Goch – Klever Straße

A Daimler Scout Car of the British 15th Scottish Infantry Division passes the water tower on the Klever Straße in Goch on February 20, 1945.
Then image: © IWM B 14797
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel

Maastricht – Akerstraat (3)

Different angle, same US LCM 3 Landing Craft from Maastricht to the River Rhine in Germany – March 1945.
Then image: LIFE Magazine Archives – William Vandivert Photographer
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel

Maastricht – Akerstraat (2)

Same US LCM 3 Landing Craft from Maastricht to the River Rhine in Germany – March 1945.
Then image: LIFE Magazine Archives – William Vandivert Photographer
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel

Maastricht – Akerstraat (1)

US LCM 3 Landing Craft are transported on M25 Tank Transporters (Dragon Wagon) from Maastricht to the River Rhine in Germany – March 1945.
Then image: LIFE Magazine Archives – William Vandivert Photographer
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel

Eindhoven

A little Dutch boy leading a goat-drawn cart, probably with his siblings seated in it, in the streets of liberated Eindhoven, 19 September 1944. British troops in a truck are observing the scene with amusement.
Then image: IWM (BU 949)
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel

Brachelen

Allied troops in the fully destroyed Annastrasse in Brachelen early 1945.
Then image: Stadarchiv Huckelhoven
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel

Randerath (2)

GIs haul a requisitioned mattress out of a house in Randerath Germany – Early 1945
Then Picture: LIFE Magazine Archives – William Vandivert Photographer
Now Picture: Harry Hosell
Thanks to FB page: World War Pictures

Randerath (1)

American infantrymen wearing their camouflage snow suits march through the village of Randerath, Germany, on their way to attack the town of Brachelen, a few miles North of Cologne on Feb. 1, 1945.
Then image: LIFE Magazine Archives – William Vandivert Photographer WWP-PD
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel

Hottorf

Allied soldiers in Hottorf on their way to Erkelenz during Operation Grenade around February 1945.
Then image: LIFE Magazine Archives – William Vandivert Photographer
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel

Paris – Arc du Triumph (2)

Free French M4A2 Sherman in front of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris in August 1944.
Then image: LIFE Magazine Archives – Ralph Morse Photographer
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel