104th infantry division in Linnich waiting to cross the river Ruhr early 1945 because the bridge was blown up by retreating German troops.
Then photo: LIFE Magazine Archives – William Vandivert Photographer
Now photo: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
American soldiers have raised the american flag after liberation Rheydt around March 1945. The city is full of propagandaslogans as “Nun gilt’s Alles für den Sieg” or “Now everything counts for victory” and various other slogans.
Then image: Life Magazine – John Florea
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
German prisoners trudge past a Sherman tank in a German frontier village of Höngen, 19 January 1945.
Then image: IWM (B 13900)
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
628th tank destroyer battalion in Rheydt a suburb of Mönchengladbach, Germany during Operation Grenade 1 march 1945.
Then image: ?
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
A lone tank-man walks through the shell-shattered streets of Nieuwstadt on 31 December 1944.
Then image: IWM (B 13236)
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
A Churchill tank and a Valentine Mk XI Royal Artillery OP tank (left) in a heavily destroyed Goch, 21 February 1945.
Then image: IWM (B 14779)
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
A Daimler Scout Car of the British 15th Scottish Infantry Division passes the water tower on the Klever Straße in Goch on February 20, 1945.
Then image: © IWM B 14797
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
Different angle, same US LCM 3 Landing Craft from Maastricht to the River Rhine in Germany – March 1945.
Then image: LIFE Magazine Archives – William Vandivert Photographer
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
Same US LCM 3 Landing Craft from Maastricht to the River Rhine in Germany – March 1945.
Then image: LIFE Magazine Archives – William Vandivert Photographer
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
US LCM 3 Landing Craft are transported on M25 Tank Transporters (Dragon Wagon) from Maastricht to the River Rhine in Germany – March 1945.
Then image: LIFE Magazine Archives – William Vandivert Photographer
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
