US soldier is looking up in at an air raid shelter with the slogan “Ein Volk, Ein reich, Ein Führer” written on the wall in Mönchengladbach around March 1945.
Then image: Life Magazine – William Vandivert Photographer
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU
US soldier is taking a sigaret at an air raid shelter with the slogan “Ein Volk, Ein reich, Ein Führer” written on the wall in Mönchengladbach around March 1945.
Then image: Life Magazine – William Vandivert Photographer
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU
US Personnel are taking a break and exploring the surroundings at Schriefersmühle Germany – February 1945.
Then image: Life Magazine – William Vandivert Photographer
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
Again the same US M4 High-Speed Tractor towing a 155mm “Long Tom” Gun M1 with “B” Battery, 261st Field Artillery, on Anton-Heinen-Straße, Erkelenz early February.
Then image: LIFE Magazine Archives – William Vandivert Photographer
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
Same US M4 High-Speed Tractor towing a 155mm “Long Tom” Gun M1 with “B” Battery, 261st Field Artillery, on Anton-Heinen-Straße, Erkelenz early February.
Then image: LIFE Magazine Archives – William Vandivert Photographer
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
US M4 High-Speed Tractor towing a 155mm “Long Tom” Gun M1 with “B” Battery, 261st Field Artillery, on Anton-Heinen-Straße in Erkelenz, Germany – February 1945.
Then image: LIFE Magazine Archives – William Vandivert Photographer
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
US Personnel examine a Soviet 85mm M1939 AA gun captured & reused by the Germans, and then abandoned in Schriefersmühle Germany – February 1945.
Then image: Life Magazine – William Vandivert Photographer
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
American soldiers have raised the american flag after liberation Rheydt around March 1945. The city is full of propagandaslogans as “Nun gilt’s Alles für den Sieg” or “Now everything counts for victory” and various other slogans.
Then image: Life Magazine – William Vandivert
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
628th tank destroyer battalion in Rheydt a suburb of Mönchengladbach, Germany during Operation Grenade 1 march 1945.
Then image: ?
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Allied soldiers in Hottorf on their way to Erkelenz during Operation Grenade around February 1945.
Then image: LIFE Magazine Archives – William Vandivert Photographer
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
