Allied soldiers on the corner of the Hauptstraße / Dürener straße in Weisweiler during Operation Queen in 1945.
Then image: LIFE
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A long column of German prisoners walking through Gressenich, Germany during Operation Queen in 1945.
Then Image: LIFE
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Rendez-vous point in the Dürener straße in Weisweiler during operation Queen.
Then image: LIFE
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US truck advance from the Dürener straße into the Hauptstraße, Weisweiler in 1944 during operation Queen.
Then image: LIFE
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Allied soldiers in the Schevenhütter Straße in Gressenich.
Then image: ??
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Soldiers walking from the crossroad Römerstraße – Schevenhütter Straße
towards the Hamischer Weg in Gressenich during Operation Queen in 1944.
Then image: Life Magazine – Ralphe Morse (non commercial use only)
Thanks to the facebookpage: ww2radio
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German soldiers walking through the Schevenhütter Straße in Gressenich in 1944.
Note: Find this on the internet saying it is Hamminkeln, but finally find this one in Gressenich thanks to the facebookpage ww2radio.
Then image: ??
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Sherman tanks of the 746th tankbattalion supporting the 47thinfantry regiment in Schevenhütte in 1944.
Then image: US Signal Corps
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Again soldiers of the 9th infantry division in Gressenich near Stolberg during operation Queen, 1944
Then image: LIFE – Ralph Morse (no permission, but non-commercial use only)
Thanks to: ww2radio
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Operation Queen; Soldiers of the 9th infantry division in Gressenich in 1944.
Note: see the opening in the downleft corner. It’s the same as in now photo.
This is the same building as in the nex post and it looks like it is build up from
scratch. All buildings on the left looks the same. That really amaze me.
Then image: LIFE – Ralph Morse (no permission but non-commercial use)
Thanks to: ww2radio
Now image: www.nowstalgia.eu / Cor Sleutel