Paris celebrates WWII liberation with period troop parades, 1940s ...
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PARIS : Parisians turned out to see French and US military columns roll through their capital in an exuberant re-enactment of the day 60 years ago when Allied forces liberated the city from German occupation.
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Veterans rode in tanks down Allen Parkway in a parade headed for downtown honoring and celebrating the city&#39;s military veterans.
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PARIS Aug. 25, 2004 - Paris turned back the clock Wednesday for a grand fete to remember the tears and the euphoria that heralded the liberation of the French capital 60 years ago as it threw off the shackles of Nazi occupation.
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Two columns of Second World War tanks, trucks and cars rumbled through Paris on Wednesday to re-enact the arrival of French and United States forces 60 years ago to liberate the city from four years of Nazi occupation.
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Characteristics and traditions of French dance were on display at the Paris Opera.
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World War II tanks rumbled through Paris  on Wednesday and thousands of Parisians danced in the streets  to re-enact the arrival of French and U.S. forces 60 years ago  to liberate the city from four years of Nazi occupation.
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ABOARD THE CHARLES DE GAULLE -- France yesterday honored soldiers, including tens of thousands of Africans, who staged an assault on the French Riviera 60 years ago to break the Nazi grip -- one of the least-remembered military operations of World War II.
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Soldiers in scarlet tunics and bearskin hats marched in formation Saturday - a showcase of Britain's best pomp and pageantry - to celebrate the birthday of Queen Elizabeth II. via The Macon Telegraph
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French President Jacques Chirac paid homage to his predecessor and political role model Charles de Gaulle in ceremonies commemorating the World War II liberation of Paris.
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French soldiers from International Security Assistance Force patrol in a residential area of Kabul, Afghanistan&#39;s capital, on Saturday, Oct.30.
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Last Wednesday, on the the eve of Armistice Day, President Jacques Chirac presided over a moving ceremony in Les Invalides, the hospice-cum-church-cum-museum in central Paris which is the French militarys ...
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It was March, 1945. With the Battle of the Bulge and the crossing of the Rhine River behind them, U.S. troops were swiftly moving across flat country toward Berlin.
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CAMP LIBERTY, Iraq - Louisiana soldiers donned purple, green and gold and climbed onto Army trucks transformed into floats for an early Mardi Gras celebration Sunday, parading through this base west of Baghdad and pelting troops with colorful beads, coins and candies in true New Orleans style.
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A carnival-like atmosphere here today celebrated the US Army&#39;s victory over Nazi oppressors 60 years ago. Flowers honor Brig. Gen.
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TO THE British, it was a war cemetery. To the villagers of Stahnsdorf in the former East Germany, its annual Remembrance Day service was their window to freedom.
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A major parade is to be held to mark the disbandment of the Royal Irish Regiment's home service battalions.
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Two British warships and 14 heads of state yesterday marked the 60th anniversary of the Provence landings - the larger but lesser-known of the Allied operations to liberate France at the end of the Second World ...