Column of US 70th Division troops file into Saarbrücken, Germany, as they take control of the town. March 20, 1945.


Saarbrücken, 1945.

General Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force. Ike ultimately gave the order to begin Operation Neptune/Overlord by saying "OK, lets go" at Southwick House near Portsmouth in Hampshire, England.

Supreme Commander

Searching for snipers in the occupied German city of Saarbrücken. First men in were "L" Company, 275th Infantry of 70th Division.