Germans that already surrender are bringing away from the frontline here walking in the Christophstraße during the battle for the city.
Note: The angle is not fully correct but still the same place.
Then image:
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More US soldiers in the suburbs of Köln in Bickendorf during the attack for the city, 5 March 1945. Again not the perfect angle, but it works.
Then image:
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Germans that already surrender are bringing away from the frontline here walking in the Christophstraße during the battle for the city.
Note: The angle is not fully correct but still the same place.
Then image:
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel

Woman sitting in the ruins of Cologne in the Gereonstraße while further way tanks moving forward to the Cathedral of Köln, 1945.
Then image: ?
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel

A small rest for US soldiers in the suburbs of Bickendorf in Köln during the attack for the city, 5 March 1945.
Then image:
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel

Allied soldiers hiding near the Römerbrunnen at the Burgmauer and almost reach the Dom Cathedral of Köln during the battle for the city, 6 March 1945.
Then image: ?
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel

Guard before the entrance of a house at the Kaiser Wilhelm Ring, in which the Allied Military Heaquarters was located after the battle for the city, 10 April 1945.
Then image: National Archives and Records Administration
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Soldier of US 82nd Airborne division reading a warning sign in front of Cologne Cathedral after the famous tankbattle, 4 April 1945.
Then image: USNA
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