До и после D-Day: цветные фотографии из Англии и Франции
American combat engineers eat a meal atop boxes of ammunition stockpiled for the impending D-Day invasion, May 1944.
Американские саперы обедают на крышках ящиков со снарядами, складированных для предстоящего D-Day (открытие второго фронта во Франции), май 1944.
Все фотографии восстановлены к 75-летию начала Второй мировой войны.
Фотографии в альбоме «LIFE-TIME», автор ФотоПланета на Яндекс.Фотках
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American troops in England before D-Day, May 1944.
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Troops and civilians pass the time on Henley Bridge, Henley-on-Thames, in the spring of 1944.
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An American corporal stacks cans of gasoline in preparation for the upcoming invasion of France, Stratford-upon-Avon, England, May 1944.
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A small town in England in the spring of 1944, shortly before D-Day.
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An abandoned German machine gun, France, June 1944.
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An American Army chaplain kneels next to a wounded soldier in order to administer the Eucharist and Last Rites, France, 1944.
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Magazines scattered among the rubble of the heavily bombed town of Saint-L, Normandy, France, summer 1944.
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An American tank crew takes a breather on the way through the town of Avranches, Normandy, summer 1944.
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View of the ruins of the Palais de Justice in the town of St. Lo, France, summer 1944. The red metal frame in the foreground is what's left of an obliterated fire engine.
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Along the coast of France, June 1944.
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From D-Day until Christmas 1944, German prisoners of war were shipped off to American detention facilities at a rate of 30,000 per month. Above: Captured German troops, June 1944.
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Maintenance work on an American P-47 Thunderbolt in a makeshift airfield in the French countryside, summer 1944.
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A French couple shares cognac with an American tank crew, northern France, summer 1944.
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A P-38 fighter plane sits in the background as the pilot arrives in a captured German vehicle, France, 1944.
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Church services in dappled sunlight, France, 1944.
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Tanks under the Arc de Triomphe in Paris during liberation celebrations, August 1944.
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American Army trucks (note cyclist hitching a ride) parade down the Champs-Elyses the day after the liberation of Paris by French and Allied troops, August 1944.
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Frenchmen transport painted British and American flags for use in a parade, summer 1944.
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Free French General and military governor of the French capital Pierre Koenig, left, pictured during ceremonies held the day after the liberation of Paris, August 1944.
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American troops stand beside a World War 1 monument bedecked with French flags after the town (exact location unknown) was liberated from German occupying forces, summer 1944.
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Celebrations in Paris after the liberation of the city, August 1944.
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