Allied soldiers at Mont Saint Michel, 1944 part 2
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Mont Saint Michel (4)
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Goch – Bahnhofstraße (2)
Soldiers and trucks from the 53rd Divsion are entering Goch on the 25th of February 1945, photographed by Sergeant Jones.
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Bahnhof Aachen – Rothe Erde (2)
We all know the sherman tank that will appear through the arch at Bahnhof Aachen – Rothe Erde. This shot is probably just before the Sherman tank is coming through that arch. Difficult because of the quality of the old photo.
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Malmedy – Place de Rome (2)
Little kid at the roadsign is watching Sherman tanks in Malmedy, december 1944 during the Battle of the Bulge.
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Saint-Maire-Du-Mont (4)
June 7, 1944: In the square at Saint-Maire-du-Mont, Easy Company paratroopers
(front l-r) Forrest Guth, Frank Mellet, David Morris, Daniel West, Floyd Talbert and
C.T. Smith pose with infantrymen from the army’s 4th divsion.
Then image: Walter Gordon (easy company)
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Kevelaer – Hauptstrasse
Soldiers from a Welsh division through the Haupstrasse, Kevelaer during Operation Blockbuster with in the background the Sankt-Marien Basilika.
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Carentan – Rue Holgate (4)
Allied Soldiers including paratroopers of the 101st Airborne division resting at an aidestation at the Rue Holgate, Carentan, Normany during Operation Overlord in 1944.
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Issum – Geldernder Strasse (1)
British and US troops greet each other in Issum, 6 March 1945.
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Xanten – Klever Strasse
Infantrymen of The Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada examining a quantity of German Reichsmarks left behind by fleeing civilians, Xanten, Germany,
9 March 1945.
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Goch – Bahnhofstraße (1)
Tanks in the Bahnhofstraße in Goch, Germany, during Operation Veritable
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