Soldiers checking a map of the city of Lippstadt after captering the city in april 1945.
Then image: Life magazine – Vandivert
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
Lippstadt (5)
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Drensteinfurt (2)
Close up of allied Tanks in Drensteinfurt around end March or early april 1945.
Then image: Life Magazine – Vandivert
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
Gemen – Holzplatz
A Cromwell tank of 7th Armoured Division passes through Gemen (Borken), 30 March 1945.
Then image: IWM (BU 2895)
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
Drensteinfurt (1)
Allied Tanks in Drensteinfurt around end March or early april 1945.
Then image: Life Magazine – Vandivert
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
Münster
US soldiers of Company E, 194th Glider Infantry Regiment, 17th Airborne Division, receive their first cigarettes since the division’s 24 March landing during Operation Varsity, Münster, 1 April 1945.
Then image: ?
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
Lippstadt (4)
Allied soldiers with German prisoners at a checkpoint in Lippstadt early april 1945.
Then image: Life Magazine – Vandivert
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
Lippstadt (3)
On 1 April 1945, the lead elements of two Allied Army Groups met at Lippstadt, east of the Ruhr, and completed the encirclement of Germany’s Army Group B, comprising more than 300,000 troops. This was the last substantial German fighting force left on the western front.
Then image: Life Magazine – William Vandivert
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
Lippstadt (2)
Allied soldier standing guard at a german roadblock in the city of Lippstadt after they take the city around March / April 1945.
Then image: Life Magazine – William Vandivert
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
Lippstadt (1)
Sherman tanks in Lippstadt after they have crossed the Rhine river around March or April 1945.
Then image: Life Magazine – William Vandivert
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
Geel
Destroyed tank besides the church of Sint Amands in the city of Geel, Belgium around September 1944.
Then image: ?
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
