Allied soldiers in front of the eiffeltower in Augustus 1944 during the liberation of Paris.
Then image: LIFE Magazine Archives – Ralph Morse Photographer
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Geich
American GIs belonging to the 3rd Armored Division, 36th Armored Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion, Company “C”, take cover from artillery fire and smoke during an enemy bombardment in Geich, Germany, 11th of December, 1944.
Then image: ?
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Paris – Eifeltower (9)
Allied and Free France Forces in the city centre during the liberation of Paris in Augustus 1944.
Then image: LIFE Magazine Archives – Ralph Morse Photographer
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Stolberg (15)
3rd Armored Division M4 Sherman and T2 Grant Recovery Vehicle Stolberg Germany 1945.
Then image: ?
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Kleinbüllesheim
Still another small German town falls to the infantrymen of the 9th Armored Division, U.S. First Army, as they drive through Kleinbüllesheim, Germany, in the march to the Rhine River, 6 March 1945.
Then image: US Signal Corps / SC 335253
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Stolberg (14)
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Stolberg (13)
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Venlo (2)
Troops of the 35th Infantry Division, Ninth U.S. Army, move through Venlo, Holland further into Germany, March 2, 1945.
Then image: U.S. Signal Corps / SC-271269
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Aachen – Adalbertstraße
Two American soldiers on patrol in the Adalbertstrasse in the fall of 1944. In the background you can see St. Adalbert with the missing spire.
Then image: Aachen Stadtarchive
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Neuss (3)
Civilians in a long que for grosseries in Neuss in March 1945 with the slogan “Heil Hitler” stil visible on a building on the opposite site of the road.
Then image: Neuss Stadtarchive
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