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Cpl Gordon C Powell 82nd Armored Reconnaissance Battalion

Cpl Gordon C Powell 82nd Armored Reconnaissance Battalion

Cpl. Gordon C. Powell of the 82nd Armored Reconnaissance Battalion in Pacy-Sur-Eure, France, as American and British troops meet on August 27th, 1944. U.S. Army officers discuss the situation on the pavement w... More

Operation Overlord (the Normandy Landings), June 1944 A24010

Operation Overlord (the Normandy Landings), June 1944 A24010

Operation Overlord (the Normandy Landings), June 1944 American wounded who are able to walk, come down the gangway of a US LCT to waiting Red Cross ambulances (not visible) at Southampton Docks.

The Royal Navy during the Second World War- Operation Overlord (the Normandy Landings), June 1944 A23997

The Royal Navy during the Second World War- Operation Overlord (the No...

The Royal Navy during the Second World War- Operation Overlord (the Normandy Landings), June 1944 Allied troops continue to head towards the Normandy beachhead. Here American troops crowd the deck as the landin... More

The Royal Navy during the Second World War- Operation Overlord (the Normandy Landings), June 1944 A23998

The Royal Navy during the Second World War- Operation Overlord (the No...

The Royal Navy during the Second World War- Operation Overlord (the Normandy Landings), June 1944 Allied troops continue to head towards the Normandy beachhead. Here ships go in to land their cargoes of men, tr... More

"Brig. Gen. Benjamin O. Davis watches a Signal Corps crew erecting poles, somewhere in France.", 08-08-1944 - NARA - 531201

"Brig. Gen. Benjamin O. Davis watches a Signal Corps crew erecting pol...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

"Cpl. Carlton Chapman...is a machine-gunner in an M-4 tank, attached to a Motor Transport unit near Nancy, France.", 11- - NARA - 531221

"Cpl. Carlton Chapman...is a machine-gunner in an M-4 tank, attached t...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A platoon of Negro troops surrounds a farm house in a town in France, as they prepare to eliminate a German sniper... - NARA - 531188

A platoon of Negro troops surrounds a farm house in a town in France, ...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

American assault troops of the 16th Infantry Regiment, injured while storming Omaha Beach, wait by the Chalk Cliffs... - NARA - 531187 (cropped)

American assault troops of the 16th Infantry Regiment, injured while s...

General notes: Use War and Conflict Number 1043 when ordering a reproduction or requesting information about this image.

American assault troops of the 16th Infantry Regiment, injured while storming Omaha Beach, wait by the Chalk Cliffs... - NARA - 531187

American assault troops of the 16th Infantry Regiment, injured while s...

General notes: Use War and Conflict Number 1043 when ordering a reproduction or requesting information about this image.

French civilians erected this silent tribute to an American solider who has fallen in the crusade to liberate France... - NARA - 531191

French civilians erected this silent tribute to an American solider wh...

General notes: Use War and Conflict Number 1349 when ordering a reproduction or requesting information about this image.

Frenchwoman exclaims to neighbor and to American soldier, "Tout Belfort Est Libre" (All Belfort is liberated). - NARA - 531223

Frenchwoman exclaims to neighbor and to American soldier, "Tout Belfor...

General notes: Use War and Conflict Number 1052 when ordering a reproduction or requesting information about this image.

Medics helping injured soldier in France, 1944 - NARA - 535973

Medics helping injured soldier in France, 1944 - NARA - 535973

General notes: Use War and Conflict Number 909 when ordering a reproduction or requesting information about this image.

Medics remove a casualty from the battle field to an aid station in an air raid shelter, near Brest, France, formerly... - NARA - 531320

Medics remove a casualty from the battle field to an aid station in an...

General notes: Use War and Conflict Number 912 when ordering a reproduction or requesting information about this image.

Soldier face detail, from- American assault troops of the 16th Infantry Regiment, injured while storming Omaha Beach, wait by the Chalk Cliffs... - NARA - 531187 (cropped)

Soldier face detail, from- American assault troops of the 16th Infantr...

General notes: Use War and Conflict Number 1043 when ordering a reproduction or requesting information about this image.

P-38-370fg-1945 - A propeller plane sitting on top of a dirt field

P-38-370fg-1945 - A propeller plane sitting on top of a dirt field

P-38 of the 370th Fighter Group - on a wartime advanced landing strip in France - Fall 1944 (World War II)

A-tank-is-destroying-home-142347291278

A-tank-is-destroying-home-142347291278

A tank is destroying home.

404th Fighter Squadron - P-47 Thunderbolt

404th Fighter Squadron - P-47 Thunderbolt

P-47D-27-RE Thunderbolt s/n 42-27376 404th Fighter Squadron, 371st Fighter Group, 9th Air Force Taken at: Tantonville Airfield (Y-1), France, 12 January 1945

American Forces in France, WWI -337278 - Mail call for 70th Division Infantrymen who fought to retake the French town of Wingen after the Nazi counterattack gained control of the town. 781st Tank Battalion, 274th Infantry Regiment

American Forces in France, WWI -337278 - Mail call for 70th Division I...

