Paratroopers from the 1st Allied Airborne Army approach a German farm at the edge of a wooded area. Parachutes hanging from the trees are visible.

These troops landed on 24 March 1945 east of the Rhine River, behind German positions, to support ground forces (21st Army Group, Canadian and British forces under Marshal Montgomery) crossing the Rhine.

On the East bank of the Rhine

Two American soldiers examine a destroyed German StuG III in the outskirts of the small town of St. Vith, eastern Belgium, near Luxemburg; January 1945.

Abandoned German armor

Soviet and American officers are walking along a street of the city of Torgau, Germany. On the front center (with helmet) is Major General Alwen Guillem, commander of the 13th US Army Corps. To his left is the commander of artillery of the 89th Rifle Corps, Guards Colonel Viktor Kuzmich Potanin (1905-1974). On the right side are  American M18 Hellcat self-propelled tank destroyers; 1945.