United States 3rd Army Division soldiers patrol through Bocklemünd on the north-western outskirts of Cologne, Germany in World War II. U.S. Army soldiers enter houses in the city and walk on the streets. Some soldiers run as they cross a street to evade snipers. Some infantry soldiers fire at German snipers. Soldiers forcefully break house doors open. Soldiers leaving house after search. Tanks moving on the street. Infantry soldiers search a village for snipers. Road sign showing the distance to Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Wuppertal, Aachen, Koblenz, and Bonn. A soldier walks past a “Stadtmitte” sign directing to Cologne city center.
United States 3rd Army Division M4 Sherman tanks move towards Cologne city center in Germany during World War II. A tank moves past a destroyed streetcar. Sherman tanks firing while in motion. U.S. Army infantry soldiers follow the tanks. A pair of German soldiers surrender to United States soldiers near Cologne. Soldiers near a bus station. More German soldiers raise their hands as they surrender to Allied forces.
United States 3rd Army Division M4 Sherman tanks and M26 Pershing tanks move forward through streetcar roadblock in Cologne, Germany during World War II. The tanks carefully cross under a bridge. An “Achtung” (“Danger” in German) sign hangs above the road. An armored M4 tank bulldozer tows a destroyed Line 3 Cologne Stadtbahn tram streetcar. U.S. Army soldiers carry a steel beam to clear road. A tank can move forward. More tanks emerge from heavy smoke and road after the road is cleared of destroyed streetcars.
United States 3rd Army Division soldiers study a map together in Cologne, Germany during World War II. U.S. Army soldiers gather outside a house. A soldier pointing while he talks to officers. United States Army tanks parked outside apartments. A soldier communicates on the phone. German civilians watch street fighting from apartment balcony. German soldiers raise white flag as they surrender to American soldiers. An M26 Pershing heavy tank and an M4 Sherman tank drive past a tobacco shop. German civilian women carry their belongings as they cross the road. A man leads the women into an underground passage. Soldiers forcefully break house doors open and capture Nazi German prisoners.
United States 3rd Army Division soldier shoots at German snipers in Cologne, Germany during World War II. Street sign at Subbelrather Straße (Subbelrather Street) in Ehrenfeld borough, Cologne. Soldiers ride a Jeep and walk on foot near St. Rochus Church (Rochusstraße 98, 50827 Köln, Germany). The ruins of St. Rochus Church. A skyline view of Cologne, Germany.
A map of Western Europe showing the location of Strasbourg, France in World War II. The Raven Bridge or Pont du Corbeau over the Ill River in Strasbourg. A destroyed apartment with gaping hole in roof from damage. Two Allied soldiers read a Nazi German wall graffiti “Angloamerikaner und Bolschewisten bringen Chaos, Not, Hunger, Anarchie, Arbeitslosigkeit. Der Nationalsozialismus kampft bis zum Endsieg fur Freiheit und Brot unseres Volkes!” (“Anglo-Americans and Bolsheviks bring chaos, misery, hunger, anarchy, unemployment. National Socialism will fight to the final victory for the freedom and bread of our people!” in English). An M4 Sherman tank moves on the street, passing by the Oberlin Buchhandlung or Oberlin Bookstore (19 Rue des Francs-Bourgeois, 67000 Strasbourg, France) which is presently an LCL Bank building. Soldiers on top of the tank are seen. French troops and United States Army 15th Corp soldiers in Strasbourg after liberation from German forces. Slight damage on Strasbourg Cathedral (Pl. de la Cathédrale, 67000 Strasbourg, France). The Rose window and damaged clock of the Strasbourg Cathedral. Civilian German men, women, and children carry their belongings as they enter temporary prisoner of war stockade at Lycée Fustel-de-Coulanges ( 1 Pl. du Château, 67061 Strasbourg, France. )
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