M5 Stuart tank from the 102nd Infantry division not in Rheindahlen, but in the city of Rath-Anhoven, Germany 1945 during operation Grenade.
Then image: US Signal Corps / SC 335567
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After the fall of Uerdingen, Germany, to infantrymen of the 95th Infantry Division, guards are posted in streets of town to prevent infiltration by the enemy.
Then image: US Signal Corps / SC 336800
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Infantry of the 35th Division, 9th U.S. Army move through the town of Sevelen, Germany, clearing German snipers out as they move forward. 3 March, 1945.
Then image: Signal Corps / SC 336784
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Units move through a battered Krefeld on 3 March 1945.
Then image: US Army Photo
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On 1st March 1945 the American military column arrive in Viersen, Germany.
Note: Below the left swastika the slogan reads: Unser Glaube – Der Führer.
It’s hard to read how the slogan finished below the rigth swastika.
Then image: ?
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German civilians who have been living in an air raid shelter with the slogan on the wall that reads Frauenarbeit hilft waffen schmieden or Women’s work helps forge weapons in Krefeld, Germany, pack up their stuff and leave the town, 3 March, 1945.
Then image: Signal Corps – SC 201560-S
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Infantrymen of the 95th Division, 9th U.S. Army, move into the town of Uerdingen, Germany. 5 March, 1945.
Then image: Signal Corps / SC 336788
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Late february 1945 the 119th infantry regiment move through Kirchherten, Germany.
Then image: US Signal Corps / SC270967
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US soldiers collect mattresses in a German town of Lovenich, 1945
Then image: ??
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