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Poolse troepen in Nederland. A Polish soldier in a well camouflaged position in a ditch guarding the road near Gilze as tanks and vehicles move up to clear the town.

U.S. troops move up on St. Lo. An American infantryman, well concealed in his foxhole, take aim at a German sniper somewhere on the outskirts of St. Lo, Normandy. St. Lo, bitterly defended Nazi communication center, fell to U.S. troops of the Allied Expeditionary Force July 18, 1944, after an eight-day siege.

Leave center for U.S. Troops in Brussels. Sergeant Mueller photographs a famous statue in Brussels as his two companions look on during a sightseeing tour of the Belgian capital. Although men on leave may do what they wish with their time, tours of the city and its 17th Century buildings, some of the oldest in Europe, are arranged for them, as well as other educational and recreational activities. ...

Leave center for U.S. Troops in Brussels. American soldiers are shown after their arrival at the Channel Base Section Leave Center in Brussels, Belgium. Here, combat men who have known only the grime and blood of battle are provided with almost-forgotten luxuries. Hot showers, new clothing, clean sheets, hot food and other comforts greet new arrivals. Tailoring services are available free, as well ...

French and U.S. generals see Americans advance through Paris. As the Americans advanced through the French capital after its liberation August 25, 1944, General Charles de Gaulle, president of the French Committee of National Liberation, and other French leaders, including General Jacques Philippe Leclerc, Commander of the Second French Armered Division, as well as Lieutenant General Omar N. Bradley, ...

Waiting home after their libertaion from Changi. Writing home and knowing that your letter would reach there, is quite a change for these boys, who were prisoners of War in the camp in Siangapore named Changi. The men are well supplied with cigarettes now, but until the Japanese capitulation the only cigarettes available to prisoners was a weeg growing wild, dried, chopped up and hammered to a small ...

Small craft transport naval officers to pre-landing parley near Borneo. Small craft serving high ranking officers idle in the water near the flagship of a U.S. Naval admiral holding a conference preceding the June 9, 1945 Allied landings on Borneo. The landing - the first of the war on the mainland of Borneo - was made in the Brunei Bay area of Borneo's northwest coast and on Labuan Island, guarding ...

Prins Bernhard, op voordracht van de koningin door generaal Eisenhower benoemd tot opperbevelhebber van de Binnenlandse Strijdkrachten (BS), vertrok in september 1944 direct naar België om van daaruit het Nederlandse verzet te bundelen. Onvermoeibaar reisde hij de pas bevrijde steden en dorpen af. Pas op 2 augustus 45 arriveerden de drie prinsesjes in Nederland. Zij waren in Londen opgehaald door de ...