D-Day Scenes
As part of Operation Overlord, it took more than 1 million Allied troops to successfully pull off the D-Day landings on French beaches. The Allies killed more than 200,000 German troops and destroyed thousands of guns and tanks, but not without suffering major casualties themselves. German soldier who surrendered can be seen at the top of this photograph as American soldiers lead them away.
D Day Scenes
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Feeding Polar Bears
While the Germans used the cold of the European winter to march POWs for miles, the Russians embraced the cold weather as they were quite used to it. These Soviet tank soldiers feed polar bears from their tank as temperatures reach extreme lows.
Feeding Polar Bears
