Goch – Bahnhofstraße (2)

Soldiers and trucks from the 53rd Divsion are entering Goch on the 25th of February 1945, photographed by Sergeant Jones.
Then image: © IWM B14834
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.eu / Cor Sleutel

Kevelaer – Hauptstrasse

Soldiers from a Welsh division through the Haupstrasse, Kevelaer during Operation Blockbuster with in the background the Sankt-Marien Basilika.
Then image: ?
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.eu / Cor Sleutel

Issum – Geldernder Strasse (1)

British and US troops greet each other in Issum, 6 March 1945.
Then image: © IWM (B 15237)
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.eu / Cor Sleutel

Xanten – Klever Strasse

Infantrymen of The Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada examining a quantity of German Reichsmarks left behind by fleeing civilians, Xanten, Germany,
9 March 1945.
Then image: LAC DND 47621
Now image: www.nowstalgia.eu / Cor Sleutel

Alpen – Burgstraße

German prisoners being searched by 53rd (Welsh) Division troops in
Alpen, Germany 11 March 1945.
Then image: © IWM (B 15541)
Now image: www.nowstalgia.eu / Cor Sleutel

Uedem – Mosterstraße

A Cromwell tank of 15th/19th King’s Royal Hussars, 11th Armoured Division, with infantry aboard, advances through the rubble of Uedem, Germany, 28 February 1945.
Then image: © IWM (B 14938)
Now image: www.nowstalgia.eu / Cor Sleutel

Weeze – Loestraße

Men of the 4th Royal Welch Regiment in Weeze, 3 March 1945 during Operation Blockbuster. Shot from another angle because the angle in the old photo is now a private property.
Then Photo: ©IWM B 15066
Now Photo: www.nowstalgia.eu / Cor Sleutel

Kevelaer – Amsterdamer Strasse (2)

Sherman tank of 8th Armoured Brigade in Kevelaer, 4 March 1945.
Then Image: © IWM (B 15145)
Now image: WW2 Then in Now, Cor Sleutel

Kervenheim – Pastoratsstraße

Operation Blockbuster: Men of the 1st Royal Norfolks, 3rd Division, clearing enemy resistance in Kervenheim, Germany, 3 March 1945.
Then image: Imperial War Museum
Catalogue number: B 15046
Creator: No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit
Now image: WW2 Then in Now, Cor Sleutel

Kevelaer – Amsterdamer Strasse (1)

Sherman tanks of 8th Armoured Brigade in Kevelaer, 4 March 1945.
Then image: Imperial War Museum
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atalogue number: B 15146
Creator: No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit, Hutchinson (Sgt)
Now image: WW2 Then in Now, Cor Sleutel