A group of american soldiers looks at a map at the border triangle of Germany/Holland/Belgium west of Aachen, September 1944. Aachen was the first german major city to be captured by western allies on October 21st 1944.

G.I.s at border triangle, September 1944

The Battle of Aachen, October 1944. American soldiers are loading a streetcar with captured german grenades of 75mm and 88mm caliber. They labeled it with &quot;Heil Heel&quot;, &quot;Aachen Express&quot;, a Hitler portrait and called the car &quot;V 13&quot; - an allusion to the german &quot;wonder weapons V 1 and V 2. The streetcar was sent racing into the town where it detonated without causing to much damage as it was told. Quite inventive idea anyway!