Soldiers checking a map of the city of Lippstadt after captering the city in april 1945.
Then image: Life magazine – Vandivert
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel

Allied soldiers with German prisoners at a checkpoint in Lippstadt early april 1945.
Then image: Life Magazine – Vandivert
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel

On 1 April 1945, the lead elements of two Allied Army Groups met at Lippstadt, east of the Ruhr, and completed the encirclement of Germany’s Army Group B, comprising more than 300,000 troops. This was the last substantial German fighting force left on the western front.
Then image: Life Magazine – William Vandivert
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel

Allied soldier standing guard at a german roadblock in the city of Lippstadt after they take the city around March / April 1945.
Then image: Life Magazine – William Vandivert
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel

Sherman tanks in Lippstadt after they have crossed the Rhine river around March or April 1945.
Then image: Life Magazine – William Vandivert
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel