While disembarkation on the beaches continued, some ships dared to sail directly to the port of Salerno in 1943. Here soldiers entering the boulevard Lungomare Trieste.
Then image: IWM (Imperial War Museum)
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Volksturm surrender in the Weißenburger Straße in Aachen in 1945.
Then image: ??
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Allied troops in the tiny mountain village of Acerno, Italy in 1943.
Then image: USNA
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Battle of the Bulge; Sherman tanks at the Place de Rome in Malmedy, december 1944.
Then image: ??
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Infantry march through Gillrath near Geilenkirchen, 5 December 1944.
Then image: © IWM (BU 1409)
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A Sherman tank advancing through Imprunetta, 3 August 1944.
Then image: © IWM NA 17565
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Infantry moving cautiously through the ruined streets of Imprunet(t)a, Italy 3 August 1944. My sister acting as one of the infantryman.
Then image: © IWM (NA 17570)
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A forward observer team of the 97th infantry division takes cover in a doorway of the Marienkapelle while calling for a fire misison on German positions inside Siegburg, 10 april 1945
Then image: Tech/5 F. Linden, 165th Signal Corps Company
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Allied troops of the 97th infantry division in the Alleestraße, Siegburg, 1945. Not the best then in now maybe but I really like this location because so much is changed and it was difficult to trace.
Then image: https://www.siegburg.de
Tech/5 F. Linden, 165th Signal Corps Company
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Private Sanderson made this photo in Geilenkirchen near the St-Elisabeth Krankenhaus with infantry from Company A and tanks from the Sherwood Rangers.
Then image: USNA
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