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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Blerick – Antoniuslaan
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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Blerick – Pontanusstraat (1)
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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Lingen – Castellstraße
Infantry of 3rd Division clearing out snipers in the town of Lingen, 7 April 1945.
Then image: © IWM (BU 3165)
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Ordensburg Vogelsang (4)
Start of educational courses at the Ordensburg Vogelsang in 1936.
Then image: https://www.vogelsang-ip.de
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Ordensburg Vogelsang (3)
Hilter in discussion with Dr. Robert Ley at the Ordensburg Vogelsang.
Then image:
NS ORDENSBURGEN – by Franz Albert Heinen
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Vienna – Heldenplatz (4)
In 1938 at Vienna’s Heldenplatz, Hitler celebrates “The Anschluss” of Austria to the German Reich in front of cheering crowds.
Then image: ??
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Ordensburg Vogelsang (2)
Rudolf Hess and other high nazi officials listening to Dr. Robert Ley at the Ordensburg Vogelsang.
Then image: ?
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Ordensburg Vogelsang (1)
Hitler and Robert Ley at the Ordensburg Vogelsang in april 1937. Note: This is probably not the right side but this building was symmetrical. You cannot take a photo of the other side because there is a glass building that blocks the view.
Then image: Bundesarchiv, Bild 146-1985-108-27A / CC-BY-SA 3.0
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Zülpich – Nideggener Straße (1)
Allied Soldiers near a roadsign in Zülpich on their way to Remagen in 1945.
Then image: http://www.justizclub-dueren.de
Author: A. Trostorf
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