Pfc Robert Fleming posts a warning sign reading; Stop! You are under enemy observation! in Kofferen on the way to Lövenich, 27 February 1945.
Then image: Signal Corps
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel – Grace Kailuhu
English information sign for the other advancing Allied forces attached to the wall by civilians when the Irish Guards arrived in Aalst, 18 September 1944.
Then image: Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Van de Poll
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
Infantry of the Royal Welch Fusiliers passing through Geffen, The Netherlands on 23 October 1944.
Then image: IWM (B 11151)
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
Soldiers of the US 104th Infantry Division “Timberwolves” leaving the city center of Stolberg towards Eschweiler November 1944.
Then image: LIFE Magazine Archives – John Florea Photographer
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Two young German soldiers surrendered to troops of the US 78th Infantry Division during the fighting around the town of Simmerath, Germany, 15 December 1944.
Then image: ?
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Population welcomes army units of the Irish Guards, September 1944. I was wrong first see Aalst – Irish Guards (8), but this photo was taken more in the direction of Eindhoven. A visitor (F. van Ham) notified me of the incorrect location.
Then image: Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Van de Poll
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
Allied soldiers near the Eiffeltower on the way to cross the Pont d’Iéna a 19th century bridge over the river Seine in the center of Paris.
Then image: LIFE Magazine Archives – Ralph Morse Photographer
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel – Grace Kailuhu
Allied soldiers in front of the Lützow-Kaserne in Aachen end 1944 or early 1945. During the battle for the city many civilians fled to this Kaserne.
Then image: ?
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Allied soldiers in front of the eiffeltower in Augustus 1944 during the liberation of Paris.
Then image: LIFE Magazine Archives – Ralph Morse Photographer
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American GIs belonging to the 3rd Armored Division, 36th Armored Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion, Company “C”, take cover from artillery fire and smoke during an enemy bombardment in Geich, Germany, 11th of December, 1944.
Then image: ?
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