German soldiers load the wounded into an ambulance, near the river Meuse, not far from Dinant, close to the French border; 1940.
   Dinant is a city and municipality located on the River Meuse in Belgium, about 90 kilometers (56 mi) south-east of Brussels.


Tending for the wounded

A German soldier taking practice aim with a telescopic sight mounted on an unloaded MG-34 machine gun.

Practice aim

Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, commander of the German anti-invasion forces, inspecting German defenses on the Atlantic Wall in Normandy, France; 1944.