Map of the Eastern Front and the USSR in German during World War 2. Trucks transport Wehrmacht infantry soldiers to the Eastern Front. Soldiers in trucks waving. A soldier drives a truck through a muddy road. A truck full of soldiers drives through muddy road. German trucks are parked, and soldiers disembark. German soldier carrying an MG34 Machine Gun. Soldiers carrying their supplies. German soldiers marching on foot. A young German soldier smiles while marching. German troops digging trenches. An injured German soldier cuts a melon using a pocketknife. German troops eat melons. German soldier smiles as he eats a slice of melon. Soldiers pour fruits into a helmet. German troops eat from their mess kits. A group of German soldiers watch two kittens rough playing during their rest time. A kitten runs as amused German soldiers laugh. Sign reads “Villa Waldkater”. A dugout with sign that reads “Eintritt” (“Entry” in English). A soldier exits through a door.
United States General Dwight D. Eisenhower, General Omar Bradley and French General Jacques Philippe Leclerc mingle with French citizens near the Arc de Triomphe after the Liberation of Paris in World War 2. General Eisenhower salutes as he approaches a crowd. A French 2nd Armored Division Jeep is parked nearby. French men and women clapping near Generals Eisenhower, Bradley, and Leclerc. Crowds gathered as the three generals stand in front of the Arc de Triomphe (Place Charles de Gaulle, 75008 Paris, France). General Eisenhower board a staff car. Staff car with General Eisenhower drives through the Avenue des Champs-Élysées, being escorted by trucks of soldiers following behind. General Omar Bradley waves and smiles while sitting on the passenger seat of a U.S. Army Jeep. Staff car with Allied flags convoy with military vehicles. General Bradley alights from Jeep. General Eisenhower meets Generals Bradley and Leclerc and more military officers on the sidewalk. A sign reads “Montrouge Radio” can be read behind General Bradley. General Eisenhower boards the staff car. Staff car drives away.
Allied victory parade in Paris during World War 2, following liberation of Paris. Nurses and medics with American, French and Red Cross flags sitting and standing on top of a moving Red Cross ambulance during the parade. A medic with cigarette waving at camera. A well-dressed man with a Red Cross arm band stands in front of guards forming a human barricade to control heavy crowds. Guards holding each other’s arms to push back crowds. A little boy peering in between two guards. More guards reinforce human barrier to control crowd. An African man with arm sling raises his left arm as a soldier, man and woman lead him away from the crowd. French crowds waving behind guards. Allied military officials salute. French leader General Charles de Gaulle salutes with French military officers. Guards saluting, with flags of Allied nations (United States, France, United Kingdom) behind them. A nurse salutes as other Red Cross nurses sing. A female Red Cross medic singing. French woman waving her handkerchief as a man takes a photograph of parade using camera.
General Charles de Gaulle lays a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior at the Arc de Triomphe (Paris, France) during World War 2, following the liberation of Paris. Various signs read “1800”, “1793”, “Vive De Gaulle” (“Long live De Gaulle”), “De Gaulle Au Pouvoir” (“De Gaulle in power”), “Vive Les Alliés” (“Long live the Allies”) and “1944” are displayed in front of the Arc de Triomphe (Place Charles de Gaulle, 75008 Paris, France). A man climbs a lamppost to watch a parade. Boy sitting on tree branch watch the man climb a lamppost. Nurses and medics carry with flags of Allied nations (United States, France, United Kingdom). Arrival of General Jacques Philippe Leclerc, holding a walking cane. Leclerc shake hands with an Allied military figure. Charles de Gaulle arrives in Arc de Triomphe with a wreath. General de Gaulle salutes and lays a wreath in front of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Soldiers and journalists surrounding General de Gaulle take photographs using cameras. General de Gaulle walks with Generals Jacques Philippe Leclerc and Marie-Pierre Koenig, and other French officials.
Various Paris landmarks after liberation of Paris during World War 2. Two French soldiers from the 2nd Armored Division look at the camera from their M4 Sherman tank “Mangin” (September 25 1944). Liberation of Paris on August 25 1944. The French and United States flag flying above Paris. Aerial view of crowds crossing a bridge. Aerial view of people frantically running. French men and women use bicycles and walk on a bridge. French people cycling on Pont Alexandre III bridge (Pont Alexandre III, 75008 Paris, France). View of the Pont Alexandre III bridge and the Eiffel Tower. An artillery gun is placed in front of the Statue of Nantes in the Place de la Concorde. People walking in the Place de la Concorde with fountain in foreground. (Place de la Concorde 75008 Paris, France). People crossing the Pont Alexandre III bridge. A damaged metal barricade at bridge with Grand Palais in background. People cycling across Pont Alexandre III bridge. as man takes pictures with camera. A boat “Beaujolais” moored next to the Pont Alexandre III bridge. People on bicycles crossing between bridge abutments on Pont Alexandre III bridge with Les Invalides in background.
French Forces of the Interior (FFI) fighters during a parade in Paris after Allied liberation (World War 2). FFI fighters victoriously marching with French tricolor flags and rifles at the Place de la Concorde (Place de la Concorde 75008 Paris, France). Civilians watch the parade on the side of the plaza. Some people are seen clapping. A U.S. Army Jeep with soldiers drives near marching FFI fighters and French guards. A Piper Cub flies low near the crowds. Men and women hold United States, French and British flags and signs “Vive de Gaulle”, “Allies”, on top of a Free French trucks in front of Hôtel de Crillon (10 Place de la Concorde, 75008 Paris, France). Sign on the side of the trucks read “Liberation” with French, England, and United States flags displayed. Piper Cub light aircraft flying over the Arc de Triomphe as seen from the Avenue des Champs-Élysées.
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