St. Mere Eglise, 6 June 1944.
St. Mere eglise was one of the first towns liberated.
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German soldiers in Caen enjoying the view from the Caen Castle in July 1940. The angle is not perfect but I had no access to the exact spot.
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Bundesarchiv, Bild 146-1978-040-13 / Jäger / CC-BY-SA 3.0
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At the south end of lake Königssee, separated by a narrow isthmus of land, is the Obersee. Hitler visited the place to take some shots from beautiful countryside. I was there a couple of years ago to take this comparison.
Then image: Heinrich Hoffmann, “Hitler in seinen Bergen,” Munich, 1938
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Liberation parade on the Avenue of Meerdervoort in the Hague, April 21, 1945
Then image: Google archives
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Allied Soldier with a local at Mont Saint-Michel, 8 august 1944.
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After crossing the Franco-German border, men from the 45th Division go on a house-to-house search in Bobenthal, Germany. December 1944.
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Arrival of Mussolini in Munich at the trainstation, 29 September 1938 for the Munich Conference.
Then image: Bundesarchiv
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This is one of 2 famous photos taken by S.C. personnel at the road junction directly south of Turqueville, France, on 7 June, 1944. Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division are capturing me.
Then Photo: Panoramio
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A Dutch girl called Eliza Dina Gijzen converses with the crew of a Sherman tank of the South Alberta Regiment in Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands – 29 October 1944
Then Photo: Photo by : H. Gordon Aikman
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Selections at the ramp in Auschwitz – Birkenau in 1944.
Then image: Courtesy Yad Vashem (educational use only)
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