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Under Fire
CA ON00411 MG-0020-1-1-1-1 · File · 2/16/1945
Part of Schafer Fonds

Crossing the road in Germany under fire, this British patrol takes advantage of smoke screen and crosses road in Gennep, which was taken after heavy street fighting.

CA ON00411 MG-0020-1-1-1-11 · File · 3/7/1945
Part of Schafer Fonds

A group of Cologne civilians hoist the white flag of surrender outside their shelter as troops of the 3rd Armoured Div., 1st U.S. Army move into the city.

CA ON00411 MG-0020-1-1-1-12 · File · 3/4/1945
Part of Schafer Fonds

In the Rhine River are idle German barges. On the far shore is a large Dusseldorf manufacturing plant which is probably under fire now from advance Ninth Army units.

CA ON00411 MG-0020-1-1-1-13 · File · 3/29/1945
Part of Schafer Fonds

Buildings burn furiously after being set afire by tank destroyers firing at hidden snipers, as the Seventh Army drives deeper into Germany on east side of Rhine.

Gen. Giraud in Search of Kin
CA ON00411 MG-0020-1-1-1-14 · File · 3/31/1945
Part of Schafer Fonds

Henri Giraud (centre) chats with Maj. Gen. Arthur White (right), Chief of Staff, U.S. Seventh Army, and Col. Leo V. Warner (left), Deputy Chief of Staff, Seventh Army. General Giraud is attempting to locate his family who were held prisoners by the Germans.

CA ON00411 MG-0020-1-1-1-15 · File · 3/31/1945
Part of Schafer Fonds

Paratroopers of the First Allied Airborne Army, play a game in the rail yard where they were waiting to be transported to the take-off airfield. By reading and playing games, they gave the impression of being war-weary troops being sent to a rest camp to deceive detection by spies or German air reconnaissance.

Cleaning Out a Pocket
CA ON00411 MG-0020-1-1-1-17 · File · 3/12/1945
Part of Schafer Fonds

At Sonsbeck, Germany, a concentration of tanks guns is directed at Nazis attempting to escape from the Wesel pocket, Allies succeeded in clearing the important area of the enemy.

CA ON00411 MG-0020-1-1-1-19 · File · 3/28/1945
Part of Schafer Fonds

A Nazi for 18 years and Govenor of the Ansalt Prison since 1925, Constant Taedan, 55, has been confined to his own prison by America forces who captured town.

CA ON00411 MG-0020-1-1-1-2 · File · 11/15/1944
Part of Schafer Fonds

Well-armed Heinrich Himmler reading Hitler's proclamation on November 12 at Munich during postponed observance of the anniversary of the Beer Hall Putsch. Listening in the first row behind Himmler are: Field Marshall Wilhelm Keitel; Herr Schwarz; and Wilhelm Frick.

CA ON00411 MG-0020-1-1-1-20 · File · 2/2/1945
Part of Schafer Fonds

U.S. Infantrymen of the 94th Division who survived a seven day cut-off from the main body of troops at Nenning, Germany under fire from Germans until they were rescued, are pictured concentrating on a "c" Ration canbeing held up by the man in center. During the time they were isolated, the men had only seven cans among them and they melted snow for winter.

CA ON00411 MG-0020-1-1-1-21 · File · 2/3/1945
Part of Schafer Fonds

American and British officers study a map as they prepare for their combined drive on several German towns, most important of which was Brachelen. The two units were supported by Scotch troops. (L. to R.) Lt. Paul E. Potts, San Jose, Calif.; Major Anthony Stooker, British Tanks, London, Eng.; Major Hamilton M. Williams, Atlanta, Ga.; Lt. Col. James P. Hannigan, San Francisco, Calif., Commander of an American Artillery Battalion; Major Ian Gale, Rochester, England.

The Giant of Alsace Lorraine
CA ON00411 MG-0020-1-1-1-22 · File · 13/3/1945
Part of Schafer Fonds

Keystone War Correspondent, Cameraman H. Abrahams is completely drafted by George, the Alsace Giant.

A Nazi at Bay
CA ON00411 MG-0020-1-1-1-23 · File · 11/24/1944
Part of Schafer Fonds

A French infantryman with rifle holds a wounded Nazi officer at Bay in a ditch on the outskirts of Belfort, France. The ditched Nazi car which was riddled by French machine gun fire contained three dead Germans.

German General Surrenders
CA ON00411 MG-0020-1-1-1-24 · File · 11/10/1944
Part of Schafer Fonds

General Daser, Commanding the German 70th "White Bread" Division on Walcheren, leaving his headquarters under escort after surrendering.

Mercy -- At Last
CA ON00411 MG-0020-1-1-1-25 · File · 11/23/1944
Part of Schafer Fonds

Pouilly, France - Lying alone and unattended with a bad stomach wound, this fallen Nazi waited ten hours for medical treatment. Coming upon enemy casualty during the fight for Pouilly, an American medic treats the man's wounds.

Souvenir from Mulhouse
CA ON00411 MG-0020-1-1-1-26 · File · 11/24/1944
Part of Schafer Fonds

A Moraccan soldier trails a Nazi flag behind him in a street in Mulhouse, France, following the fall of the city to the Allies.

Post-Liberation Survey
CA ON00411 MG-0020-1-1-1-27 · File · 10/7/1944
Part of Schafer Fonds

A lone Allied soldier looks over debris that clutters the Town Hall Square in Calais, France, shortly after the vital seaport was liberated.