ETE4896199: Second World War (1939-1945) - World War II (WWII or WW2): Reims (Marne) August 10, 1945: At the Club du Chateau, American soldiers awaiting redeployment announce the unconditional surrender of Japan. / Bridgeman Images

ETE4896518: Second World War (1939-1945) - World War II (WWII or WW2): St Vith (Belgium) 23 January 1945: Soldiers of the 7th US DB degrade German officers taken prisoner. / Bridgeman Images

ETE4896605: Second World War (1939-1945) - World War II (WWII or WW2): Brest (Finistere) France at the end of September 1944: Place Anatole France, General Troy Middleton (CG of the 8th Corps of the US Army) returns the city to Mayor Jules Lullien in the same place where the city went to German troops in 1940. / Bridgeman Images

ETE4856944: Second World War (1939-1945): Region of Concarneau (Morbihan) France August 1944 - A group of the 4th US DB “Breakthrough”” headed to the Breton city / Bridgeman Images

ETE4857006: Second World War (1939-1945): Sourdeval (Manche) France August 1944 - Air attack on German defenses carried out by fighter bombers P 47 Republic Thunderbold of the 9th USAF - Image taken of a P47 pilot by Lt Colonel D.T. Houck / Bridgeman Images

ETE4857200: Second World War (1939-1945): Saint Lo (Saint Lo) (Channel) France around July 18, 1944 - A German soldier wounds (certainly from the 352nd D.I) grimace with pain after being captured by elements of the 20th Armee Corps of the 1st U.S. Armee / Bridgeman Images

ETE4857285: Second World War (1939-1945): After the liberation of the city, an Osgood crane of the American army works in the middle of a street completely flooded by the rupture of water pipes and crowded with ruins in Valognes (Manche, France). Photography at the end of June 1944 / Bridgeman Images

ETE4857310: Second World War (1939-1945): Valognes (Manche, France) after June 21, 1944 - Aspect of the city abandoned by German troops / Bridgeman Images

ETE4857333: Second World War (1939-1945): Reims (Marne) France September 1945 - At Camp Atlanta, veterans of the 2nd US DB “Hell on Wheels” prepare to return to the United States and watch on a map the periple of their division / Bridgeman Images

ETE4857372: Second World War (1939-1945): Paris (France) August 10, 1945 - French newspapers announce that Japan has accepted its surrender under the terms of the Potsdam Conference - Allied soldiers (American sailors and British soldiers) walk in front of the Rainbow Corner building of the American Red Cross near Opera Square / Bridgeman Images

ETE4857584: Second World War (1939-1945): Frankfurt (Germany) June 10, 1945 - At the dinner in his honour, Marechal Georgui Zhukov (1896-1974) talks with American General Dwight Eisenhower (1890-1969) through the interpreter Lieutenant Colonel Panuhoff / Bridgeman Images

ETE4857627: Second World War (1939-1945): Frankfurt (Germany) June 10, 1945 - Arrival of Marechal Georgui Zhukov (1896-1974) / Bridgeman Images

ETE4857801: Second World War (1939-1945): Paris (France) May 23, 1945 - Two brothers, both sergeant in the US Army, take advantage of their permission to climb to the top floor of the Eiffel Tower / Bridgeman Images

ETE4858634: Second World War (1939-1945): Mulhouse (Alsace) France 23 November 1944 - An infantryman wounds from the 6th Regiment of Moroccan Tirailleurs of the 1st Armee Francaise is evacuated to a rescue post by one of his comrades / Bridgeman Images

ETE4859379: Second World War (1939-1945): Near Würzburg (Germany) around 2 April 1945. An ambulance, loaded with wounds and German prisoners captured by the 42nd D.I of the 7th US Army during the capture of the city, crosses the Main on a ferry. Photography / Bridgeman Images

ETE4859503: Second World War (1939-1945): Right Bank of the Rhine, Germany, 24 March 1945. Soldiers of the 76th D.I of the Third US Army fire mortar rounds to counter German resistance points. Photography / Bridgeman Images

ETE4859598: Second World War (1939-1945): Near Castel (Germany) March 1945. A corporal from the 26th D.I of the Third US Army looks at the Saarland River. Photography / Bridgeman Images

ETE4859907: Second World War (1939-1945): Battle of the Ardennes. Hedomont (Belgium) January 1945. Soldiers of a battalion of the genius of the 1st US Army return to their camp after detecting mines and explosive traps left by German troops in the snow. Photography / Bridgeman Images

