Allied troops landing at the beaches of Salerno, Italy, September 1943 for the start of Operation Avalanche.
Then image: LIFE Magazine
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Salerno – Via Luigi Barrella
After landing on the beaches of Salerno soldiers of the 6th Batallion Lincolns are advancing through the Via Luigi Barrella near the trainstation.
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Gressenich – Ursulakapelle
US Soldiers in Gressenich near the Ursulakapelle during the battle for the Stolberg areau around December 1944,
Then image: LIFE Magazine
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Luxembourg (city)
Liberators arrive in Luxembourg on the Pont Adolphe with a portrait of Adolf Hitler around September / October 1944.
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Luxembourg (city)
An American GI of the US army sits on an armoured vehicle after just passing the Pont Adolphe in Luxembourg city around September / October 1944.
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Kleinblittersdorf (3)
Anti-tank gunners set up their 57mm gun, commanding a street in the outskirts of Kleinblittersdorf, alert for a possible counterattack by the enemy, 21 February 1945.
Then image: US Signal Corps / SC 334964
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Trois-Vierges
Allied soldier in Trois-Vierges Luxembourg during the battle of the bulge looking at a grafitti slogan saying “Hinter der letzten schlacht dieser Krieges steht unser Sieg” or in English “Behind the last battle of this war lies our victory“.
Then image: US Signal Corps
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel – Grace Kailuhu
Sprimont
Infantry men advance under the cover of a M4 Sherman tank in Sprimont, Belgium, 9th September 1944.
Then image: US Signal Corps
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Kleinblittersdorf (2)
Lt. Richard H. Davis, Pensacola, Fla., Company B, 253rd Inf., 63rd Division, points to the German statement on the wall of a house with a potato masher (kitchen type). The sign reads: “Sieg Oder Sibirien” or “Victory or Siberia“.Kleinblittersdorf, Germany. 21 February, 1945.
Then image: Signal Corps / SC 411796
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel – Grace Kailuhu.
Kleinblittersdorf (1)
Pfc. Abraham Green, medic, New Haven, Conn., 253rd Regiment, 63rd Division, stops, reads and wonders at a German sign, “We fight for the future of our children“, in the town Kleinblittersdorf cleared of the enemy 21 February 1945.
Then image: US Signal Corps / SC 411797
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel – Grace Kailuhu
