Les temps sont durs pour les rêveurs.

Lili. 38. France.

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Locals return to their homes in Cherbourg, France following the liberation of the area - August 1944. CREDIT : Signal Corps Archive

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Canadian military vehicles; a Bedford QLD, Chevrolet C60L, Fordson WOT2 and an Austin on the Rue de Bayeux in the French town of Creully after its liberation - July 1944

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Roma, città aperta (a.k.a. Rome, Open City) (Roberto Rossellini, 1945) 

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American Red Cross Clubmobile serving coffee and doughnuts to air crews and support staff

(Bob Landry. 1944)

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US troops clear wreckage in Saint-Lô, Normandy, 1944. CREDIT : Frank Scherschel—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images

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An American soldier petting a donkey somewhere in Normandy, 1944.

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M7 Priest about to open fire near Anet, France. Aug 1944

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Operation LOYTON - was a mission carried out by 90 men of the British 2nd SAS regiment and was aimed at attacking German positions in the Vosges, France - Oct 1944

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Corsica, February 1944 Pilots of Groupe de Chasse I 7 Provence (RAF No. 328 Squadron) - a Free French Spitfire squadron.

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French M4A4s from 1er régiment de chasseurs d’Afrique (1er RCA) during fighting in Kaysersberg, Alsace, France, December 18th, 1944.

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Paratroopers with the 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment Raff's Ruffians, move out in search of the enemy after landing near Wesel, Germany during Operation Varsity. March 24, 1945.

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RAF pilots play chess and relax whilst on stand by at a British Fighter Station during wartime, 20th March 1940. Photo by David Parker

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A British 4.5-inch gun being primed ready for firing by men of 211 Battery, 64th

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Soldats de l’United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) dans des couchettes du navire de transport de troupes SS Pennant - Guerre du Pacifique - San Francisco - 1er novembre 1942

Le Pennant était un navire danois saisi par les États-Unis après l'entrée en guerre de l'Allemagne. Le gouvernement américain a appelé les marins danois à rester à leur poste et a transformé le navire en transport de troupes pour le front du Pacifique.

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French civilians share a celebratory drink with a US tank crew - France, July 1944

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Boy standing on a mountain of rubble, Berlin, 1947, Roman Vishniac.

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American GIs rest behind an M5 tank near Germersheim, Germany. March 25, 1945