General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Allied Commander, surveys the aftermath following the Battle of the Falaise Gap, Chambois, France - September 1944. texag57

US troops of the 1st division advance in the countryside near Enna. Note the ancient Greek ruins. Sicily, july 1943. DVX

Fight in the ancient ruins

A P-47 Thunderbolt of the U.S. Army 12th Air Force flies low over the crumbled ruins of what once was Hitler's retreat at Berchtesgaden, Germany, on May 26, 1945. Small and large bomb craters dot the grounds around the wreckage. (AP Photo) #  

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