Infantry making their way through devastated streets of Bocholt, 29 March 1945.
Then image: © IWM BU 2791
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Bocholt – Nordstraße
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Bocholt – Osterstraße
Infantry take cover behind some furniture left by the roadside, Bocholt, 29 March 1945.
Then image: © IWM BU 2788
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Bocholt – Münsterstraße
Infantry of the 2nd Bn. Monmouthsire Regiment making their way through the streets of Bocholt, 29 March 1945. Note the slogan: Wir werden siegen koste es was es wolte!
Then image: © IWM BU 2785
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Hamminkeln – Bislicher straße (1)
Prisoners rounded up in Hamminkeln, 25 March 1945
Then image: © IWM BU 2300
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Hamminkeln – Diersfordter Straße
German civilians on the junction of the Diersfordter straße and the Bislicher Straße in Hamminkeln are rounded up by British airborne troops, during Operation ‘Varsity’,
25 March 1945. (not the perfect, but definitely the same place)
Then image: © IWM BU 2295
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Bocholt – Bärendorfstraße
Sherman tank of 4th Armoured Brigade in Bocholt, 29 March 1945.
Then image: © IWM BU 2774
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Roetgen (5)
On September 10, 1944, the American Karel D. Hiller, the first allied soldier, entered Germany through the village of Roetgen, accompanied in his jeep by a Belgian, Henri Souvée.
Then image: ?
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Paris – Eiffeltower (7)
Adolf Hitler with Albert Speer and other members of his staff in Paris in 1940 after the armistice with France.
Then image: ??
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Roetgen / Rott (4) – Winter edition
Soldiers of the 39th Regiment infantry of the 9th American division on a sherman tank near Roetgen on their way to Rott. This was the first crossing of the Siegfriedline. This one is with less leaves from the trees then the spring version.
Then image: US Army
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Split – Trg Franje Tuđmana
Yugoslavia, Split.- Entry of German troops, armored vehicles (Sd.Kfz. 233) , civilian population on the roadside.
Then image: Bundesarchiv, Bild 101I-049-1553-24 / Gruber, Dr. / CC-BY-SA 3.0
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