Irish guards in the main street of Aalst going towards Eindhoven, 18 September 1944.
Note: The buiding in the center of the photo was still there until 2018 but then a big fire burned down the building. When making this photo early 2024 a new building was still under construction. Now in October 2024 it’s almost finished.
Then image: Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Van de Poll
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
Soldiers in the center of Neuss on the way to the Neusser Brücke during the Battle for the Rhine around March 1945.
Then image: US Signal Corps
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A heavily damaged Römerstraße in Gressenich in November 1944.
Then image: Life Magazine Archives – John Florea
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
Tanks of the 8 Armoured Division in the center of Kamp Lintfort, 8 March 1945.
Then image: ?
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German prisoners captured in the new drive between Alsdorf and Mariadorf, Germany, march under guard in German street. 16 November, 1944.
Then image: U.S. National Archives. Digitized by Signal Corps Archive.
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Soldiers from the US 104th Infantry Division “Timberwolves” with 2 injured German Soldiers in the city center of Stolberg, November 1944.
Note: The angle is not perfect because of tree line but I wanted to have a link with the past as seen in the uppler left of the photo.
Then image: LIFE Magazine Archives – John Florea Photographer
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
Soldiers of the US 104th Infantry Division “Timberwolves leaving the city center of Stolberg in November 1944.
Then image: LIFE Magazine Archives – John Florea Photographer
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
More German Prisoners of War loaded on a truck in Gressenich Germany – November 1944.
Then image: Life Magazine Archives – John Florea
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
German Prisoner of War supported by an allied soldier in Gressenich Germany – November 1944.
Then image: Life Magazine Archives – John Florea
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
