marches behind captured British prisoners as a passing tank swats on with camouflage branches. British and American prisoners are taken to a prisoners’ collection point. Signs read “Löfel” and “Div. Gefangenen Sammelstelle” (“Division prisoners collection point” in English). Allied soldier’s back jacket reads “Patchie P.A. Jersey”. American prisoners of war sitting while under German guard. Some U.S. Army prisoners are seen wearing the shoulder patch of the 29th Division. German guard is seen wearing a SS Division Gotz von Berlichingen and Nazi Eagle Insignia patches on his arm. Defiant American soldier sitting. An Asian-American prisoner chewing straw turns his head away from the camera.
An American and an Italian journalist talking about U.S.-Italian relations while waiting at the airport. A Middle East Airlines Vickers Viscount plane lands in Rome Ciampino Airport (Via Appia Nuova, 1651, 00040 Ciampino RM, Italy). An Italian journalist chats with an American in Italian while waiting near their boarding gate. Americans on board a ship approaching an Italian port. Italian people cheering upon arrival of ship. People waving from ship. An Italian old woman waving. Italians board the ship. Italian ocean liner SS Cristoforo Colombo sailing to the United States. Sailors on a dinghy beside the SS Cristoforo Colombo near New York harbor. A woman holding flowers and her daughter cheers upon the arrival of the SS Cristoforo Colombo. Passengers from Italy disembark with their luggage from the SS Cristoforo Colombo. A car is being lifted from the SS Cristoforo Colombo. Two women hugging after their reunion in New York Harbor. A smiling blond woman waving.
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