On October 15, 1944, during the fierce battle in Aachen, Germany, an M2A1 half-track armored vehicle of the US anti-tank company dragged the door M1A3 57mm anti-tank gun forward in the Elzassstraße.
Then image: ?
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
Aachen – Adalbertsteinweg / Oranienstraße (2)
5 years ago I posted this private in conversation with HQ during the battle of Aachen in 1944 at the corner of Adalbertsteinweg junction Oranienstraße. This is the second frame of this same location.
Then image: ??
Now image: WW2 Then in Now, Cor Sleutel
Eschweiler – Stich (1)
Soldiers near the Sticherberg on their way to the centre of Eschweiler, November 1944.
Then image: :LIFE
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
Aachen – Adalbertsteinweg (7)
Following a preliminary softening up by Artillery Tank destroyers and the Ninth Air Force Dive Bombers, infantrymen advance into aachen from the Bahnhof Rothe Erde.
Then image: ?
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
Eschweiler – Röthgener Straße (2)
People from Eschweiler gather around in the Röthgener Straße when the allied soldiers entered the city in November 1944.
Then image: LIFE
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
Eschweiler – Röthgener Straße (1)
Germans POW’s in the streets of Eschweiler during the battle for the city in November 1944.
Then image: LIFE
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
Eschweiler – Langwahn
M4A1 move thru Eschweiler to Reinforce 1st Army in Weisweiler 1944.
(the angle is not perfect, but it’s a busy street just before a traffic light).
Then image: ?
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
Eschweiler – Pumpe
Tanks and soldiers arrive in Eschweiler at the Pumpe in 1944.
Then image: LIFE
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
Würselen – Kerzeleyweg
Soldiers from the 29th Infantry Division, 116th Infantry regiment in streets of
Würselen, near Aachen 16 October 1944.
Then image: US Signal Corps
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel – G.E. Kailuhu
Aachen – Goerdelerstrasse
US infantrymen manning a barricade and scanning for enemy activity in Aachen, Germany, Goerderlerstrasse.
Then image: US Army
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel