A child of the "occupation"
A photograph of Catherine Pasteau, a child of the "occupation", somehow comprehends the joy that the Americans and British have brought to her city., Luna Collection ID - 69::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 217525, Luna Image ID - 122551
A church
A photograph of a church, Luna Collection ID - 69::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 218442, Luna Image ID - 122571
An American Sergeant reading peace signing details.
A photograph of an American sergeant on the balcony of his Avenue Kleber requisitioned hotel room office reading details of the peace signing made available to troops on the first day of peace in Europe., Luna Collection ID - 69::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 217537, Luna Image ID - 122553
Approach to Koblenz, a battered German town on the Rhine
A photograph of Koblenz, a battered German town on the Rhine., Luna Collection ID - 69::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 218387, Luna Image ID - 122562
Booksellers on the Seine
A photograph of "Les Bouquinistes" seen from Rousseau's famous cafe on Paris' Left Bank. VE Day flags can be seen flying across the Seine., Luna Collection ID - 69::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 217543, Luna Image ID - 122554
Bread delivery
A photograph of a baker using horsepower to deliver bread. Many families on this street in Hove, Sussex left their homes anticipating invasion of the Southeast Coast., Luna Collection ID - 69::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 217388, Luna Image ID - 122579
Brighton Beach, England
A photograph of Brighton Beach, Luna Collection ID - 69::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 218457, Luna Image ID - 122573
Crossing a Bailey Bridge into Germany
A photograph of Hilda Morrish's jeep crossing a Bailey Bridge into Germany., Luna Collection ID - 69::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 218374, Luna Image ID - 122560
Crowds in Place de l'Etoile
A photograph of crowds at Place de l'Etoile celebrating the liberation of Paris., Luna Collection ID - 69::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 217487, Luna Image ID - 122545
Frankfurt U.S. Army Engineering Supply Headquarters stands next to ruins
A photograph of Frankfurt U.S. Army Engineering Supply Headquarters next to ruins where the smell of buried dead pervaded, as it did all over that city., Luna Collection ID - 69::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 218393, Luna Image ID - 122563
Frankfurt statue amidst rubble
A photograph of a Frankfurt statue, little damaged amidst buildings reduced to rubble., Luna Collection ID - 69::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 218405, Luna Image ID - 122565
GI's in conversation with two French girls
A photograph of two GI's in conversation with French girls who fortunately are in possession of bicycles. Dignitaries have moved down the Champs d'Elysses and the crowd around the Arc de Triomphe breaks up., Luna Collection ID - 69::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 217519, Luna Image ID - 122550
Harbour Town Trouville
A photograph of a boy selling what little produce he has to hungry residents in the small harbour town of Trouville on the Normandy Coast., Luna Collection ID - 69::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 217394, Luna Image ID - 122580
Hauling wood in Lourdes
A photograph of a team of oxen hauling wood in Lourdes, France., Luna Collection ID - 69::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 217556, Luna Image ID - 122556
Hilda Morrish at Brighton Beach
Hilda Morrish at Brighton Beach, England, Luna Collection ID - 69::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 218464, Luna Image ID - 122574
Hilda Morrish canoeing in hamlet of Samois outside of Paris
A photograph of Hilda Morrish visiting the hamlet of Samois outside Paris, surprised to find a baguette available . Uniforms went everywhere as they were often the only clothing available., Luna Collection ID - 69::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 218362, Luna Image ID - 122558
Jeeps crammed with celebrators
A photograph of celebrators on board jeeps., Luna Collection ID - 69::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 217493, Luna Image ID - 122546
Kronberg Castle
A photograph of Kronberg Castle in Kronberg, Germany, Luna Collection ID - 69::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 218450, Luna Image ID - 122572
Late afternoon crowds celebrate at Marbeuf
A photograph of late afternoon crowds celebrating at Marbeuf, close to the nightclub where Glen Miller had been entertaining the troops before his plane was lost crossing the English Channel., Luna Collection ID - 69::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 217531, Luna Image ID - 122552
Parisians celebrating on balconies
A photograph of Parisians on balconies above boarded windows, arguments erupt as men try to find room on jeeps., Luna Collection ID - 69::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 217501, Luna Image ID - 122547
Parisians gather to welcome their liberators under the Arc de Triomphe.
A photograph of Parisians gathered to welcome their liberators. The flags of the United States, Great Britain, and Free France are hoisted to fly under the Arc de Triomphe., Luna Collection ID - 69::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 217475, Luna Image ID - 122586
Place de la Concorde
A photograph of Place de la Concorde in Paris. Shots were still being fired from buildings in the left background after the surrender of Paris was signed by General von Choltitz on the afternoon of August 25, 1944., Luna Collection ID - 69::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 217469, Luna Image ID - 122584
Pont Neuf
A photograph of the Pont Neuf., Luna Collection ID - 69::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 217549, Luna Image ID - 122555
Returning from leave on channnel steamer
A photograph of Hilda Morrish returning from home leave to England. Channel steamers again made regular crossings., Luna Collection ID - 69::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 218368, Luna Image ID - 122559
Servicemen salute
A photograph of servicemen saluting the flags of the United States, Great Britain, and Free France., Luna Collection ID - 69::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 217481, Luna Image ID - 122585
Sightseeing on the Seine
A photograph of Californian Major Dunham and his driver sightseeing. Looking across the Seine River from the Eiffel Tower at the Palais de Chaillot. Note his "Communications Zone Command" sleeve patch, General John Lee's command under SHAEF., Luna Collection ID - 69::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 217562, Luna Image ID - 122557
Strolling in East Berlin 1946
A photograph of Russian soldiers in high boots and long greatcoats in East Berlin, 1946., Luna Collection ID - 69::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 218430, Luna Image ID - 122569
The Brandenburg Tor in Berlin 1946
A photograph of the Brandenburg Tor during Hilda Morrish's visit to Berlin in 1946., Luna Collection ID - 69::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 218424, Luna Image ID - 122568
The Champs-Elysees
A photograph of the Champs-Elysees in Paris almost empty of traffic, traversed by pedestrians and a few fortunate cyclists., Luna Collection ID - 69::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 217463, Luna Image ID - 122583
The town of Heidelburg, Germany
A photograph of the German town of Heidelburg, spared from bombings., Luna Collection ID - 69::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 218412, Luna Image ID - 122566
War damaged cathedral
A photograph of a damaged cathedral surrounded by the flattened city of Rouen, Normandy., Luna Collection ID - 69::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 217457, Luna Image ID - 122582
Woman shopping at market
A photograph of a woman in traditional costume passing a soldier of the FFI (French Resistance) bearing purchases from the almost bare market stalls., Luna Collection ID - 69::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 217451, Luna Image ID - 122581