Pfc. Thomas Snyder and Pvt. Paul Mattox both of Company C, 175th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division, Ninth U.S. Army, displaying this sign in Jülich, Germany, 24 February 1945.
Then image: US Signal Corpse / SC 201660
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
Troops of the 9th Infantry Division, U.S. First Army, file through an archway in the town of Nideggen, Germany. 28 February, 1945.
Then image: US Signal Corps / SC270831
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Tank destroyers of Company B of the 644th Tank Destroyer Battalion (attached to the 8th Infantry Division, U.S. First Army) are the first allied armored group to enter the battered German city of Duren on February 24, 1945.
Then image: US Signal Corps / SC201386
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German soldiers surrender to the Americans in Gurzenich, Germany, during operation Queen, december 1944.
Then image: US Sigal Corps
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Soldiers crossing a bombed bridge between the Langwahn and the Indestrasse in the city of Eschweiler after captering the city. (still need some fixing, not satisfied yet).
Then image: LIFE
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Sherman tanks in the town of Eschweiler just passing the Kaiserstrasse during operation Queen in November 1944.
Then image: LIFE image
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American Soldiers in the Dechant Decker Strasse in the city of Eschweiler in November 1944. Note the buildings on the right are still there and even the fence is still there.
Then image: LIFE
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Soldiers of the 9th Infantry Division, US First Army in the town of Nideggen February 1945. German slogan on the wall: Feind bleibt Feind or Enemy stays the Enemy
Then image: US Signal Corps / SC 201520
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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
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Germans soldiers taken prisoner while the allies are on their way to Weisweiler during Operation Queen, in november 1944.
Then image: LIFE
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