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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Hitler once visited Trier. Here we see him being driven down the
Kölner Straße in 1939.
Then image: ??
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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
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Scottish soldiers of the infantry in action during Operation Nutcracker.
Street were cleared of the presence of German soldiers.
In the background we see houses on the Antoniuslaan that
were destroyed during the bombardment earlier in the day.
Then image:http://wo2venlo.nl/venlo-1944-1945-de-bevrijding-van-blerick/
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Soldier of the 6thBattalion, King’s Own Scottish Borders before a building in Blerick,
a suburb of Venlo, the Netherlands during operation Nutcracker in 1944.
Note the blast impact still visibible in the now photo.
Then image: ??
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Infantry of 3rd Division clearing out snipers in the town of Lingen, 7 April 1945.
Then image: © IWM (BU 3165)
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Start of educational courses at the Ordensburg Vogelsang in 1936.
Then image: https://www.vogelsang-ip.de
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