ETE4906272: Second World War (1939-1945) - World War II (WWII or WW2): Rennes (ille et Vilaine) Brittany France 18 August 1944: This bridge was destroyed by the 9th USAF; the soldiers of the Genie of the US Army opened a temporary bridge / Bridgeman Images

ETE4906471: Second World War (1939-1945) - World War II (WWII or WW2): Myitkyina (Burma) August 4, 1944: A sergeant of the US army, a non-commissioned liaison officer with the Chinese troops, sits in front of a teak wood company in ruins after the capture of the city / Bridgeman Images

ETE4906898: Second World War (1939-1945) - World War II (WWII or WW2): Geilenkirchen (Germany) 19 November 1944: “Medics” (nurses) of the 333rd RI of the 84EDI of the 9th US Army treat a German soldier injured his stomach / Bridgeman Images

ETE4906925: Second World War (1939-1945) - World War II (WWII or WW2): East Bank of the Rhine (Germany) 22-23 March 1945: Infantrymen of the 89th DI of the Third US Army loads of ammunition pass in front of a group of German prisoners waiting to be rapatries on the west bank of the river. / Bridgeman Images

ETE4907059: Second World War (1939-1945) - World War II (WWII or WW2): Paris (France) 29 August 1944: American General Omar Bradley (CG of the 12th US Armees Group) lays a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier under the Arc de Triomphe / Bridgeman Images

ETE4907218: Second World War (1939-1945) - World War II (WWII or WW2): Joigny (Yonne) France 25 August 1944: Elements of the 35th US DI crosses the bridge over the Yonne. On the right a “medic”” (nurse) heals a German sniper wounds before two FFI's eyes / Bridgeman Images

ETE4907469: Second World War (1939-1945) - World War II (WWII or WW2): Joigny (Yonne) at the end of August 1944: A detachment of the 35th DI “Santa Fe” of the US Army that liberated the city takes part in the funeral of 6 resistants FFI killed in action against German troops. / Bridgeman Images

ETE4907583: Second World War (1939-1945) - World War II (WWII or WW2): Okinawa (Japan) May 28, 1945: As the island progresses south, a 155 Howitzer gun from the US Marine Corps shells Japanese positions. / Bridgeman Images

ETE4907784: Second World War (1939-1945) - World War II (WWII or WW2): Near Reffuveille (Manche) France End of July 1944: Miss Jessica Lee who is part of the USO makes her show accompanied by the piano in front of American soldiers a few kilometres from the front line / Bridgeman Images

ETE4907858: Second World War (1939-1945) - World War II (WWII or WW2): Bastogne (Belgium) December 25, 1944: While their amonier reads their scriptures, soldiers of the 101st American Aeroportee Division prepare to spend Christmas in the Belgian city surrounded by German forces. / Bridgeman Images

ETE4908201: Second World War (1939-1945) - World War II (WWII or WW2): Near Anzio (Italy) Spring 1944: American sergeant examines the command system of a Goliath Sd. Kfz. 303 captured before exploding during a German attack on beaches: / Bridgeman Images

ETE4908235: Second World War (1939-1945) - World War II (WWII or WW2): Near Saint Lo (Manche) France Summer 1944: Elements of a battalion of the US Army Combat Genie are working to repair a bridge over the Vire River. / Bridgeman Images

ETE4908575: Second World War (1939-1945) - World War II (WWII or WW2): Prague (Czech Republic) 30 May 1945: At the Chateau, an interview between President Edward Benes and General Clarence Huebner (CG of the Fifth Corps of US Armees) before a visit by the Czech Brigade on the occasion of Memorial Day. / Bridgeman Images

ETE4908630: Second World War (1939-1945) - World War II (WWII or WW2): Kobe (Japan) June 4, 1945: Drop by B29 SuperFortresses, incendiary bombs hit the port. / Bridgeman Images

ETE4908681: Second World War (1939-1945) - World War II (WWII or WW2): Colmar (Alsace) France 2 February 1945: Under the eyes of civilians, two infantrymen from the 100th RI of the 28th D.I US bring back to the rear one of the first German soldiers captured during the attack on the barracks north of the city. / Bridgeman Images

ETE4908744: Second World War (1939-1945) - World War II (WWII or WW2): Paris (France) 11 November 1944: During the celebration of the Armistice of 1918, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and General De Gaulle who have just placed a wreath of flowers on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier under the Arc de Triomphe salute. On the right, the French General Joseph Koenig, the Military Governor of Paris. / Bridgeman Images

ETE4908873: Second World War (1939-1945) - World War II (WWII or WW2): Charleroi (Belgium) January 14, 1945: Two American soldiers were held by a Belgian family and made children happy. / Bridgeman Images

ETE4908888: Second World War (1939-1945) - World War II (WWII or WW2): West Coast of the United States May 9, 1945: In a cemetery where her comrades are uncomfortable, Lieutenant Evelyn Bacheler was the only survivor of the surgical nurses of the hospital ship USS Comfort (AH6) during a suicide bomber attack off the island of Okini Awa on April 28, 1945. / Bridgeman Images

