US Army half track crosses a temporary bridge over the Ourthe River in the war-torn Belgian city of Houffalize in January 1945

Battle of the Bulge

US 79th Division troops take the small town of La Haye-du-Puits in the Cotentin Peninsula, north-western France; soldiers, Jeeps, trucks and a Dodge Ambulance are seen in the streets; July, 1944.

Small French town taken

General view of an English port, where landing ships and boats are loaded with jeeps and trucks for landing in Normandy, France; Early June, 1944. 