3rd Armored Division M4 Sherman and T2 Grant Recovery Vehicle Stolberg Germany 1945.
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Kleinbüllesheim
Still another small German town falls to the infantrymen of the 9th Armored Division, U.S. First Army, as they drive through Kleinbüllesheim, Germany, in the march to the Rhine River, 6 March 1945.
Then image: US Signal Corps / SC 335253
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Stolberg (14)
Civilians and soldiers watch how German soldiers are brought out of the city center of Stolberg by US 104th Infantry Division “Timberwolves” around November 1944.
Then image: LIFE Magazine Archives – John Florea Photographer
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
Stolberg (13)
Civilians watch how German soldiers are brought out of the city center of Stolberg by US 104th Infantry Division “Timberwolves” around November 1944.
Then image: LIFE Magazine Archives – John Florea Photographer
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
Venlo (2)
Troops of the 35th Infantry Division, Ninth U.S. Army, move through Venlo, Holland further into Germany, March 2, 1945.
Then image: U.S. Signal Corps / SC-271269
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Aachen – Adalbertstraße
Two American soldiers on patrol in the Adalbertstrasse in the fall of 1944. In the background you can see St. Adalbert with the missing spire.
Then image: Aachen Stadtarchive
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Neuss (3)
Civilians in a long que for grosseries in Neuss in March 1945 with the slogan “Heil Hitler” stil visible on a building on the opposite site of the road.
Then image: Neuss Stadtarchive
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
Venlo (1)
German prisoners are escorted by men of the 35th Infantry Division task force which liberated Venlo, Holland. 2 March, 1945.
Then image: Signal Corps / SC 201720
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Alsdorf (3)
A US anti-tank squad in Alsdorf-Schaufenberg, Germany during the encirclement of Aachen in 1944.
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Gross Vernich
Pfc. George Wojtowicz, 102 Davitt Ave., Campbell, Ohio, of the 899th Tank Destroyer Battalion, 9th Infantry Division, U.S. First Army, talks to a Russian. This man was a former prisoner of the Germans. Gross Vernich, Germany. 5 March, 1945.
Then image: US Signal Corps / SC 405018
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
