Population welcomes army units of the Irish Guards, September 1944. I was wrong first see Aalst – Irish Guards (8), but this photo was taken more in the direction of Eindhoven. A visitor (F. van Ham) notified me of the incorrect location.
Then image: Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Van de Poll
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
Allied soldiers near the Eiffeltower on the way to cross the Pont d’Iéna a 19th century bridge over the river Seine in the center of Paris.
Then image: LIFE Magazine Archives – Ralph Morse Photographer
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel – Grace Kailuhu
Allied soldiers in front of the Lützow-Kaserne in Aachen end 1944 or early 1945. During the battle for the city many civilians fled to this Kaserne.
Then image: ?
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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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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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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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3rd Armored Division M4 Sherman and T2 Grant Recovery Vehicle Stolberg Germany 1945.
Then image: ?
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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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