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Encirclement of the Ruhr

12 April, 1945. 5th Infantry Division. Photographer: Pvt. Joseph A. Jones, 165th Signal Photo Co. Photo Source: U.S. National Archives. Digitized by Signal Corps Archive.

Nachrichten für die Truppe , Nr. 358, Montag, 9. April 1945 (alliiertes Propagandamaterial)

WWII, Europe, Germany, "German POWs captured by American Airborne troops in the Ruhr" NARA 195461.tif

95th Infantry Division. Photographer: Pick. Photo Source: U.S. National Archives. Digitized by Signal Corps Archive.

11 March, 1945. 3rd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division. Photographer: Pvt. Keen, 165th Signal Photo Co.

German nurse assists a Ninth U.S. Army medic treat a wounded German SS trooper, [sic] captured during the battle for Unna, Germany. Unna is located in the industrial Ruhr valley pocket and was defended by a large number of German SS troops before its capture by 9th U.S. Army troops. 11 April, 1945. Note: The German soldier in the photo appears to be a member of the Heer, not the SS as the original caption states.

Churchill tanks of 6th Guards Tank Brigade carrying paratroopers from the American 17th Airborne Division pass through Dorsten in Germany, while an Achilles tank destroyer waits, 29 March 1945. Churchill tanks of 6th Guards Tank Brigade carrying paratroopers from the American 17th Airborne Division pass through Dorsten, 29 March 1945. On the right is an Achilles 17-pdr tank destroyer.

Churchill tanks of 6th Guards Tank Brigade carrying paratroopers of the 17th US Airborne Division, Germany, 29 March 1945. Churchill tanks of 6th Guards Tank Brigade carrying paratroopers of the 17th US Airborne Division, Germany, 29 March 1945.

8th Infantry Division. Photographer: T/5 Ernest Braun, 165th Signal Photo Co.

... the Germans bring entire mass of equipment to a plaza in Sehrlohn, Germany. 16 April, 1945. 7th Armored Division. The Germans are of the 512. Schwere Panzerjäger-Abteilung. Photographer: Pvt. Charles Herr, Jr., 165th Signal Photo Co.

Company K, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division. Photographer: Pfc. Jerome P. Musae, 166th Signal Photo Co.

737th Tank Battalion and Company K, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division. Photographer: Pfc. J. P. Musae, 166th Signal Photo Co.

Left to right: Private First Class Stanley Barhok (Astobula, Ohio); Staff Sergeant Mivhael Kollin (715 E. 99th St., Cleveland, Ohio); Private First Class James M. McGoldrick (West Plains, MS); and Pfc. Norman Dwelle (209 4th Ave. SW Jamestown, ND). HQ Co., 3rd Battalion, 194th Glider Infantry, 17th Airborne Division, First Allied Airborne Army. Photographer: Tec 4 C.M. Pletcher.

The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45- the Prime Minister Crosses the Rhine Prime Minister, Field Marshal Montgomery and General Simpson, on blown bridge at Wesel. Town in background. While on bridge enemy were shelling river.

3-inch mortar of the 8th Royal Scots under enemy fire during the Rhine crossing, 24 March 1945.

A Sherman tank of 8th Armoured Brigade in Kevelaer, Germany, 4 March 1945. Sherman tank of 8th Armoured Brigade in Kevelaer , 4 March 1945.

Prime Minister Winston Churchill Crosses the River Rhine, Germany 1945 The Prime Minister Winston Churchill crosses the River Rhine to the east bank, south of Wesel, in an American Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel (or Higgins boat) with Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery, Field Marshal Sir Alan Brooke and US General William Simpson on 25 March 1945.

"Getting across the Rhine wasn't all there was to it. There was the little matter of establishing a beachhead. We threw our mortars at them and everything else we had untill they finally gave away."

Rhineland Campaign - 11-21 March 1945 Background information: In 1938 the predecessors of what is today The Department of History at the United States Military Academy began developing a series of campaign atlases to aid in teaching cadets a course entitled, "History of the Military Art." Since then, the Department has produced over six atlases and more than one thousand maps, encompassing not only America’s wars but global conflicts as well. In keeping abreast with today's technology, the Department of History is providing these maps on the internet as part of the department's outreach program. The maps were created by the United States Military Academy’s Department of History and are the digital versions from the atlases printed by the United States Defense Printing Agency. We gratefully acknowledge the accomplishments of the department's former cartographer, Mr. Edward J. Krasnoborski, along with the works of our present cartographer, Mr. Frank Martini. Please be aware that these maps are large in file size and may require substantial download times.

British Polsten triple 20mm anti-aircraft mounting on the banks of the Rhine, 25 March 1945.

The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45- Assault on the Rhine and Capture of Wesel This is one of a collection of pictures that show the landing from Buffaloes of the 1st Battalion Cheshire Regiment, who landed on the afternoon of 24th March 1945, in support of No.1 S.S Commando Brigade at Wesel. The bridge seen in background is the smashed railway bridge at Wesel.

The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45- Assault on the Rhine and Capture of Wesel This is one of a collection of pictures that show the landing from Buffaloes of the 1st Battalion Cheshire Regiment, who landed on the afternoon of 24th March 1945, in support of No.1 S.S Commando Brigade at Wesel. The bridge seen in background is the smashed railway bridge at Wesel.

The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45- Assault on the Rhine and Capture of Wesel This is one of a collection of pictures that show the landing from Buffaloes of the 1st Battalion Cheshire Regiment, who landed on the afternoon of 24th March 1945, in support of No.1 S.S Commando Brigade at Wesel. The bridge seen in background is the smashed railway bridge at Wesel.