The City of Wesel supports the "Liberation Route Europe" project and last year placed a stone commemorating the event:[ATTACH] The QR code on the...
[ATTACH] After they had crossed the Rhine the visitors had a short stroll on the east bank near the village of Spellen which had been taken by US...
[ATTACH] And this is the place today: [ATTACH] The original balcony in front of the tower is gone...
[ATTACH] This is on the balcony of Hotel "Wacht am Rhein" in Büderich - and below a screenshot from a film shot by the US Corps of Signals:...
I always liked this one. And - as a German - I like to think that we heeded this good advice. But in these days of war we witness those who use...
Thanks, Biak. I am a bit preoccupied with the current war - looking back at past wars and battles seems somewhat less important at the moment...
mcoffee - thanks! I have access to some IDPFs of the crew members involved - indeed, they sometimes contain more and additional information,...
Hi Takao and firstf1abn, thank you for the link to the PDFs, Takao! I will take a closer lookat these! firstf1abn - you posted some very...
That's where I found the info about the Air Position Indicator...
Hello, I did some online research and now understand that the "Air Position Indicator" allowed to establish longitude and latitude of the own...
Hello - did you consider that Neuwied might have been a "target of opportunity"? The city had (and still has) a bridge across the Rhine. The term...
Also, there is the 1946 interrogation of General Heinrich von Luettwitz who commanded the 47th Panzer-Corps which fought the Allies in the...
Hi Dennis, are you aware of the book by Heinz-Günther Guderian? He is the son of the famous general and was an officer in the 116th Panzer...
To all of the above members: Thanks for the friendly welcome!
Hello - I am joining the forum from Germany. I grew up in an area that was the battlefield for Operations Plunder and Varsity in 1945 - near...
