Fathers Dominicanen are greeting American soldiers from the 113e squadron in Rijckholt, 13 September 1944.
Then image: De bevrijding van Margraten / American collection
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A view of the Princess Royal Battery armed with a 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun, taken from the top of the Rock of Gibraltar. Spain can be seen in the background, 17 November 1941.(Not the perfect angle, but the still the same place)
Then image: © IWM GM 90
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Airmen of the Special Erection Party assemble a Hawker Hurricane and a Supermarine Spitfire Mark V unpacked from crates at North Front, Gibraltar. The Special Erection Party was established at Gibraltar in July 1942 to assemble and test fly aircraft crated from Britain by sea for the reinforcement of Malta.
Then image: © IWM CM 6694
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / J. Dortmundt
August 24, 1943 the 78th Allied Division took control of the town of Centuripe, in Sicily, north of Catania.
Then image: ?
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On August 24, 1943 and after two days of intense fighting, the 78th Allied Division took control of the town of Centuripe, in Sicily, north of Catania.
Then image: AP file
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Men of the Black Watch Regiment observing the scene below using a telescope from a vantage point on the Rock, 4 January 1942.
Then image: © IWM GM 256
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / M. van Schie
Soldiers from the Royal Engineers at the mill “Eendracht maakt Macht” or “Unity is Strength” in Meterik, the Netherlands, around december 1944.
Then image: ?
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German soldier stands before Canadian National Vimy Ridge Memorial, honoring their Great War dead. France, June 2nd 1940.
Then image: ?
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A South African-manned tank loaded with civilians passing through the streets of Florence during the Battle of Florence in 1944.
Then image: © IWM NA 17604
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View of the damage to the Ponte Vecchio from the east. The German forces destroyed all of the bridges over the River Arno with the exception of the Ponte Vecchio before evacuating Florence on 11 August 1944.
Then image: © IWM TR 2293
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