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SZ Photo - Fighting on the Western Front in Germany, 1945

Battles of the German Army in Germany. - This selection contains pictures from our partner agency Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo.

German column in the Ardennes, 1945

01.01.1945 - German vehicles on a supply road in the Ardennes, In the foreground is a truck with a light artillery Field Howitzer 10.5 cm. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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U.S. troops at the crossing of the Rhine, 1945

01.01.1945 - American troops cross a pontoon bridge over the Rhine. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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German assault gun III during fighting on the Western front, 1945

08.01.1945 - Assault gun type III and an armored personnel carrier Sd.Kfz. 251 of the Waffen SS in a village on the Western front. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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German soldiers at the front in Belgium, 1945

04.01.1945 - Soldiers in their Schuetzenpanzer Sdkfz.251 (armored fighting vehicle) on the way in the Belgium and Luxembourg battlefield. Behind the shield a machine gun 42 [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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German soldier brings captive U.S. troops backwards, 1945

06.01.1945 - American soldiers, who were taken prisoners during fights in the Ardennes region, are being guided behind the front under surveillance. Right at the edge of the picture is a German...
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German soldiers smoke after a battle, 1945

04.01.1945 - A tanker of the Wehrmacht (left) gives fire to an infantryman of the Weapon SS for his cigarette. In the background is a destroyed American scout car. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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Destroyed American tank "Sherman" in Upper Alsace, 1945

02.02.1945 - An American Sherman tank is shot down and unable to move at the edge of Upper Alsace village. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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Destroyed American tanks on the Western Front, 1945

09.02.1945 - An American tank "Sherman" on the Western Front, which was hit and destroyed by a bazooka. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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German soldiers during combat in the Ardennes, 1945

15.01.1945 - Infantry during a counter attack against American forces in the woods of the Ardennes. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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German officers at a briefing session, 1945

01.01.1945 - Officers with a map discuss the attack on American positions at a mountain range. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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Ship hoist near Henrichenburg, 1929

01.01.1929 - Old ship hoist near Henrichenburg in the city area of Waltrop, where the Dortmund-Ems Canal meets the Rhine-Herne Canal. In the hoisting gear, ships of up to 800 tons payload can b...
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German soldiers in a trench at the Western Front, 1945

01.03.1945 - Soldiers advance in a trench. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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Soldiers of the Waffen SS during combat on the Western front, 1945

22.02.1945 - Grenadier run over a bridge in Hagenauer Forst through enemy artillery fire. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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Machine gunners of the Waffen SS in France, 1945

02.02.1945 - Soldiers of the Waffen SS fire a machine gun from a house in Oberelsass. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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Soldiers of the Waffen SS on the Western front, 1945

13.01.1945 - Grenadier in a street an embattled town. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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German artillery observer on the Western front, 1945

07.04.1945 - An artillery observer looks through a rangefinder at the enemy frontline and directs the fire of his own artillery. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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German Soldiers at the Western Front, 1945

07.03.1945 - Soldiers are loading a mortar with a grenade. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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German soldier on the Western front, 1945

24.01.1945 - A soldier with an MG 34 in a house during fighting on the Western front. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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American soldiers at the bridge of Remagen, 1945

01.03.1945 - After an unsuccessful detonation, the Ludendorff Bridge over the Rhine near Remagen had fallen into the hands of the Americans undamaged, here troops cross the Rhine. [XPAEXPORTID0...
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American soldiers on the bridge of Remagen, 1944

01.03.1944 - The railway bridge of Remagen over the Rhine that was occupied unharmed by American soldiers. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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Fallen members of the Hitler Youth on the Western Front

01.01.1944 - The photo, taken by an American war correspondent in Huertgenwald, that was fought for weeks, shows the fallen child soldiers in their fighting positions from Hitler's last squad....
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Anti-aircraft guns of the Luftwaffe on the Western Front, 1945

26.01.1945 - Luftwaffe soldiers bring 2cm Flakvierling 38 in position to secure the supply routes in Upper Alsace. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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Paratroopers on the Western Front, 1945

16.03.1945 - German paratrooper watch from their coverage as artillery cannons are used against Canadian positions. On the right is a prepared Kar98. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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SS Panzergrenadier (mechanized infantry) on the Western Front, 1945

18.01.1945 - Grenadiers of the Waffen SS are preparing for a counterattack. The front soldier carries a bazooka. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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German paratroopers crossing a river in the night in the Netherlands, 1945

10.01.1945 - German paratroopers crossing a river in the night in the Netherlands. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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Paratroops in a trench in Holland, 1944

05.09.1944 - Paratroops in a trench in Holland. Picture shows in front a soldier smoking a pipe and in the back a soldier digging the trench and one with a Fla-MG (Anti-aircraft machine gun). [...
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Changing positions because of flooding, Netherlands, 1945

09.01.1945 - Changing positions because of flooding, Netherlands. Picture shows a horse carriage with soldiers and a anti-aircraft gun. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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House-boat of German soldiers at the Meuse in the Netherlands, 1945

29.01.1945 - House-boat of German soldiers at the Meuse in the Netherlands. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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German column in the Ardennes, 1945
German soldiers at the front in Belgium, 1945
Destroyed American tank "Sherman" in Upper Alsace, 1945
U.S. troops at the crossing of the Rhine, 1945
German soldier brings captive U.S. troops backwards, 1945
Destroyed American tanks on the Western Front, 1945
German assault gun III during fighting on the Western front, 1945
German soldiers smoke after a battle, 1945
German soldiers during combat in the Ardennes, 1945

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