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The Free French Forces soldier and sailor pose in front of a building with a raised French flag. Free French forces photo source: Library of Congress. Location: Brazzaville, French Equatorial…
An infantryman (tirailleur) from the Free French units after being awarded the French Military Cross (Croix de Guerre).Tirailleur is a Free French unit originally from Chad, which was a French…
An infantryman (tirailleur) of the colonial units of the Free France after being awarded the Cross of Freedom in Brazzaville (French Equatorial Africa, now the Congo).Tirailleur of the Free French…
Aerial view of the bombing of the harbor of the French city of Saint-Malo.The bombing of the harbor of the French city of Saint-Malo was carried out by the A-20…
American soldiers William R. Wilson (right) and Corporal Jack Wilson read the message about the end of the war in Europe near Verdun, France.Behind brothers William R. Wilson and Jack…
French Tirailleurs Sénégalais from 9e division d’infanterie coloniale, (9e DIC) in a firing position in the snowy Vosges, France.The Tirailleurs Sénégalais are armed with the British Bren light machine gun…
American soldiers of the US Army talk to a priest at a dilapidated temple in Carentan, Normandy, France. The roof of the church partially collapsed inward. Source of information about…
The scene of the liberation of French prisoners of war (belonging to the armed forces of the Vichy government) in North Africa.The photo shows the courtyard of the camp for…
The tail unit of a Dewoitine D.520 aircraft from the Vichy French Air Force at a destroyed airfield in North Africa after being captured by the Allies. Dewoitine D.520 photo…
The destroyed French battleship Strasbourg at Toulon. The light cruiser La Gallissoniere lies on her side next to the battleship Strasbourg. The battleship Strasbourg entered service on April 6, 1939.…