Significant damage in Kalenborn in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany during World War 2. Destroyed houses, broken trees, and debris on the street. Only the roof frame and walls stand in one of the houses. A damaged house with exposed attic and floors. Two U.S. Army soldiers walk near the damaged houses. A severely damaged car beside a wall with gaping hole. Bullet holes in walls and debris on the floor. A German civilian man shoveling debris and rubble. German women and children refugees gather in makeshift shelter surrounded by furniture. Women and children pose in front of the camera. American Soldiers observe debris, damaged car and bullet-riddled house.
United States Army soldiers inspect abandoned German ammunition in woods near Kalenborn, Germany during World War II. The soldiers clear foliage from the abandoned ammunition, revealing it to be a 340mm shell with “TS” painted on it. A soldier smoking cigar wipes dust off shell. A Jeep passes by. More abandoned shells found in the woods. German label “Nicht verfeuern M1” (“Don’t burn M1”) on the bottom of shell can. Soldiers open shell can. A soldier pulls out shells, inside white cloth bag, from the can. A man’s finger pointing at shell’s description in German. Shell with words written “MASSENGE RO 113 17 MARCH 45”.
German bank employees retrieve money and bank records from a destroyed bank in Cologne, Germany after World War II. View of the entrance to ruined bank flanked by a pair of stone statues. Two Military Policemen stand guard in front of the bank. Bank employees walk out of the destroyed bank carefully walk over rubble.
German civilians repairing secret submarine cables in Cologne, Germany after the end of World War II. The towers of the Cologne Cathedral, damaged Hohenzollern Bridge, and Die Bastei are seen in background. Men talking on test phones under a makeshift tent. A man splicing wires while smoking a pipe. German civilian wearing uniform and glasses speaking on a test phone. A group of men splicing wires together.
United States Army soldiers drive a 1/4-ton truck on muddy road in Merode, Germany during World War II. Wheels of 1/4-ton Army truck spinning and moving in the mud. A soldier follows the trucks in the forest road. A man stands on the running board of a moving medic Jeep “Skippy”. Soldiers push a Jeep stuck in muddy road. Wheels spinning while stuck in mud. Soldier fastens chains into Jeep’s front bumper. The vehicle slowly moves through the muddy forest road.
United States Army soldiers walking through flooded, muddy forest road in Merode, Germany following heavy rains during World War II. The American soldiers walk carefully through soft mud. Close-up views of legs and boots of U.S. Army soldiers walking in deep mud that completely covers boots. Soldiers’ feet lift out of the mud as they move. Soldiers and medic tie cables onto two trucks’ bumpers as they prepare to free a truck stuck in mud.
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