ETE4860043: Second World War (1939-1945): Battle of the Bulge. Soy, Belgium, 26 December 1944. Elements of Lieutenant Colonel Hogan's Task Force of 3rd US DB. It was surrounded on 22 December 1944 in Marcouray and then was able to exfiltrate German lines on the night of 25 to 26 December by abandoning all their heavy equipment and joining the Allied lines. Photography / Bridgeman Images

ETE4860149: Second World War (1939-1945): Sarreguemines (France) around 11 December 1944. The debris of the railway bridge has four tracks that spans the Saarland Canal destroyed by retreating German troops. Photography / Bridgeman Images

ETE4860238: Second World War (1939-1945): liberation of Saint Die (Saint-Die) (Vosges) France 22 November 1944. Sappers from a combat detachment from the 18th Genie Reg of the 7th US Army patrol a street in search of snipers. Photography / Bridgeman Images

ETE4860331: Second World War (1939-1945): liberation of Metz (Moselle) France 20 November 1944. Infantrymen from the 95th D.I US are progressing in search of snipers. Photography / Bridgeman Images

ETE4860394: Second World War (1939-1945): East Luneville (Lorraine) October 1944. Two soldiers of the 7th US Army put a machine gun in a snow-covered field. Photography / Bridgeman Images

ETE4860574: Second World War (1939-1945): Saint Hubert (Saint-Hubert) (Belgium) around September 10, 1944. The inhabitants have been poking the streets in honor of their liberators, elements of the 4th U.S. D.I. During the Ardennes counter-offensive in December 1944, the city was reoccupied by German troops and finally liberated at the beginning of 1945. Photography / Bridgeman Images

ETE4861366: Second World War (1939-1945): Great Britain (England) Summer 1944. The table in the mess of officers of the USAF Transport Base Command or African American officers and white officers are restored together. Photography / Bridgeman Images

ETE4861539: Second World War (1939-1945): Coutances (Manche) France 29 July 1944. View of the city in ruins liberated by the 4th DB US on July 28, 1944. Photography / Bridgeman Images

ETE4861603: Second World War (1939-1945): liberation of Saint Lo (Saint Lo), 18 July 1944. The soldiers of the 29th D.I US found a German command post (to the left of the picture) that they had mine. Photography / Bridgeman Images

ETE4861651: Second World War (1939-1945): Operation Cobra in Normandy. Marigny (Normandy) in late July 1944. Ruins of the church of the small town liberated by elements of the 7th US Corps during Operation Cobra. Photography / Bridgeman Images

ETE4861684: Second World War (1939-1945): Operation Cobra in Normandy. Marigny (Manche) France 26 July 1944. Elements of the Seventh U.S. Corps are entering the city. Photography / Bridgeman Images

ETE4861979: Second World War (1939-1945): Le Bourget (France) 19 April 1945. French prisoners of war descended from a C-47 (DC3). On flights to the front line, these planes take gasoline and supplies and return prisoners. Photography / Bridgeman Images

ETE4862247: Second World War (1939-1945): Battle of the Ardennes. Liberation de Wiltz (Luxembourg) 22 January 1945. Two infantrymen from 101st R.I of the 26th U.S. DI who were among the first to enter the city stop to smoke a cigarette. Photography / Bridgeman Images

ETE4862259: Second World War (1939-1945): Battle of the Ardennes. Liberation de Wiltz (Luxembourg) 22 January 1945. View of the city after its reconquest by soldiers of the 101st R.I of the 26th D.I US. Photography / Bridgeman Images

ETE4862298: Second World War (1939-1945): France, January 1945. First Tactical Air Force mechanics repair a P47 Republic Thunderbold fighter bomber. Photography / Bridgeman Images

ETE4862311: Second World War - Battle of the Bulge (WWII): Belgium, January 1945 - Elements of the 2nd Battalion, 289th RI of the 75th DI US march along a snow-covered road to cut the Saint Vith (Saint Vith) Houffalize road to German forces - Photography / Bridgeman Images

ETE4128744: Ile de France, Seine et Marne (77), Meaux: exterior view of the Episcopal Palace - Postcard dated 1949 / Bridgeman Images

ETE4128755: Ile de France, Seine et Marne (77), Ferte-sous-Jouarre (Ferte-sous-Jouarre): the arm of the island - Postcard dated 1922 / Bridgeman Images