A US anti-tank squad in Alsdorf-Schaufenberg, Germany during the encirclement of Aachen in 1944.
Then image: ?
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Alsdorf (3)
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Gross Vernich
Pfc. George Wojtowicz, 102 Davitt Ave., Campbell, Ohio, of the 899th Tank Destroyer Battalion, 9th Infantry Division, U.S. First Army, talks to a Russian. This man was a former prisoner of the Germans. Gross Vernich, Germany. 5 March, 1945.
Then image: US Signal Corps / SC 405018
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
Aalst – Irish Guards (11)
Soldiers of the Irish Guards posing in front of the same tank as the Irish Guards (5) photo (opposite site) in Aalst on 18 September 1944.
Then image: Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Van de Poll
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Aalst – Irish Guards (10)
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
Neuss (2)
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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Gressenich – Römerstraße (6)
A heavily damaged Römerstraße in Gressenich in November 1944.
Then image: Life Magazine Archives – John Florea
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Kamp Lintfort (2)
Tanks of the 8 Armoured Division in the center of Kamp Lintfort, 8 March 1945.
Then image: ?
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Alsdorf (2)
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.
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
Stolberg (12)
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
Stolberg (11)
And more German prisoners of war in Stolberg Germany – November 1944.
Most of the GI’s are with the US 104th Infantry Division “Timberwolves”.
Then image: LIFE Magazine Archives – John Florea Photographer
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
Then image: LIFE Magazine Archives – John Florea Photographer
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
