My grandpa was there, he told me about once. He said they would move in small groups and throw a grenade down the cellar stairs first when clearing houses. He rarely talked about the war because of PTSD, the stories he told me about fighting in Germany were intense, close up brutal combat.

Does anyone know how common it was for Americans to just pick up MG42s? The M1919 with the tripod must have been hell carrying around. The MG42 was probably 10 lbs lighter

It's one entrance to the city's court building I believe

Many places in Germany still have bullet holes. Not because they couldn't fix it, but as a reminder. The Parliament building even has them behind glass.

Couple examples: https://www.berlin.de/kultur-und-tickets/fotos/stadtleben/6162891-1852685.gallery.html?page=1

Also fun fact: Berlin has a couple of hills. These weren't there before the war. They are made from the rubble of what used to be Berlin. One of them used to be a flak tower and at the top a part of that tower is still exposed. If you dig down a bit in pretty much any hill, you find bricks after a couple centimeters. https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gro%C3%9Fer_Bunkerberg

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By signing up for hist1302 and defeating the teacher.

Not focused on war, but r/oldphotosinreallife

Similar in Freiburg. The old university buildings still show plenty of bullet holes. Not necessarily from fighting though, but from liberation. French and American soldiers didn't bother to get ladders to remove Nazi symbols from the facades, they simply erased them with gun fire.

/r/oldphotosinreallife

I was Red Koopa and Toad

This is the best. Best generation of Mario games. Thank you!

I see 420! Is this where I could score some weed?

Is there a sub for pictures like this? War time pictures and current day locations.

This soothes the soul.

Anybody who would like to know the exact location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/iygBNn6SCP3cpBy89?g_st=ic

It’s Adalbersteinweg 88, 52070 Aachen

It’s aachen/Germany and that’s the exact location for sure!

https://maps.app.goo.gl/iygBNn6SCP3cpBy89?g_st=ic

https://maps.app.goo.gl/iygBNn6SCP3cpBy89?g_st=ic

That’s the gate you see on the picture. It’s in aachen at the Adalbersteinweg next to the Amtsgericht.

And denying it, etc

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Straight to the top. The first German city taken by the Allies. Very intense urban combat. The Germans had a habit of hiding in and ambushing from basements— so Shermans would blast houses starting from the bottom and up floor after floor. One round was said to have gone through three houses before exploding in the fourth.

(Not so) fun fact: German civilians were afraid to evacuate to Cologne because there was a rumor that the Allies had dropped biological weapons there.

Aachen doesn't get much coverage, seeing the pic brought into frame made me very happy.

Is 420 the address or Hitler’s birthday?

FYI too others who are impatient like me on mobile.

It's a gif.

Some durable fucking gates

You may be in the wrong ally

Are you ok?