L to R: S/Sgt Alex Pollack, PFC Stan Smith, PFC Charles Becks, PFC Jack Mongold and Sgt. Dominic Renzaglia

"Two smiling French soldiers fill the hands of American soldiers with candy, in Rouffach, France, after the closing of t - NARA - 531247

"Two smiling French soldiers fill the hands of American soldiers with ...

General notes: According to Gaujac, P., La réduction de la poche de Colmar, janvier-février 1945 (in French), Armes Militaria magazine, No. 141 (1997), p. 31, the Moroccans are from the 1st Tirailleurs Regimen... More

Photograph of Infantrymen at the Bronze Monument to Auguste Barholdi - NARA - 6928079

Photograph of Infantrymen at the Bronze Monument to Auguste Barholdi -...

Scope and content: Original caption: Colmar, France, birthplace of the creator of the Statue of Liberty, is liberated by the advancing Seventh Army. Here, three Yank Infantrymen, whose last glimpse of the Unit... More

Photograph of Frenchmen Greeting Convoys of the 28th Infantry Division - NARA - 6927427

Photograph of Frenchmen Greeting Convoys of the 28th Infantry Division...

Scope and content: Original caption: Happy crowds of Frenchmen greet convoys of the 28th Infantry Division going through the city of Colmar, France, after its liberation. 2/3/45.

Generals Gordon P Saville, Jacob L Devers, and John K Cannon

Generals Gordon P Saville, Jacob L Devers, and John K Cannon

Pictured on the French island of Corsica in June of 1944 are from left to right : Brigadier General Gordon P. Saville, commander of the USAAF XII Tactical Air Command Lieutenant General Jacob L. Devers, to be ... More

"Chaplain William T. Green reads the benediction at the marriage ceremony of Pfc. Florence A. Collins, a WAC of the 6888 - NARA - 531314
"Cpl. Carlton Chapman...is a machine-gunner in an M-4 tank, attached to a Motor Transport unit near Nancy, France.", 11- - NARA - 531221
Battle of Metz001

Battle of Metz001

Two German officers of the Metz garrizon captured by Americans when tried to escape.

French barges support Bailey bridging over the Seine at Mantes

French barges support Bailey bridging over the Seine at Mantes

Barges being used to support Bailey bridging over the Seine at Mantes, France, August 1944

US Army field gun in action

US Army field gun in action

Picryl description: Public domain image of an artillery gun, cannon, weapon, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

American soldier with M1A1 Bazooka on 23 August 1944 near Fontainebleau, France, from- American Troops near Fontainebleau NARA 111-SC-193562cropped (cropped)
American Troops near Fontainebleau NARA 111-SC-193562cropped
Omaha Beach wounded soldiers, 1944-06-06
American Soldiers Landing at Utah Beach

American Soldiers Landing at Utah Beach

Français : Des soldats américains débarquent sur la plage de l'Utah Beach et franchissent les barbelés posés par les troupes allemandes pour ralentir l'avancée des alliés. Ils sont appuyés par un char Sherman.

Frenchliberation 1944 Normandy Normandy, France

Frenchliberation 1944 Normandy Normandy, France

Battle of Normandy: summer 1944: French civilians chat with American troops, a corpse of a German soldier to their feet.

Omaha Beach wounded soldiers, 1944-06-06 P012901

Omaha Beach wounded soldiers, 1944-06-06 P012901

American assault troops of the 3d Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st U.S. Infantry Division, who stormed Omaha Beach. Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, 6 June 1944. Original description Description fro... More

Normandycamof, Normandy, France

Normandycamof, Normandy, France

Private Joseph De Freitos of Yonkers (New York) of the 41st Armored Infantry Regiment, 2nd US Armored Division, heats his rations on a stove. Interestingly he is wearing a two piece herringbone twill (HBT) cam... More

US-Soldiers looking for shelter

US-Soldiers looking for shelter

US-Soldiers looking for shelter, Saint Lo, June 1944.

A platoon of Negro troops surrounds a farm house in a town in France, as they prepare to eliminate a German sniper... - NARA - 531188

A platoon of Negro troops surrounds a farm house in a town in France, ...

العربية: جنود أمريكيون أفارقة يحيطون بمنزل في بلدة في فرنسا، وهم يستعدون للقضاء على قناص ألماني كان يعيق تقدمًا. أوماها بيتشهيد بالقرب من فيرفيل سور مير، فرنسا.

Battle of Brittany - Brest 03

Battle of Brittany - Brest 03

Public domain photograph related to the history of France, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

JAPS QUIT

JAPS QUIT

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

155mm-GMC-M12-France-1944

155mm-GMC-M12-France-1944

M12 155mm self-propelled gun firing across the Moselle River in France, 1944.