An American soldier poses at the wrecked German Panther tank (Pz. Kpfw. V) in front of the Cologne Cathedral.
 The Panther was hit on March 6, 1945 by the fire of an American tank during a battle in front of the Cathedral. 

This Panther met its end

US troops coming ashore on the artificial harbor of Mulberry "A" (American) on D-Day+12 (June 18) on Omaha Beach at Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, 1944.

Not quite on French soil...yet

A US soldier with fixed bayonet guarding the warning sign next to the knocked out German Panther tank in front of the Cologne Cathedral, is met by two American officers who came to inspect the site. The one on the right is wearing the shoulder patch of the United States Army Air Force (USAAF).