American soldiers of th 90th Infantry Divisionat, at the fortress of Guentrange (Fort Obergentringen) in Thionville, France, during World War 2. The town of Thionville. A cluster of buildings in the town. Smoke rising from certain areas in the town. High walls of the main barracks of the fortress south of the Maginot Line in Thionville, built by the Germans when they occupied Lorraine after 1871. An iron palisade in front of the main barracks of the fortress. Trees near the iron fence. People walk along a pathway beside the fence. American soldiers at the fortress. A couple of soldiers using a field telephone. The soldiers sit outside the entrance of the fortress and clean rifles. Krupp 105 mm guns at the fortress.
An Anglo-American Nazi internment camp in Vittel, France. The Grand Hotel in Vittel which was an internment camp by occupying German forces. The hotel building with a lawn in front. A barbed wire fencing around the hotel. Allied flags on a small bridge in the camp. Internees walking on the bridge. Women looking through the fence in the camp. Men and women seated and standing behind the wire fence. Two American soldiers outside the fence. Men and women smiling. Children among the group. A woman with Punch and Judy dolls in her hands. Other women behind her. A few men and women with children near the bridge. (World War II period).
An Anglo-American Nazi internment camp in Vittel, France. A family of a man, a woman and a small boy in the Anglo-American Nazi German internment camp at the Grand Hotel in Vittel. Other internees behind them. The small boy in the woman's arms. Men and women behind them smile. Liberated internees in a group on a pathway. A person in the front waves the U.S. flag. The group moves along the pathway waving the U.S. flag. A garden beside the pathway. A group of the Little Sisters of the Poor nuns move in a group from a building. Men and women stand on either side of the path. The group of nuns in black habit.
U.S. Army General Dwight Eisenhower speaks on the V-E day in Paris, France during World War II. General Eisenhower delivers a speech in Paris on the Victory in Europe Day. The General states that he has the proud privilege of speaking for the fighting men in his theater who conquered Western Europe and destroyed more men than they themselves possessed. The Allies selected Germany as their first object because it was the one place that all the Allies could bring their weight to bear. General Eisenhower pays his tribute to the Soviet Russian Army, the Allied Forces in Italy, the French, the British and the Americans on the Western Front and to GI Joe and his counterparts whom he says were the real heroes of the war.
V-E Day celebrations in Paris, France. The Eiffel Tower in Paris. Fountains in front of the tower. A large crowd rejoicing on the victory day. A large crowd in front of a building. Streets filled with people. Men and women move along the streets. A large crowd in front of a gateway across a road. People hold up posters of U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt. A few people move on the streets seated in trucks. A woman reading a newspaper which carries victory news. A man and a woman walk along a path reading the newspaper. Newspaper vendors selling the newspapers. A large group of people buying the newspapers. A woman carrying a small girl. A soldier kissing a woman. (World War II period).
French civilians celebrate the liberation of France in Normandy during World War II. A girl with shaved head stands in front of a vehicle. The girl with a swastika sign painted on her forehead. Several men and women beside the vehicle. Another girl with shaved head has a swastika sign painted on her forehead. The girls with the swastika signs with several other women. A swastika flag. A tank treads over the flag. The swastika flag set on fire and flames rise. A few French boys defacing posters on the side of a building.
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