Major General William Simpson and Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery touring the city of Aachen, Germany, 31 Dec 1944. Ten weeks earlier, Aachen became the first city inside Germany to be occupied by the Allies.
Then image: IWM
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
Intelligence soldiers of the 1st Infantry Division checking telephone cables in front of the damaged church in Jakobwüllesheim on February 28, 1945.
Then image: US Signal Corps
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Grace Kailuhu
On 15 November 1944 the first units from the 5th battalion Black Watch regiment entered the village of Leveroy.
Then image: IWM (Imperial War Museum)
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
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
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
British Troops entering the city of Heythuysen, november 1944.
Then image: Imperial War Museum
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
Two U.S. infantrymen view the city of Koblenz from the top of the fort 26 april 1945.
Then image: Signal Corps Archive
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / E. Baas
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
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel – Grace Kailuhu
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
German refugees are taken into safety by an allied soldier over the railway line near to Rothe Erde.
Note: This was the best I could do. The railwayline is quite steep and normally not accesible for a photo.
Then image: ?
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
German refugees at the Adalbertsteinweg are taking into safety by an american soldier during the Battle of Aachen.
Then image: ?
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
