German prisoners of war are marched to the rear under guard along a road lined with hedgerows, past American troops, advancing in the opposite direction in the area of Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, France; June 1944.


Two-way troop movement

An expanded photo of a similar one already posted...
General Eisenhower talks to one of the paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division before he and his comrades board the planes to start the D-Day invasion of Normandy, France. The Supreme Commander was worried that the men might sustain casualty rates as high as 75%; the final figure was much lower, close to 10%. 


Showing concern for the paratroopers

Soldiers of the US 9th Army move on along the streets of a captured city in the Rhineland, Germany; Spring, 1945.
