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.
American soldiers of the U.S. 90th Infantry Division, walking atop captured Fort Obergentringen, Near Thionville, on the west side of the Moselle River, in World War 2. Next, the Fort's German Krupp 105mm guns are seen firing numerous shells at German positions in Thionville, east of the river. American soldiers with binoculars observe the shell strikes from the fort. Smoke rising from the shelling. [Note: A September 17, 1944 wireless report about the fort's capture , to the New York Times, by Frederick Grahamby, stated that "The fort's name is Gingringen and from 1870 to 1919 it belonged to Germany." However, it is actually Fort Obergentringen (Fort Guentrange) on the hills of Guentrange, overlooking Thionville, and built in 1899.]
U.S. Ambassador to France, Jefferson Caffery occupies the U.S. Embassy in Paris, following its liberation from German occupation in World War 2. A sign on the entrance gate to a building reads 'Rue De La Paix' and another sign reads 'Londres - New York'. The U.S. flag on the American Embassy building. Two guards with the U.S. flag in one of the balconies of the building. Two men look at the guards from another balcony of the building. Two American Military Police open the gates of the U.S. Embassy. U.S. Ambassador to France Jefferson Caffery with other officials enters through the gates of the building and stands on a path. The officials hold their hats in their hands. American Military Police lined up on the sides of the path. 'MP' written on the helmets of the guards. The U.S. flag on a pole in a courtyard. The officials walk past the guards.
Men and women in bathing suits on the shore of the River Vltava in Prague, Czechoslovakia. A few women sunbathing on the shore of River Vltava. Boats in the river. Czech and Russian flags on poles. Men and women on a bridge across the river. Men, women and children swimming in the river. Two men and a woman playing cards seated at a table on the shore. Close up view of a prisoner number tattoo on a woman's arm who is a Jewish survivor from Auschwitz Concentration camp in World War 2. The woman and the men playing cards. Several men and women behind them. A few men watch them play.
Wrecked buildings in Prague, Czechoslovakia. The Church of Our Lady before Týn (Staroměstské nám., 110 00 Staré Město, Czechia). Wrecked buildings beside the church. Several men and women in front of the church. The Jan Hus Monument (Staroměstské nám., 110 00 Staré Město, Czechia) at Old Town Square. The Church of Týn and a scaffolding for rebuilding in the foreground. The ruins of the Town Hall building following bombing in World War 2. Germans cleaning the ruins and rubble of the building. German prisoners walk past the damaged building. A signboard among the ruins indicating the direction of Dresden. Germans cleaning the ruins of damaged houses. German men and women cleaning up the remains of the railway station of Cheb at the border. A group of German women cleaning the ruins. German workers on top of a heap of bricks.
Russian officers and soldiers at Grand Hotel Pupp in Karlovy Vary in Czechoslovakia, a year after the end of World War II. The buildings in the city. A huge building in the city. The building of Grand Hotel Pupp (Mírové nám. 2, 360 01 Karlovy Vary, Czechia) in Karlovy Vary. The Soviet officers and soldiers, and customers in the front of the hotel. A man accompanies a few children. The officers and soldiers with their water ration. Several men and women with the officers. The customers, the officers and soldiers of the Red Army moving in a queue and taking their water ration. A girl distributing ration is sitting inside an enclosure. The officers taking the water ration from the girl. The customers, Russian officers and soldiers drinking water and walking along the front part of the hotel.
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