Ruhr Pocket, Germany 1945
North Rhine-Westphalia, DE
Photographs (17)
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Map of the Ruhr Pocket
Map of the reduction of the Ruhr Pocket, 4–14 April, 1945
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.](https://pub-329870f73b344962941a6904b3a477ff.r2.dev/uploads/c2ebd3cf-bcd7-4fe0-86c8-8c86e7b6fdce/sm.avif)
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.