Street by street the American soldiers penetrated trough the city of Neuss during Operation Grenade in March 1945.
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Category Archives: Operation Grenade
Rheinberg (3)
Amercan Soldiers clearing the city center of the city of Rheinberg after the battle for the city in March 1945.
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Rheinberg (2) – Winterswick
A German SP assault gun (Sturmgeschütz) damaged by fire in Winterswick during the battle for bloody Rheinberg around March 1945.
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Kamp Lintfort (1)
American soldiers of the 35th Infantry Division march past the body of an fallen German soldier in Kamp-Lintfort, 1945.
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Rheinberg (1)
American tank destroyers of the 8th Armored Division of the Ninth U.S. Army line a street of Rheinberg, Germany. 6 March, 1945.
Note: See the Feind hort mit or the Enemy is listening sign on the advertising column,
Then image: US Signal Corps / SC 335575
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Rath Anhoven
M5 Stuart tank from the 102nd Infantry division not in Rheindahlen, but in the city of Rath-Anhoven, Germany 1945 during operation Grenade.
Then image: US Signal Corps / SC 335567
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Krefeld (4) – Uerdingen
After the fall of Uerdingen, Germany, to infantrymen of the 95th Infantry Division, guards are posted in streets of town to prevent infiltration by the enemy.
Then image: US Signal Corps / SC 336800
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Sevelen (1)
Infantry of the 35th Division, 9th U.S. Army move through the town of Sevelen, Germany, clearing German snipers out as they move forward. 3 March, 1945.
Then image: Signal Corps / SC 336784
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Krefeld (3)
Units move through a battered Krefeld on 3 March 1945.
Then image: US Army Photo
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Viersen (1)
On 1st March 1945 the American military column arrive in Viersen, Germany.
Note: Below the left swastika the slogan reads: Unser Glaube – Der Führer.
It’s hard to read how the slogan finished below the rigth swastika.
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