Zoeken

Zoek op namen, gebeurtenissen of plaatsen. Hulp nodig? Bekijk de zoekhulp

Duisburg Canal in U.S. hands. Overturned boats in the Duisburg Canal form a picture of desolation and chaos at the largest inland port in Europe and the center of the Ruhr heavy industry. Troops of the Ninth U.S. Army reached Duisburg March 27, 1945, during a drive eastward from the Rhine River. Two of the Reich's principal east-west land routes go through the war industry center, which is also a key ...

Official caption, french and foreign war correspondents visit the frontline zone. The wascorrespondents in a town at the front, in front of a network of barbed wire.

Picture taken at the secret Royal Air Force Aerodrome Somewhere in Northern France. Close-up of the steel network which has been laid over the run-ways on the aerodrome. It prevents the plane's wheels from becoming dogged and when overgrown with grass cannot be seen from the air.

Ninth U.S. Army troops push into Duisburg. Troops of the Ninth U.S. Army advance across a bridge on a rubble-strewn road as they enter Duisburg, Germany, the largest inland port in Europe and the center of the Ruhr's heavy industry center March 27, 1945, during a drive eastward from the Rhine River. Two of the Reich's principal east-west land routes go through the city, which is also a key point in ...

U.S. Marines set off dynamite change in Okinawa cave. Debris showers high into the air as a U.S. Marine demolition crew sets off a dynamite blast to eliminate a Japanese strongpoint in a cave on Okinawa, main Ryukyu (Loochoo) island 375 miles (600 kms.) from Japan. A network of caves and pillboxes was found in the southern sector of Okinawa, where the enemy was trying desperately to stem the U.S. drive ...