The statue of the Virgin Mary sits on top of the belfry of the Notre-Dame de la Garde. View of the Cathedrale La Major or Marseille Cathedral.

Pedestrians cross the street in front of Marseille harbor front. United States Army trucks are seen parked in the waterfront area.

The population of Marseille cheers the allied forces in thanks for their liberation in 1944. The town of Toulon has been destroyed and deserted by the Nazi.

A dock in Marseilles is shown.

The liberation of Marseilles is celebrated by the people, including a group of Russians who had been captured and put to work by the Nazis in 1944.

Men and women of the French Underground receive military honors from Generals Patch and Tassigny after the liberation of Marseilles in 1944.

Boats are docked in Marseilles. One is sunken by a mine.

Mines are detonated in Marseilles Harbor.

Marseilles harbor showing many sunken ships, wrecked docks and wrecked harbor installationsbombing

WW2 jubilant crowded street scenes during Marseilles liberation and warm welcome of allied troops

Civilians in Marseilles cheer for the 3rd Algerian Division as it marches past.

A panorama shows the harbor of Marseilles

French civilians spit on and set fire to a Nazi flag, while a German soldier hangs in effigy.

French troops engage in street fighting in Marseilles.

Soldiers enter Fort Saint-Nicolas and crowds celebrate the liberation of Marseilles by cheering for parading Allied troops in World War 2.

Soldiers line up, are checked off on a roster, and begin to go up a gangway in Marseilles, France.

Citizens and soldiers celebrate in liberated Marseilles. A French woman is lifted atop a tank to kiss one of the crewmen.