It wasn’t only doom and gloom during WWII. Occasionally there were moments of hope and care. Amidst the darkest and horrific era of human history, humanity shone through.

I will leave the pictures do the talking, most of these were taken around D-Day.

There is always time for a drink.

And chocolate

New hope and new life

Time for a sing song and entertainment.

Picnic

Actors dressed as cowboys as part of the Canadian Army Invasion Revue in Banville on July 30, 1944. (Photo: Conseil Régional de Basse-Normandie / National Archives of Canada)

Pfc Joseph E. Day (of Belloire, Ohio) holds a puppy named “Invasion” in a German helmet. Photo taken on July 14, 1944.

Gratitude

Paule M. Truffert among civilians in Cherbourg. According to LIFE, she was the only girl in town who spoke English.

A woman stretches to give a bottle of water to a member of the…