ETE4908999: Second World War (1939-1945) - World War II (WWII or WW2): Colmar (Alsace) France 3 February 1945: During the celebration of the liberation of the city, General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny (CG of the 1st French Armee) greets elements of the 28th US DI and the 5th French DB. On the right, General General “” Dutch”” Cota (CG of the 28th DI US) . / Bridgeman Images

ETE4909079: Second World War (1939-1945) - World War II (WWII or WW2): Mulhausen (North of Alsace) France March 1945: A young orphan lost during the liberation fighting receives from a neighbor a ration box from the US Army given to her by a GI's / Bridgeman Images

ETE4909314: Second World War (1939-1945) - World War II (WWII or WW2): Colmar (Alsace) 2 February 1945: A group of German soldiers taken prisoner by the 1st French Armee. / Bridgeman Images

ETE4909332: Second World War (1939-1945) - World War II (WWII or WW2): Near Torgau (Germany) 27 April 1945: Under the portrays of Stalin and Franklin D. Roosevelt, a banquet is given in honour of the commanders of the American and Sovietic units of the 1st US Army and the 1st Ukrainian Armee. / Bridgeman Images

ETE4909461: Second World War (1939-1945) - World War II (WWII or WW2): Colmar (Alsace) France 8 February 1945: At the celebration of the liberation of the city, American General Frank Milburn (CG of the XXI Corps) shakes hands with General Guy Schlesser (CG of the 5th French DB), whom he has just discovered, before the eyes of General Norman Ta (CG of the 28 e DI US). / Bridgeman Images

ETE4909577: Second World War (1939-1945) - World War II (WWII or WW2): Iwo Jima (Japan) February 19, 1945: Aerial view of the southern tip of the island taken during a bombing raid in support of the American Marines. At the top you can see Mount Suribachi. / Bridgeman Images

ETE4910130: Second World War (1939-1945) - World War II (WWII or WW2): Paris (France) October 13, 1945: At a reception at the US Embassy, US soldiers and a British soldate, members of the “The Time of Your Life” troupe discuss with author William Saroyan and American German actress Marlene Dietrich / Bridgeman Images

ETE4910268: Second World War (1939-1945) - World War II (WWII or WW2): Normandy (France) Summer 1944: In a rest camp near the lines, near the mess, these GI's improvised an orchestra / Bridgeman Images

ETE4910711: Second World War (1939-1945) : Italy June 1944 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

ETE4910845: Second World War (1939-1945) - World War II (WWII or WW2): Near Marseilles (Bouches du Rhone) France June 1945: At Camp Calas, these American soldiers awaiting redeployment to the Pacific theatre of operations play a baseball game / Bridgeman Images

ETE4910922: Second World War (1939-1945) - World War II (WWII or WW2): Laon (Aisne) France 4 August 1945: An American soldier of the 9th US Army stationed at Camp Detroit and his Belgian wife do dishes in their homes / Bridgeman Images

ETE4911076: Second World War (1939-1945) - World War II (WWII or WW2): Bastogne (Belgium) September 10, 1944: The resistants and their liberators, elements of the 110th R.I of the 28th D.I US walk through the streets of the Ardennes city / Bridgeman Images

ETE4911088: Second World War (1939-1945) - World War II (WWII or WW2): Huningue (France) around 22 November 1944: On the Rhine and on the Helvetic border (in the background), these soldiers of the 1st Corps of the 1st French Armee fire at machine gun to try to cut the retreat of German troops towards Switzerland / Bridgeman Images

ETE4911354: Second World War (1939-1945) - World War II (WWII or WW2): Bonn (Germany) March 9, 1945: After the capture of the city by the soldiers of the 1st US DI “Big Red One”, an American soldier, a member of a Military Government Unit, affixed a sign indicating that the home of composer Ludwig Van Beethoven is prohibited from access has all person to avoid looting / Bridgeman Images

ETE4911416: Second World War (1939-1945) - World War II (WWII or WW2): Paris (France) August 10, 1945: On the unofficial announcement of Japan's unconditional surrender, these American soldiers celebrating this news blocked traffic on Rue Royale / Bridgeman Images

ETE4911473: Simon Trampetter of Amsterdam decouts the Yellow Star from the jacket of his friend Joseph Keller of Brussels, 1945 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

ETE4911623: Second World War (1939-1945) - World War II (WWII or WW2): Werthein (Germany) around March 29, 1945: After the capture of the city by elements of the VII US Army, hungry inhabitants looted a Wehrmacht supply train / Bridgeman Images

ETE4911649: Second World War (1939-1945) - World War II (WWII or WW2): Above Germany March 1945: A group of medium B26 bombers “” Marauders”” of the 1st Allied Tactical Air Force flying towards enemy objective / Bridgeman Images