United States troops and tanks enter the town of Notre-Dame-de-Cenilly during World War 2. Soldiers walk alongside M4 Sherman tanks upon entering Notre-Dame de Cenilly. Road sign reads “D. 38 Notre-Dame de Cenilly Manche”. Soldiers talking in front of an amphibious Jeep parked on Rue des Tilleuls. A smiling priest stands by a gate. A soldier salutes to troops entering Notre-Dame de Cenilly. A captured German prisoner with hands up is frisked by Allied troops near the damaged Café Breton Epicerie (2 Rue des Tilleuls, 50210 Notre-Dame-de-Cenilly, France). Army Jeeps pass by destroyed buildings. United States soldiers gaze at dead German soldiers among ruins. Bodies of dead German soldiers and equipment debris on the street. United States armored vehicles driving through the destroyed town of Periers. A tank passes by a man planting the French tricolor flag on a statue. An M3 half-track in Periers. Behind the half-track is the ruins of Église Saint-Pierre (Place du Général de Gaulle, 50190 Périers, France). The tricolor flag of France waves in hands of statue in Periers.
Captured German soldiers with raised hands are searched in Periers, Normandy, France during World War II. A young German prisoner wearing an oval-shaped dog tag (erkennungsmarke) being searched. A soldier flips through the pages of a booklet seized from a captured German prisoner. An M7 priest 105 mm Howitzer Motor Carriage M7 with soldiers moves in front of the ruins of Église Saint-Pierre (Place du Général de Gaulle, 50190 Périers, France). Soldiers in tank passes by destroyed houses on devastated road.
Allied troops liberate Rome from Nazi Germany during World War II. United States Lieutenant General Mark W. Clark sits on a window ledge and discusses plans with other officers of the Fifth Army. Nazi German military vehicles with troops leave Rome. An abandoned German tank parked on a Roman street. German troops on cart pass by the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran (Piazza di S. Giovanni in Laterano, 4, 00184 Roma RM, Italy). A soldier rides a bicycle. German tanks moving out of Rome. Allied forces on Jeeps and other vehicles moving in Rome. Road signs read “Rome” and “Roma”. United States soldier in piazza directing traffic in front of the Fountain of Fawns in Montelanico. Roman buildings show damage. United States army vehicles driving on tram lines towards Rome.
Allied forces enter Rome after liberation from Nazi Germany during World War II. Roman men and women welcome United States soldiers on moving tanks. Allied soldiers enter Rome through the Porta Maggiore, also known as the Porta Prenestina (Piazza di Porta Maggiore, 00182 Roma RM, Italy). Aerial view of United States tank and soldiers entering Rome. Italian men and women cheer and welcome Allied soldiers outside the Colosseum (Piazza del Colosseo, 1, 00184 Roma RM, Italy). Soldiers marching on the Via di S. Giovanni in Laterano towards the Colosseum. A regiment of the British Army plays bagpipes outside 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. Adoring Italian women reach out to soldiers on a jeep. Crowds gathered to watch Allied military vehicles drive on Via dei Fori Imperiali towards Piazza Venezia. Italians watch the entrance of Allied trucks into the Saint Peter’s Square (Piazza San Pietro, 00120 Città del Vaticano, Vatican City) of the Vatican City.
A tightrope wedding in La Rochelle, Bordeaux, France. Two tightrope acrobats, Roland Schmidt and Francine Pary, cross a tight rope fixed in between two ancient towers, the Chain Tower of La Rochelle (Tour de la Chaîne, 17000 La Rochelle, France) and Tour Saint-Nicolas de la Rochelle (Rue de l'Armide, 17000 La Rochelle, France), over the La Rochelle harbour. The bride climbs the stairs of a tower. A friend holds up the bride’s wedding dress. Claude Bejac, a well-known cabaret singer and deputizing for the mayor of the free community of Montmartre, climbs a fireman’s ladder. Crowds gathered to watch the couple cross a tight rope. A man helps the groom hold carry his pole. Groom walks on tight rope. The bride carefully crosses the harbor on tight rope on the other side. The bride and the groom meet in the middle of the tight rope. Bride and groom are perched on the ropes. Claude Bejac officiates the wedding of the tight rope acrobat couple. The mayor officiates the wedding while standing on a fireman’s ladder. Bride and groom getting married over the La Rochelle harbour. Harbor front of La Rochelle covered with crowds watching the tightrope wedding over the harbor. Groom puts wedding ring on bride’s finger, the newlywed couple kiss.
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).