Liberation Collection

British internees at Camp Stanley, Hong Kong, celebrate their liberation. 1st September 1945

The first British troops to enter Cherbourg were four RAF members of an Embarkation Unit. They entered the town with the Americans and took up their headquarters by the quayside

French civilians stand at attention and an American Army Gl salutes as the American and French flags are unfurled side by side in the centre of the city of Cherbourg

Picture shows The SS Vega, The Red Cross Hospital Ship. It is docked in The Channel Islands (exactly where is unknown, though see end of caption for details on it being in St Helier)

Picture shows "Herald"the Champion Bull, of Maple Lodge, Guernsey
Picture shows " Herald" the Champion Bull, of Maple Lodge, Guernsey, The Channel Islands, aged 6 years and 7 months, owned by E. D. Falla of Castel

Belgian people go wild with excitement as the first American troops roll in to Soignies, Belgium. Youngsters how their joy by shaking hands with the American troops of an Armoured Infantry unit as

First pictures of the British Army entry in to Brussels, Belgium during the Second world War. Photo shows: The Palais de Justice set on fire by fleeing Germans as the British entered the city

Allied troops in Holland following the liberation of Europe. British troops of Airbourne division who fought heroically at Arnhem

First pictures after the British entry into Amiens, France during the Second world War. Picture shows: These women had denounced the local resistance and Communists

People welcome a liberation ship in Guernsey. May 1945

Picture illustrating the tremendous welcome accorded to the British forces who liberated the Greek capital on 14th October 1944

The Red Army liberating Byelorussia (Belarus). Powerful guns in the firing position. The Soviets superiority in artillery has contributed to their victories. January 1944

Emperor Haile Selassie returns to Addis Ababa, five years to the day since his 1936 exile. Seen here breaking the Royal Standard at the Palace. 5th May 1941

British forces enter Brussels. Greeting first tanks of armour. September 1944

Liberated Antwerp, Belgium. Picture shows a local woman helping a British soldier escort captured Germans through the streets of her city. Antwerp was liberated by The Allies on 4th September 1944

French civilians stand at attention and a GI salutes the American flag in Cherbourg shortly after its liberation. 30th June 1944

British and Canadian troops captured the city of Caen in Northern France after a massive assault from air land and sea. The Germans resisted bitterly before the city was entered

American soldiers of the US Ninth Division and French patriots ride a captured German tank through the streets in the the centre of the city of Cherbourg

Aerial view showing the rejoicing crowds on the streets of Paris as they greet the entry of the Allied troops, liberating their city from over 4 years of Nazi German occupation

Liberation of the town of Cherbourg in Northern France by the American forces shortly after the successful Allied landings on the beaches of Normandy

General De Gaulle waves to the wildly cheering crowds of his countrymen as he leaves the town square of Laval, France, following an address to the citizens of the recently liberated town

The Channel Islands were occupied during World War II by German forces from 30 June 1940, until May 1945. They were liberated by British forces following the general German surrender

Demark liberated. Civilians in the town of Tonder. 6th May 1945

Following the liberation of Beek, Netherlands which was announced on 25th September, came one of the historic moments of this war

The Channel Islands, the only part of the United Kingdom to be occupied during the Second World War, were finally liberated at 7.14 am on 9th May 1945 when Major General Heine of the german Army

In liberated Norway. The bomb proof submarine pens at Trondheim, Norway. May 1945

Scene in the town of Ede. Holland, following the entry and liberation of the town by soldiers of the 49th Infantry Division and the 5th Canadian Armoured Division. 17th April 1945

The Jewish Community holds its first service in Rangoon, Burma. Persecuted by the Japanese, their places of worship closed

British troops which crossed the Belgian frontier early in the morning of 3rd September 1944, rapidly freed Tournai and swept in north and east to enter the capital city Brussels in the late evening

A crowd of Guernsey Islanders celebrating their liberation. May 1945

A crowded street in the city of Beirut as local residents turn out to cheer the British entry into the city during the Second World War. July 1941

Operation Bluecoat was a British offensive in the Battle of Normandy, from 30 July until 7 August 1944, during the Second World War

Anxious for news of the outside world, news which has been barred to them for so long, local people of Caen scan leaflets issued by the liberating Allied forces. July 1944. 10th July 1944

Allied forces in Northern France following the invasion of Normandy in the Second World War. The Germans used dummy tanks and decoys in Normandy

After a concentrated air bombardment the British launched an attack from the Caumont area of Northern France at dawn. Photo shows

Scenes at the village of Hottot near the town of Tilly Sur Seulles in Northern France shortly after the D-Day landings. The village which is on the main Caen to St Lo road has seen some bitter

Picture shows: The population of a liberated village welcoming Red Army soldiers who drove out the occupying German army during the battle on the Russian Front in the Second World War. February 1942

Street fighting in the city of Poletsk, Belarus, the northern bastion of Hitlers White Russia line and gateway to Latvia, as the Soviet Red Army troops move in to liberate the city from the German

Scenes in the city of Poletsk, Belarus, the northern bastion of Hitlers White Russia line and gateway to Latvia, as the Soviet Red Army troops move in to liberate the city from the German occupying

Scenes in the city of Minsk, Belarus, capital of White Russia following the capture and liberation of the city from the German occupying army by Soviet Red army soldiers of the 1st

Taking advantage of their first freedom of speech for twenty two years Italians hold mass assemblies in the streets of Naples, Southern Italy. October 1943

A casualty from a minesweeper being lifted on board the British cruiser Orion from a motor launch with brought him to the cruiser. November 1944

Greek crowds welcome British troops, Piraeus, Greece. A combined British and Greek fleet is pouring troops ashore at Piraeus the post of Athens

General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, Commander in Chief of the French Forces in Southern France, speaking to the townspeople fromm the balcony of the town hall after his troops had liberated the town

Civilian residents of Cannes cheer the entry of Allied Forces of Liberation as they entered the city. 24th August 1944

The scene in the town square of Collobrieres, 21 miles east of Toulon, France after it was liberated by French Forces during the Second World War. August 1944

Allied Invasion of Southern France during the Second World War, codename Operation Dragoon. Motor torpedo boats on their way across the Mediterranean Sea to the invasion beaches of Southern France

Picture taken six hours before the first Allied landings on the Southern Coast of France when commando troops captured the island known as the Ile Du Levant, just off the French mainland near Toulon

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