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• THE ALLIED CAMPAIGN IN NORTH-WEST EUROPE, 6 JUNE 1944 - 7 MAY 1945

  part of "AMERICAN (US) EMBASSY SECOND WORLD WAR PHOTOGRAPH LIBRARY: CLASSIFIED PRINT COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: United States Army Signal Corps photographer

  Crossing the Seine and the advance to the Siegfried Line 24 August - December 1944: An American infantry unit, part of the US 20th Corps, moves through the battle scarred woodland near Chartres after routing the Germans from the town. While the British...

• THE ALLIED CAMPAIGN IN NORTH-WEST EUROPE, 6 JUNE 1944 - 7 MAY 1945

  part of "AMERICAN (US) EMBASSY SECOND WORLD WAR PHOTOGRAPH LIBRARY: CLASSIFIED PRINT COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: United States Army Signal Corps photographer

  Crossing the Seine and the advance to the Siegfried Line 24 August - December 1944: US soldiers take cover behind their column of vehicles in a tree-lined road and fire mobile guns at German artillery positions which were attempting to outflank the US...

• THE ALLIED CAMPAIGN IN NORTH-WEST EUROPE, 6 JUNE 1944 - 7 MAY 1945

  part of "AMERICAN (US) EMBASSY SECOND WORLD WAR PHOTOGRAPH LIBRARY: CLASSIFIED PRINT COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: United States Army Signal Corps photographer

  Crossing the Seine and the advance to the Siegfried Line 24 August - December 1944: British troops crossing a temporary bridge over the River Seine at Vernon as General Montgomery's 21st Army Group launched a drive which in a week covered 200 miles to...

• THE ALLIED CAMPAIGN IN NORTH-WEST EUROPE, 6 JUNE 1944 - 7 MAY 1945

  part of "AMERICAN (US) EMBASSY SECOND WORLD WAR PHOTOGRAPH LIBRARY: CLASSIFIED PRINT COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: US Navy photographer

  Crossing the Seine and the advance to the Siegfried Line 24 August - December 1944: The SS PARIS on her side in Le Havre Harbour; to the left, a German anti-aerial torpedo boat is visible. The port of Le Havre at the mouth of the Seine was liberated by...

• THE ALLIED CAMPAIGN IN NORTH-WEST EUROPE, 6 JUNE 1944 - 7 MAY 1945

  part of "AMERICAN (US) EMBASSY SECOND WORLD WAR PHOTOGRAPH LIBRARY: CLASSIFIED PRINT COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: United States Army Signal Corps photographer

  The Falaise Gap: Residents of Avranches watch vehicles belonging to a US armoured unit move through the street. Some of the destruction caused by the shelling of the town preceding its capture can be seen in the background.

• THE ALLIED CAMPAIGN IN NORTH-WEST EUROPE, 6 JUNE 1944 - 7 MAY 1945

  part of "AMERICAN (US) EMBASSY SECOND WORLD WAR PHOTOGRAPH LIBRARY: CLASSIFIED PRINT COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: United States Army Signal Corps photographer

  The Falaise Gap: Leaving a cloud of dust behind them, American armoured forces race through Ballon in pursuit of the retreating Germans as the Falaise Gap narrows with American and British forces closing on both sides. Approximately 60,00 German...

• THE ALLIED CAMPAIGN IN NORTH-WEST EUROPE, 6 JUNE 1944 - 7 MAY 1945

  part of "AMERICAN (US) EMBASSY SECOND WORLD WAR PHOTOGRAPH LIBRARY: CLASSIFIED PRINT COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: United States Army Signal Corps photographer

  The Liberation of Paris: In the shadow of the Arc de Triomphe, two soldiers of the 2nd French Armoured Division shoot at German snipers and pro-German French militia who were making an abortive attempt to free German prisoners. The latter lie dead on the...

• THE ALLIED CAMPAIGN IN NORTH-WEST EUROPE, 6 JUNE 1944 - 7 MAY 1945

  part of "AMERICAN (US) EMBASSY SECOND WORLD WAR PHOTOGRAPH LIBRARY: CLASSIFIED PRINT COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: United States Army Signal Corps photographer

  The Liberation of Paris: General Charles de Gaulle, President of the French Committee of National Liberation, salutes soldiers of the Free French of the Interior during the victory parade following the liberation of the French capital.

• THE ALLIED CAMPAIGN IN NORTH-WEST EUROPE, 6 JUNE 1944 - 7 MAY 1945

  part of "AMERICAN (US) EMBASSY SECOND WORLD WAR PHOTOGRAPH LIBRARY: CLASSIFIED PRINT COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: United States Army Signal Corps photographer

  Crossing the Seine and the advance to the Siegfried Line 24 August - December 1944: An 8 inch US Army field gun in action during the bombardment of Brest. The German garrison of 12,000 men finally surrendered to the US 8th Corps on 12 September after a...

• THE ALLIED CAMPAIGN IN NORTH-WEST EUROPE, 6 JUNE 1944 - 7 MAY 1945

  part of "AMERICAN (US) EMBASSY SECOND WORLD WAR PHOTOGRAPH LIBRARY: CLASSIFIED PRINT COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: United States Army Signal Corps photographer

  The Battle for Normandy: An American infantry patrol hugs a hedgerow by the side of a lane near St Lo as German artillery shells burst overhead. At this point the Germans were using fire from gun emplacements south of the town. St Lo fell to the...