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People of the Russian city of Smolensk after its liberation by the Red Army, 1943. Smolensk was liberated from German occupation at the end of September 1943 during a major Russian offensive
Russian generals inspecting an exposition of captured German armaments, Russia, 1943. Red Army Deputy Commander-in-Chief Marshal Georgi Zhukov showing a captured tank to colleagues including Marshal
Homeless refugee women and children, Russia, 1941
Refugees leaving a Normandy town, France, World War II, 1940-1944
Front page of L Amerique en Guerre newspaper, 9 August 1944. The front page story describes the progress of the liberation of France by the Allies
Civilians in front of a German guard post with a machine gun, Paris, June 1940. The Germans captured Paris on 14 June 1940, beginning an occupation that would last just over four years
German armoured car during the advance on Paris, May-June 1940
German soldier cycling through the streets of Paris, June 1940. Paris fell to the Germans on 14 June
German soldiers on guard duty outside the Hotel Crillon, Paris, 7 October 1940German soldiers on guard duty outside the Hotel Crillon, Place de la Concorde, Paris, 7 October 1940. The hotel was the headquarters of the German High Command of occupied France during World War II
German soldiers outside the Sacre Coeur, Montmartre, Paris, 10 October 1940
German soldiers marching in Paris, 14 June 1940. A parade of German troops on the day Paris fell to them
German soldiers marching past the Arc de Triomphe, Paris, 14 June 1940. General Fedor von Bock reviews a parade of the victorious German troops on the day Paris fell to them
Russians serving in the German Army, Eastern Front, 1941-1945. Detail from a German propaganda poster. Three soldiers of the Russian National Army of Liberation
Ukrainian serving with the German army, Russian Front, 1941-1944. Detail from a German propaganda poster. When the Germans invaded the Soviet Union in 1941
Russian soldiers in action near Riga, Latvia, 1944. Riga was recaptured by the Red Army on 13 October 1944
The liberation of Paris, August 1944. Jubilant French civilians surround the obelisk in the Place de la Concorde while others ride on an American jeep
Celebrating the liberation of Paris, 26 August 1944. Huge crowds gathered around the Arc de Triomphe the day after the German forces in the city surrendere to the Allies. An aeroplane circles overhead
Victory!, front page of Libres newspaper, 9 May 1945. The end of World War II in Europe, with photographs of the architects of the Allied victory, Roosevelt, Stalin, de Gaulle and Churchill
Refugees returning home, Paris, July 1940. People who had fled the German invaders returning to their homes after Frances defeat
Nazis Radio Good-bye, front page of the Daily Express, 1 May 1945. The final days of World War II in Europe. The photograph shows the bodies of Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini
German troops in the lace de l Etoile, Paris, 1940
German soldiers at the Eiffel Tower, Paris, June 1940. The first German troops entered the city on 14 June
German soldiers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Arc de Triomphe, Paris, December 1940German soldiers inspecting the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Arc de Triomphe, Paris, December 1940
German soldiers awaiting transportation in a railway station in the Paris suburbs, August 1940German Wehrmacht unit awaiting transportation in a railway station in the Paris suburbs, August 1940
Refugees studying a train timetable, Gare de l Est, Paris, July 1940. People who had fled the German invaders preparing to return to their homes after Frances defeat
Protective measures for the statue of Louis XIV, Paris, 1940
German soldiers outside Maxims restaurant, Paris, July 1940
German troops marching past the Arc de Triomphe, Paris, 14 June 1940, the day the city fell to the invaders
Notice in a railway station in German-occupied Paris, 17 July 1940. It states that entering the city without a permit from the Commandant is forbidden
German soldiers saluting the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Paris, December 1940German soldiers saluting the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Arc de Triomphe, Paris, December 1940
Two female French collaborators, Chartres, France, 1944. The two, a mother and her daughter, both have shaven heads, the usual punishment meted out to women believed to be guilty of collaborating
Winter relief, distribution of coal, France 1940-1944. The majority of French coal was exported to Germany during the occupation to fuel the German war industries
Citizens of Paris outside a German labour recruitment office, 1940-1944. Faced with a decline in the supply of forced labour from occupied Poland and Russia, the Nazis demanded that France send 250
France Forever, newspaper, 18 June 1944. Front cover of a paper published by the Fighting French Committee in America. It declares the 18 June 1944 to be French Resistance Day in honour of
Renault factory destroyed by Allied bombing, Sevres, near Paris, 1940-1944
Leonid Brezhnev, Soviet leader, cover of Liberation, 1982. Brezhnev (1907-1982) was General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Trial of French members of the Gestapo, Paris, 1-12 December 1944. The defendants, from left to right, are Henri Lafont, Pierre Bonny and Paul Clavie, Lafonts nephew
Families awaiting news of their loved ones, Air Ministry, Paris 1944. A crowd of people wait anxiously behind locked gates for the results of tests to identify bodies found in the buildings basement
Soldiers with a telephone cable on the Pont St Michel, Paris, June 1940
German soldiers in front of the Eiffel Tower, Paris, 1940. Paris fell to the Germans on 14 June 1940
Sandbags protecting the base of the Egyptian obelisk, German-occupied Paris, 1940
Woman scavenging for food, Bayreuth, Germany, April 1945. An illustration of the hardships of life for civilians in Germany as World War II neared its conclusion
A woman leaving her burning house in a bombed street, Germany, 1945. She carries the few possessions she has been able to salvage
Two French soldiers on leave in a cafe, c1939-1940. The two men are looking at a copy of Le Livre Jaune Francais, a book published by the French Foreign Ministry relating to diplomatic negotiations
German soldiers with captured French barricade, near Paris, June 1940. The first German troops entered Paris, which had been declared an open city by the French government, on 14 June
German troops parading before the German commandant of Paris, 8 July 1941German troops parading before the German commandant of Paris, General Ernst von Schaumburg, 8 July 1941
German troops marching through Paris, 17 June 1940. On 10 June the French government abandoned Paris and declared it an open city. The first German troops arrived four days later
Belgian refugees with their bicycles and possessions outside the Gare du Nord, Paris, July 1940. Belgians who had fled to France ahead of the German invasion preparing to return home after the fall
