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Back on the Tracks collection-american-west "The slopes in the foregroundA train tests a new, temporary bridge over the Loire in Nantes, France, on December 18, 1945. Nantes was occupied by German troops during World War II and the city suffered extensive damage from Allied aerial bombardment. The Germans abandoned the city on August 12, 1944, and it was recaptured without a fight by French and American forces. Today, Nantes is at a natural crossroads between the ocean in the west, the center of France in the east,