The Snapshots in Time Collection
Gallery: WWII BELGIUM FRANCE
U.S. Army Signal Corps photographs follow American infantry from the ruins of Vire and Brest through the frozen villages of the Ardennes and into Germany in 1944 and 1945. Original wartime captions identify each scene, preserving a ground-level record of the liberation of Western Europe and the towns left shattered in its wake.
Bridge Demolished by Retreating German Forces, Brest, France
American Infantry Moving into Krinkelt, Belgium, Winter 1944
American Engineers Blasting a Foxhole in Frozen Ground, Berg, Belgium
Nazi Prisoners of War Marched Through Brest, France, 1944
2nd Infantry Division Crossing the Weid River, Nordbieber, Germany
2nd Infantry Division Soldiers with Prisoners, Schoneseiffen, Germany
American Infantry Advancing Through Krinkelt Woods, Belgium, Winter 1944
2nd Infantry Division Patrol Moving Through the Ruins of Harperscheid, Winter 1944-1945
