SC 401472 - A German mother carries her child on her backas the family evacuates their home in the frontline town of Rheindahlen, Germany, in the face of the U.S. Ninth Army advance. 27 February, 1945.

Lad with mother pushing from behind rolls cartload of possessions out of Uerdingen, Germany, moved out by allied military government seeking to prevent loss of life from shelling by Germans on other side of Rhine.

SC 201477 - German prisoners, captured in northern Kirchherten, Germany, are marched through the town to a prisoner of war cage. 27 February, 1945.

SC 201684 - A U.S. Ninth Army MP guards four German prisoners of war as they carry one of their wounded through the streets of Erkelenz, Germany, to a medical station

SC 334966 - Street scene in Linnich, Germany, as infantrymen of the 102nd Infantry Division, 9th U.S. Army push towards Gevenich, Germany. 23 February, 1945

SC 201688 - On the alert for enemy snipers, infantrymen of the U.S. Ninth Army patrol the streets of Erkelenz, Germany, picking their way through the rubble. 27 February, 1945.

German prisoners, captured in an early morning German counter attack in this area, being taken to the rear, February 21, 1945

SC 201679 - Over roads that are still mined by the enemy, American infantrymen move through the ruins of Hilfarth, Germany. 26 February, 1945.

SC 201469 - Only a skeleton city remains of Duren, Germany, after bombing and shelling preceded its capture by the 8th Infantry Division. 27 February, 1945.