A dead cow in Normandy, 1944.

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German soldier at the grave of the unknown soldier in Paris

Rest in peace…

Royal Engineers move through the ruins of Caen, looking for mines and booby-traps, 10 July 1944.

Elements of the 10th SS Panzer Division Frundsberg move to counter-attack British positions on Hill 112, southwest of Caen, in late June 1944.

Jagdpanther during field maneuvers, France, 1944.

1 troop, No. 10(IA) Commando.

My kinda woman…

”My dear parents, my dear brother, I will be shot at 11am along with my companions. We will die with a smile on our lips because it will be for the most beautiful idea of all. Right now, I feel that I have lived an entire lifetime. I die for France and regret nothing.”

- Lucien Legros 8th February 1943, Paris.

Reporting from the front, Compiegne, 1940.

Photograph taken from a reconnaissance aircraft of 2nd Tactical Air Force, after an allied attack, showing a burning vehicle on the improvised bridge across the Seine at Oissel, south of Rouen, holding up a stream of traffic from the west.