General Patton preparing to depart the Ohrdruf concentration camp after an inspection shortly after the camp was liberated. He ordered the civilians in the nearby towns to view the camp and to uncover the mass graves and give the victims proper burials. 

Gen. George S Patton

Aachen/Germany, October 1944. An american soldier lurks  around a dangerous street corner in Aachen. In front of him empty shell casings.

Dangerous corner

October 21st 1944, Aachen has surrendered! The first german major city to get captured by the western allies. On the front passenger's seat of the jeep Colonel Gerhard Wilck, the commanding officer of german forces inside the encircled town.