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Stolberg (13)
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Troops of the 35th Infantry Division, Ninth U.S. Army, move through Venlo, Holland further into Germany, March 2, 1945.
Then image: U.S. Signal Corps / SC-271269
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Two American soldiers on patrol in the Adalbertstrasse in the fall of 1944. In the background you can see St. Adalbert with the missing spire.
Then image: Aachen Stadtarchive
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Civilians in a long que for grosseries in Neuss in March 1945 with the slogan “Heil Hitler” stil visible on a building on the opposite site of the road.
Then image: Neuss Stadtarchive
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German prisoners are escorted by men of the 35th Infantry Division task force which liberated Venlo, Holland. 2 March, 1945.
Then image: Signal Corps / SC 201720
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A US anti-tank squad in Alsdorf-Schaufenberg, Germany during the encirclement of Aachen in 1944.
Then image: ?
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Pfc. George Wojtowicz, 102 Davitt Ave., Campbell, Ohio, of the 899th Tank Destroyer Battalion, 9th Infantry Division, U.S. First Army, talks to a Russian. This man was a former prisoner of the Germans. Gross Vernich, Germany. 5 March, 1945.
Then image: US Signal Corps / SC 405018
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Soldiers of the Irish Guards posing in front of the same tank as the Irish Guards (5) photo (opposite site) in Aalst on 18 September 1944.
Then image: Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Van de Poll
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Irish guards in the main street of Aalst going towards Eindhoven, 18 September 1944.
Note: The buiding in the center of the photo was still there until 2018 but then a big fire burned down the building. When making this photo early 2024 a new building was still under construction. Now in October 2024 it’s almost finished.
Then image: Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Van de Poll
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Soldiers in the center of Neuss on the way to the Neusser Brücke during the Battle for the Rhine around March 1945.
Then image: US Signal Corps
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