Marseilles, South-Eastern France, 23rd august 1944.
Soldiers of french army and civilians rejoycing.

Joy of the liberation

POWs in the battle of France. French Colonial troops that fought well but were used by their German captors to humiliate British POWs by witholding food and medicines from British POWs while supplying what they saw as untermenchen ( this was not the SS but regular army ). Lest we forget.

 Tiraileurs

1939 or 1940. 
This corps franc soldier is ready to provide covering fire with his light machinegun while his comrades are searching a deserted house in the no man's land. 