NSB (National Social Movement) on an inspection in 1942 in Haarlem with in the black uniform one of the founders of the NSB named C. van Geelkerken. Behind him the NSB major of Haarlem named S.L.A. Plekker but quickly named ”Slaap Lekker” that in Dutch means Good night, or Sleep well.
Then image: Noord Hollands Archief
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More US soldiers in the suburbs of Köln in Bickendorf during the attack for the city, 5 March 1945. Again not the perfect angle, but it works.
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Germans that already surrender are bringing away from the frontline here walking in the Christophstraße during the battle for the city.
Note: The angle is not fully correct but still the same place.
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Lt Kizenkavich, 502 PIR at the Waalbanddijk, Dodewaard in the Netherlands during operation Market Garden, autumn 1944.
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Allied Soldiers on patrol at the trainstation of Hemmen – Dodewaard in the Netherlands in October 1944.
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Two soldiers of the 81st Airborne Anti Aircraft Battalion posing at the Waalbanddijk in Dodewaard the Netherlands in autumn 1944.
Note the grafiti on the wall mentioning the next SS headquarters is 12 km ahead.
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Advancing troops on Lerchenweg in Cologne-Bocklemünd, March 5, 1945. My wife Grace Kailuhu is the stand in for the soldier.
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Woman sitting in the ruins of Cologne in the Gereonstraße while further way tanks moving forward to the Cathedral of Köln, 1945.
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A small rest for US soldiers in the suburbs of Bickendorf in Köln during the attack for the city, 5 March 1945.
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Allied soldiers hiding near the Römerbrunnen at the Burgmauer and almost reach the Dom Cathedral of Köln during the battle for the city, 6 March 1945.
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