U.S. 30th Infantry Division troops march through the devastated town of Malmedy, Belgium, on December 29, which was leveled in error by American bombers.
   On 21 December 1944, the town was then held by US troops, was attacked by German forces under the command of Otto Skorzeny, who were repelled. Moreover, on 23, 24 and 25 December 1944 the city was bombed repeatedly by the United States Army Air Forces in a series of friendly fire incidents. Approximately 200 civilians were killed in the tragic attacks.
 


American soldiers in bombed-out Malmedy

American soldiers and a German half-track on a street in the town of Wolmirstedt, in Saxony, Germany, captured by units of the US Ninth Army, in their drive to the Elbe river; April 15, 1945.


US soldiers and vehicles

One of the first photos of the Roer river crossing; A wire team of the 2nd Battalion, 120th Infantry Regiment, carries spools of communication wires across a pontoon bridge over the Roer river near the town of Schophoven - between Jülich and Düren - Germany; February 23, 1945.
