![]() ![]() Germany – Canadian troops and armour move forward across the German plain in a widening arc advancing on Calcar, key city west of the Rhine. The fellow standing makes no effort ot help him because he, too, is badly wounded (not peculiar way he holds his rifle.)Credit (ACME) (WP) Ĭanadians Move Up On Calcar. A badly wounded GI behind the three at left is leaning on his rifle in an effort to get to his feet. ROER RIVER, GERMANY – These three American soldiers stagger around dazed from the repercussions of a hand grenade which a German prisoner, captured during the Roer River crossing, lies dead in the foreground. Ninth Army, now that Yanks of that fighting force have driven across the Rhine.Credit: (ACME) The great Ruhr industrial city lies in the path of the U.S. Here is an airview of much-bombed Essen, showing Germany’s vital Krupp works, railroad center and utilities. Announcement late tonight, said they had captured the city.Credit: Acme photo via Army Radiotelephoto ![]() 1st Army, get a well-earned rest in a back street in Cologne, after forcing their way into the Rhineland capital. Prisoners, which daily number in the thousands, are rapidly swelling the Allied prison camps to capacity. They deserted from the German army and hid in cellars and other hide-outs until American forces reached them. Germany-Droves of German prisoners, captured as the American forces advanced across the Rhine at Remagen, are packed into this area to await transfer to prison camps. Photo by Charles Haacker, ACME photographer for the War Picture Pool. Snug as a bug, he’s sheltered by a large beach umbrella, found in a vacant house nearby. Grundhof, Luxembourg-Stationed in front of the railroad terminal at Grundhof, this ingenius Yank MP isn’t bothered by the rain. ![]()
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