r/Cherbourg

Residents of Cherbourg, France, marching through Place du Château, newly renamed Place Général de Gaulle, during the city's first Bastille Day celebration since the German occupation. Cherbourg had been liberated by U.S. forces just weeks earlier, after heavy fighting over its strategic port. (1944)
▲ 51 r/Cherbourg+1 crossposts

Residents of Cherbourg, France, marching through Place du Château, newly renamed Place Général de Gaulle, during the city's first Bastille Day celebration since the German occupation. Cherbourg had been liberated by U.S. forces just weeks earlier, after heavy fighting over its strategic port. (1944)

u/StephenMcGannon — 3 days ago