A member of the 2nd Battalion de Choc, French Commandos, captures a German soldier hiding behind a shattered staff car during a firefight in Belfort, France on November 20, 1944.
The retreating German army held up the French First Army before the town until French Commandos made a successful night attack on the Salbert Fort. Belfort was liberated on 22 November 1944.

Caught hiding

A member of the 2nd Battalion de Choc, French Commandos, captures a German soldier behind a shattered staff car during a firefight in Belfort, France on November 20, 1944.
The retreating German army held up the French First Army before the town until French Commandos made a successful night attack on the Salbert Fort. Belfort was liberated on 22 November 1944.