Allied soldiers during the liberation of Rome near the Colosseum.
Then image: ??
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Rome – Colosseum (2)
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Florence – Via Maggio
Allied Soldier looking at a sign “beware of enemy snipers” at the Piazza San Felice before riding into the Via Maggio in Florence in 1944. The angle is slightly different though.
Then image: ??
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Florence – Via de Serragli
A Sherman tank enters Florence, 4 August 1944.
Then image: © IWM NA 17593
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Driebergen – Hoofdstraat (1)
Allied Soldiers after the liberation in Driebergen at the Hoofdstraat, 1945
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Kleve – Brabanterstraße (1)
Royal Winnipeg Rifles platoon musters in Kleve, Germany, in February 1945, during the Allies’ final push into German territory.
Then image: Bell Archive
Photographer: Captain McDougall
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Kleve – Tiergartenstraße (1)
Churchill tank of 6th Guards Tank Brigade and infantry of the 2nd Gordon Highlanders in Kleve, 11 February 1945.
Schönau am Königssee
Hitler at the Konigssee with in the background the St. Bartholomä church.
Then image: ??
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Nütterden – Dorfstraße
Soldiers of 2nd Gordons (15 Scottish Division) pose with a captured Nazi-flag in front of a restaurant at Nütterden
Then photo: ??
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Weeze – Loestraße
Men of the 4th Royal Welch Regiment in Weeze, 3 March 1945 during Operation Blockbuster. Shot from another angle because the angle in the old photo is now a private property.
Then Photo: ©IWM B 15066
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Kranenburg – Mühlenstraße (2)
Troops of 15th Scottish Division fire a Bren gun from a damaged house in the town of Kranenburg, 10 February 1945.
Then image: Imperial War Museum
© IWM (B 14403)
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