Half-tracks, tanks and “6 x 6” trucks, troops and equipment inspection after German cease-fire in Rheinberg, Germany 6 March 1945.
Then image: US Signal Corps
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
Rheinberg (5)
Armor of the 8th Armored Division, US ninth Army parks on a street in the newly captured Rheinberg, 6 March 1945.
Then image: US Signal Corps
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
Rheinberg (4)
American M36 Tank destroyer in the city of Rheinberg in March 1945.
Then image: ?
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
Schriefersmühle (3)
US Personnel are exploring the surroundings at Schriefersmühle Germany – February 1945.
Then image: Life Magazine – William Vandivert Photographer
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
Linnich (2)
Pfc. John J. Cook of Staten Island, N.Y., 407th Regiment, 102nd Division, posts a warning sign on a road near enemy positions. 19 February, 1945. A portrait of Hitler, surmounted by a German eagle stands in the road at the left.
Then image: Signal Corps / SC 411794
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
Zweibrücken
Infantrymen of the 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment walking down Zweibrücken, their rifles are slung across their backs; bombed-out buildings line the street.
Note: Between the soldiers on the right on the box the slogan “Volk & Kamp” is written.
Then image: Signal Corps
Now image: Marcus U. Katja Maurer
Baal
Allies soldiers reach the city/village of Baal in February 1945. On the wall is written the slogan “Tapfer & Treu” or “Brave & Loyal”.
Then image: Signal Corps
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
Mönchengladbach (2)
US soldier is looking up in at an air raid shelter with the slogan “Ein Volk, Ein reich, Ein Führer” written on the wall in Mönchengladbach around March 1945.
Then image: Life Magazine – William Vandivert Photographer
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU
Mönchengladbach (1)
US soldier is taking a sigaret at an air raid shelter with the slogan “Ein Volk, Ein reich, Ein Führer” written on the wall in Mönchengladbach around March 1945.
Then image: Life Magazine – William Vandivert Photographer
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU
Schriefersmühle (2)
US Personnel are taking a break and exploring the surroundings at Schriefersmühle Germany – February 1945.
Then image: Life Magazine – William Vandivert Photographer
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel