American soldiers in the Hürtgen forest, December 1, 1944.
The Hürtgen forest is located along the border between Belgium and Germany in the southwest corner of the German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Scarcely 50 square miles (130 km2) in area, the forest lies within a triangle outlined by the German towns of Aachen, Monschau, and Düren. The Rur River runs along the eastern edge of the forest.

Waiting for the attack

Got one

Members of an American tank crew of the U.S. 3rd Army (United States Army Central) find horses and a carriage already harnessed and take a joyride following the capture of Trier. The ancient Roman outpost city was heavily damaged by Allied bombing during the war and had to be extensively rebuilt. Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. February 1945. 