With helmets put on the sidewalk G.I.'s perform their early morning exercises in Krefeld/Germany, March 1945.

The victors sweat, the defeated watch

US position at the main road of Alsdorf/Western Germany.

Roadblock

Generals Eisenhower, Bradley and Patton inspect suitcases filled with silver and gold at the Merkers Mine, Thuringia, Germany on 12 April, 1945. The gold and monetary reserves of the Reichsbank in Berlin were moved there in early February after the destruction of the Reichsbank by Allied bombing. Also found in the mine were many priceless works of art and much gold, silver and gemstones looted from concentration camp inmates by the SS.