« L’amour plutôt que la guerre, des fleurs plutôt que des bombes. » Ces images touchantes nous rappellent que l’amour en temps de guerre peut être le plus terrible, comme le plus réconfortant des sentiments.
Qu’il s’agisse d’une relation fraternelle, d’un coup de foudre, d’une amitié ou d’une romance, ces clichés prennent une dimension encore plus touchante car l’on assiste, en retournant dans le passé, aux adieux sur le quai d’une gare, aux derniers baisers à travers la fenêtre d’un wagon ou d’un hublot. Car il n’est rien de plus déchirant que d’abandonner sa bien aimée sur le quai pour aller au front, et rien de plus douloureux que de devoir laisser partir son amant pour un destin incertain.
On ignore si ces personnes se sont revues, si elles ont pu s’épanouir ensemble comme elles le désiraient, mais plusieurs dizaines d’années après ces guerres dévastatrices, les sourires et les larmes, l’expression des sentiments demeurent sur le papier.
Et puis, il y a les clichés des retrouvailles, l’intensité des étreintes, la joie de partager des moments le temps d’une trêve et mieux encore, le bonheur de se retrouver quand la guerre est enfin terminée.
Servicemen And Downtown Workers Embrace And Kiss In The Street As Word Of Surrender Flashed Through The Nation, 1945.
Couple In Penn Station Sharing Farewell Kiss Before He Ships Off To War, 1943.
Saying Farewell To Departing Troops At New York’s Penn Station, April 1943.
A Sailor Kissing A Nurse In New York’s Times Square. This Iconic Photo Symbolizes The End Of World War II, 1945.
American Soldier Kissing His English Girlfriend On Lawn In Hyde Park, 1945.
Anglo-American Friendship Is Furthered By Boy And Girl Meetings In Hyde Park, 1945.
A GI And His Girl Walk Arm-In-Arm Among The Sheep In Kensington Gardens, London, 1945.
An English ATS And Eighth Air Force Sergeant Enjoy A Blissful Kiss, 1945.
An English ATS And A GI Lies In The Grass In Hyde Park, 1945.
World War Two Farewell Kiss, Between 1940-1945.
Soldier Kissing A Red Cross Nurse, 1945.
A Woman Leans Over The Railing To Kiss A British Soldier Returning From World War II, London, 1940.
A Soldier Comes Home From War, 1940s.
Saying Goodbye At The Train Station Before Departing To WWII.
A Present For His Girlfriend, California, 1943.
Couple Laughing In A Park, California, 1943.
Young Couple Chalking Hearts Onto A Tree, Valentine’s Day, 1944.
Soldiers Departing For Egypt Lean Out Of Their Windows To Kiss Their Loved Ones Goodbye, 1935.
A Young Woman Lifts Her Feet While Embracing And Kissing A Uniformed Us Soldier At The Train Station, Connecticut, 1945.
A British Soldier Kisses His Wife On His Return From Serving With The Armed Forces, 1945.
A Couple Kissing In A Pub As Europe Celebrates The End Of World War II, London, 1945.
A Sailor Leans Over A Picket Fence And Lifts His Girlfriend Up For A Kiss, 1945.
American Soldiers Getting Last Kiss On Ship Before Deployment To Egypt, 1963.
An American GI And His French Girlfriend Holding One Another While On A Date, 1940s.
D. Brown Kissing Her Fiance Terry Under The Mistletoe, On Board The HMS Wakeful At Portsmout, 1955.
A Kiss In Times Square Displays The Mood Of The World On V-E Day, New York, May 8, 1945.
English Soldiers Saying Goodbye To Their Wives, Getting Ready To Go To Egypt, 1937.
Farewell To Departing Troops At New York’s Penn Station, April 1943.
Farewell To Departing Troops At New York’s Penn Station, April 1943.
A Soldier Saying Goodbye To His Wife In Seattle, Leaving For World War I, 1917.
Comrades Heckle Soldier Kissing His Girlfriend Goodbye Before Leaving Waterloo Station, London, 1939.
Jean Moore Kneels And Kisses Her Fiancé, Wheelchair-Bound World War II Veteran Ralph Neppel, 1945.
Us Soldier And Local Girl Sharing A Chocolate Bar And Cigarettes, 1940s.
A Couple Celebrate The Victory On May 8, 1945.
US Soldier Giving Japanese Girl A Bicycle Ride, With Handlebar Riding Forbidden, 1946, Japan.
US Soldier Tenderly Kissing His Girlfriend Goodbye Before Departing By Train, 1922.
A Member Of The 1st Battalion Of The Manchester Regiment During A Quayside Reunion At Southampt Before The Unit Moves Onto Egypt.
Evacuated French Troops Relax On An English Beach.
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