Soldiers of the 63rd Infantry Division pose on the bridge over the Neckar river at Heidelberg, Germany; spring 1945.

Heidelberg, Germany

Battle-weary US soldiers take a rest among the ruins on a street in Fulda, Germany, April 3, 1945.

Rest on ruins

A long column of German POWs captured on the outskirts of Münster, (North Rhine-Westphalia) April 2, 1945.  The US 17th Airborne Division, employed in a standard infantry role and not in a parachute capacity, attacked Münster with the British 6th Guards Tank Brigade in a ground assault and fought its way into the contested city centre, which was cleared in urban combat on the following day.