A soldier on guard duty in a dugout position (cellar) on a street in Gurzenich Germany, January 1945.
Note: The angle is not perfect because there was a car park behind me.
Then image: ?
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel

Heavy streetfights in the battle for Gurzenich on 14 and 15 December 1944 during Operation Queen.
Then image: US Signal Corps
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel

German soldiers surrender to the Americans in Gurzenich, Germany, during operation Queen, december 1944.
Then image: US Sigal Corps
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel

On December 17, 1944, as Germany rolls forward during the Battle of the Bulge, two infantrymen of the American 83rd Division, both armed with Thompson submachine guns, peer around a corner in the streets of Gurzenich, Germany.
Then image: US Signal Corps
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel