ETE4924262: Second World War (1939-1945) - World War II (WWII or WW2): USAF Base France 23-24 March 1945: At night, these two soldiers of a PIR (Parachute Infantry Regiment) review their equipment before boarding one of the Waco CG-4A gliders: with the C46, the C47 will bring the 17th Aeroportee Division. of the 1st Armee Airport east of the Rhine in the Roos-Wesel zone / Bridgeman Images
ETE4915764: First World War (1st, Iere, 14-18 or 1914-1918) (The First World War; WWI): Aerodrome de Maulan (France) November 1918: Pilots of the 11th Aero Squadron posing in front of their Dayton-Wright DH-4s.” Mr Jiggs”” famous cartoon character is painted on the fuselage of each aircraft / Bridgeman Images
ETE4915946: Second World War (1939-1945) - World War II (WWII or WW2): Cherbourg Normandy (France) April 1945: On the Place de la Republique, two Sovietic soldiers recently liberated from their captivity in Germany discuss with four American soldiers, including an African American soldier / Bridgeman Images
ETE4916157: Second World War (1939-1945) - World War II (WWII or WW2): Mourmelon (Marne) France 4 June 1945: According to the Yalta agreements, Sovietic nationals are returned to the Russian Zone. Former prisoners of war and labour deportees are about to embark on the first C47 that will take them to the Sovietic area of occupation / Bridgeman Images
ETE4916166: Second World War (1939-1945) - World War II (WWII or WW2): Charleroi (Belgium) 12 August 1945: At the Cavalry Barracks, before each departure by train of some of the 1500 displaced persons (DP) from work or other who originate from Union Sovietique to the Sovietic zone in Germany, they wield emblems or of the Sovietique Union / Bridgeman Images
ETE4916372: Second World War (1939-1945) - World War II (WWII or WW2): Desert Libyan Middle East July 30, 1943: Before leaving to bomb the oil installations of Ploest (Romania), General Lewis Brereton (CG of the US Air Forces in the Middle East) explains their mission to the crews of a bombing group of the 9th USAAF who fly on B24 Liberators / Bridgeman Images
ETE4916482: Second World War (1939-1945) - World War II (WWII or WW2): North Africa Summer 1943: Crawlers reload the machine guns of one of the CURTISS P40 WarHawk of the 99th Hunting Squadron (99th Fighter Squadron) composed exclusively of African-American pilots and ground personnel. in Sicily and in Italy / Bridgeman Images
ETE4916495: Second World War (1939-1945) - World War II (WWII or WW2): North Africa Summer 1943: One of the CURTISS P40 WarHawk of the 99th Hunting Squadron (99th Fighter Squadron) composed exclusively of African American pilots and ground personnel. This squadron supports: the Allied offensive in Sicily and Italy: / Bridgeman Images
ETE4917021: Second World War (1939-1945) - World War II (WWII or WW2): Malmesbury (Wiltshire) England England February 22, 1945: On the anniversary of the 1st President of the United States, a corporal of the US Army of Cherokee origin in front of the mausolee of one of George Washington's ancestors burst into the church in 1643. Above the monument, the weapons of the Washington family / Bridgeman Images
ETE4917081: Second World War (1939-1945) - World War II (WWII or WW2): Batzhdorf (France) near the German border around March 5-10, 1945: Two soldiers of the VII US Army near a DCA projector uses to create an artificial “Moonlight” to allow American patrols and genius men to find themselves in the “No Man's” Land / Bridgeman Images
ETE4917286: Second World War (1939-1945) - World War II (WWII or WW2): Along the Mulde River opposite Grimma (Germany) April 26, 1945: These German soldiers fleeing in front of the Sovietic troops are waiting on the east shore for the troops of the 1st US Army to give them permission to cross the river / Bridgeman Images
ETE4918053: Second World War (1939-1945) - World War II (WWII or WW2): Colmar (Alsace) France 3 February 1945: After the liberation of the city, formations of the 1st French Armee and American troops sail into the Alsatian city. On the right, the music of the Etrangere Legion and in the background a group of girls in regional costume. / Bridgeman Images
ETE4919262: Second World War (1939-1945) - World War II (WWII or WW2): Colmar (Alsace) France 2 February 1945: During the fighting for the liberation of the Alsatian city, soldiers of the 1st French army took German soldiers out of a building. On the right, an infantryman wears a German Sturmgewehr 44 (MG 44) certainly recovered / Bridgeman Images
ETE4919628: Second World War (1939-1945) - World War II (WWII or WW2): In front of the Town Hall, the crew of A.M. 8 “” Champs Elysees”” with Warrant Officer Emile Laucery, Private Emile Lalanne and Private Jean Quignon of the reconnaissance squadron of the 2nd Regiment of Dragons of the 1st French Armee and an American A.M. 20 , with Sergeant Louis Basil, Corporal Edgar Ellis and Corporal Newmann of the 106th U.S. Cavalry Group of the Third U.S. Army. / Bridgeman Images