Again people in Santpoort on the Broekbergerlaan greet the Canadian liberators of the Hastings & Prince Edward Regiment, 8 May 1945.
(note: the building with the chimney is the same building but from a different angle. It would be hidden behind the new buildings if taken from the correct angle).
Then image: https://historischekringvelsen.nl/
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
The Santpoorters on the Rijksweg also greet the Canadian liberators of the Hastings & Prince Edward Regiment with ecstatic joy on 8 May 1945.
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The Santpoorters on the Broekbergerlaan greet the Canadian liberators of the Hastings & Prince Edward Regiment with ecstatic joy on 8 May 1945.
Then image: https://historischekringvelsen.nl/
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
General Foulkes, commander of the 1st Canadian Corps, (3rd from left) visited IJmuiden on May 15 and 25, 1945, here seen on the Steigerlaan.
Then image: https://historischekringvelsen.nl/
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Lance-Corporal A. Kerelchuk and Private H.M. Sigurdson, both of The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada, guarding the northern approach to a bridge across the Hase River, Meppen, Germany, 8 April 1945.
Then image: Library and Archives Canada
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / M. van Schie
LVT Buffalos of 11th Royal Tank Regiment, 79th Armoured Division are used to retrieve Canadian Soldiers of Le Régiment de la Chaudière, 3rd Canadian Division in Leuth, Netherlands, during Operation Veritable after the Germans intentionally flooded the area in February 1945.
Then image: LIFE Magazine Archives – George Silk
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Scottish troops watch as German refugees stream back through the village of Bedburg near Kleve, 19 February 1945.
Then image: IWM (B 14736)
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The Sherman, from 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry, is being passed by troop-carrying Kangaroos from 15th Scottish Division, 15 October 1944.
Then image: NAM. 1975-03-63-21-19
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Soldiers from the US 104th Infantry Division “Timberwolves” with 2 injured German Soldiers in the city center of Stolberg, November 1944. The same wounded soldiers are also visible in the comparisons Stolberg (12) and Stolberg (14)
Then image: LIFE Magazine Archives – John Florea Photographer
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US Soldiers with the 104th Infantry Division “Timberwolves” on the move in Geich (Langerwehe) Germany – February / March 1945.
Then image: LIFE Magazine Archives – John Florea Photographer
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