American troops during the fighting in Western Europe (1944-1945)

American tanks and military patrols on the streets of German cities.

Tanks and foot reconnaissance move along the streets of a city abandoned by the Germans.

Local residents greet a tank with American soldiers on its armor, moving along a street in Hanover.

An American tank on a city street.

American soldiers talk to local residents and the mayor, the mayor's face.

A tank drives along the street.

A girl with a dog among American soldiers on the tank's armor.

An American military convoy drives along a city street, residents, standing on the sidewalks, waving white handkerchiefs.

People surround one of the American armored cars.

An American armored personnel carrier drives along a city street.

An elderly man waves a white handkerchief from the window as a sign of surrender.

The face of a girl.

Inscription in chalk on the wall.

An American machine gun crew advances along a park.

Americans pass by the body of a German soldier.

The feet of American soldiers stepping over a pool of blood.

American signalmen advance along the canal.

American tanks drive along one of the streets.

Corpses of German soldiers.

A tank drives past an American soldier standing guard by the road.

American soldiers advance along the city streets, along the walls of buildings, under cover of a tank.

American soldiers sit on the turret of a tank, one of them takes photographs.

The faces of women and girls waving white handkerchiefs as a sign of surrender.

An American soldier throws chewing gum into the crowd.

American tanks on the city streets.

People on the street.

An American soldier watches the sky while sitting at a machine gun on the turret of a tank.

An American armored personnel carrier with soldiers on its armor moves along a city street.

A tank with a bulldozer shield, soldiers run past.

An infantry platoon occupies a block.

City residents greet American troops.

A tank moves along the street, a soldier walks along the sidewalk past destroyed buildings.

City residents greet American soldiers driving along the street in a jeep.

German soldiers who surrendered in the city of Reil.

An American soldier escorts German prisoners of war, sitting on the wing of a moving truck.

Surrendered German soldiers near the ruins of a building under escort.

View of one of the streets of Reil (top).

City residents stand near American jeeps (top).

An American soldier drinks wine from a bottle.

Residents of Hanover on the streets of the city.

A column of German prisoners of war passes along the street.

Cleaning the sidewalk of broken bricks.

View of one of the streets of Hanover.

A soldier climbs into a window.

American soldiers on one of the streets in the suburbs of Hanover.

A tank moves along the street.

A member of the tank crew in the hatch near the anti-aircraft machine gun.

American troops on the streets of the city.

The face of an American soldier with binoculars.