Schlacht um Aachen

Battle of Aachen

Soldiers of the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment move through Aachen, Germany. Aachen was the first large German city to be taken by the Allies.

A GI machine gun crew (2d Battalion, 26th Infantry) with a M1919 Browning against the Nazi Wehrmacht in the streets of Aachen, Germany.

Aachen Germany

FILM: ARCH & APC MP, 641' ea Silent LIB 56 - AACHEN, GERMANY 13 Oct 1944 ADC 2447 Card 1 of 2 SOURCE: AFCF (0-1009) MSs, wrecked bldgs of city. MS, follow shot, German prisoners carry wounded prisoner on litter. Pan, MSs, wrecked bridges and bldgs of city. MS, artillery shell strikes bldg. MCU, silhouette, artillery observer in window of bldg overlooking Aachen. MSs, LS, burning bldgs of city MSs, M-10 tank destroyer fires at bldgs in center of city. LIB 79 - AIRBORNE PROBLEM MemburyField,France-15Oct1944 Seq: Gliders and C-47s prepare for take-offs on maneuver. Troops enter gliders. C-47s take off towing two gliders each. SOURCE: AFCF (0-1009) FILM:ARCH&APCMP,641'eaSilent LIB 80 - 19th FIELD ARTILLERY Near Fort Driant (?) France - 14 Oct 1944 ADC 2447 Card 2 of 2 Signal Corps CUs, breech of 105mm How as crew loads and fires. CU, muzzle of cannon. MSs, soldiers rush from shelter near gun, load and fire. (re-enacted) LIB 82 - STREET FIGHTING Aachen, Germany - 14 Oct 1944 MSs, infantry men in shell hole look over rim for enemy. MLS, tank destroyer in action. MSs from rear, antitank gun in action. MLSs, MSs, four aged German refugee women on streets seek shelter during fighting.

-1 FILM: Arch & APC MP, 850' ea Silent LIB 413, MILITARY GOVERNMENT, Aachen 29 Oct 44 (SPX - Germany) LIB 415, GEN GEORGE S PATTON, JR VISITS 80TH DIV CP; Villerval, France; 3 Nov 44

FILM: ARCH & APC MP 695' ea Silent LIB 465 OBSTACLE COURSE Nieuwenhagen ( ?) Holland 8 Nov 44 (M-860-861) MSs, CUs, officers and men of 29th Div go over obstacle course. CUs, soldier walks single-rope bridge. MSs, soldier climbs log-type fence and wades thru water, then bayonets dummy. VS, officers checks soldiers finishing course and records their time. Follow shot, soldier with bayoneted rifle rushes from starting point, runs down hill and crawls under barbed wire. CU sign: "Fun Wasn't It." CUs, soldier fires rifle. CUs, soldier crawls along ground under barbed wire. CU sign: "Grenade Pitch." VS, soldier throws grenade. LS, grenade exploding. VS, soldiers on course. CU sign: "Don't Stop Now." ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave. , LIC 1, NY SOURCE: AFCF (M Codes) 650-2FILM: ARCH & APC MP 695' ea. Silent LIB 63 GEN GEORGE C MARSHALL Near Aachen, Germany 11 October 1944

.11Signal CorpsADC 2654ADC SOURCE: AFCF (M-747)2654 FILM: ARCH & APC MP 622' ea SilentLIB 112AACHEN, GERMANY15 October 1944RV CUs, soldiers in street fire 30 cal heavy MG.CU, officer observes fire thru binoculars.CU, soldier fires 50 cal MG on M-10 motor carriage.MSs, M-10 fires point blank into building.Seq: Two soldiers move cautiously toward house. One soldier throws hand grenadeinto house.CU, soldier fires 50 cal MG from tank destroyer into window of house. (Badly scratched)Excellent scenes, soldiers advance over roof tops, backyards and walls of citySoldiers hugging walls of bldg rush thru debris-filled streets.Seq: Crew pushes 57mm antitank gun thru streets.MSs, soldiers following tank destroyer as it advances along street.Excellent scenes, soldiers individually race across intersection in street.Record Group 111Accession Number III-NAV-210ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave. , LIC 1, NYERBS/es Level of Description: Item Type(s) of Archival Materials:Moving Images This item was produced or created:10/15/1944 The creator compiled or maintained the series between:1947 - 1964 Access Restriction(s):Unrestricted Use Restriction(s):Unrestricted Edited:Unedited Sound Type:Silent Accession Number(s):III-NAV-210 Subjects Represented in the Archival Material(s):Motion pictures

Signal Corps11ADC 2655DC SOURCE: AFCF (M-747)2655 FILM: ARCH & APC MP 582' ea SilettLIB 111FALL OF AACHENGermany15 Oct 44MSs, US infantrymen with guns at ready move down streets.MLS, soldier with wire reel on back strings wire as he advances along street.MS from inside wrecked store, soldiers ,cross street at work near CP.MS, four German prisoners remove dead on litter from house. Several US medicshelp in their evacuation.LSs, CUs, German prisoners with body on litter walk away from house.MS, two M-4 tanks advance thru streets and occasionally stop to fire.US infantrymen follow closely behind tanks.Excellent scenes, artillery and bomb damage to buildings of city.MSs, LS, tank maneuvers thru streets.MS, soldier seated near wreckage of bldg speaks over handie-talkie radio.Accession Number III-NAV-210ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave. , LIC 1, NYERBS/es Level of Description: Item Type(s) of Archival Materials:Moving Images This item was produced or created:10/15/1944 The creator compiled or maintained the series between:1947 - 1964 Access Restriction(s):Unrestricted Use Restriction(s):Unrestricted Edited:Unedited Sound Type:Silent Accession Number(s):III-NAV-210 Subjects Represented in the Archival Material(s):Motion pictures

Co. K, 3rd Bn., 119th Regt., 30th Division.

For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. Factual corrections and alternative descriptions are encouraged separately from the original description. Additionally errors can be reported at this page to inform the Bundesarchiv. Alemannisch | العربية | Boarisch | беларуская | беларуская (тарашкевіца)‎ | català | čeština | Deutsch | English | Esperanto | español | suomi | français | हिन्दी | hrvatski | magyar | italiano | 한국어 | македонски | Plattdüütsch | polski | português | română | русский | sicilianu | slovenčina | slovenščina | svenska | українська | 中文 | 中文（简体）‎ | 中文（繁體）‎ | +/− Original historic description:  Aachen, Flüchtlinge Zentralbild II. Weltkrieg 1939 - 1945 Flüchtlinge verlassen das zerstörte Aachen, 23.10.1944. [Aus: The] Illustrated London News [vom 28.10.1944]. [Aachen.- Frauen mit Gepack auf der Flucht; [Fotograf von US-Signal Corps]]

Aachen

Nazi troops captured in blazing Aachen.An infantryman of the First U.S. Army (left) escorts five German prisoners along a street of blazing Aachen, Reich border city where the Nazi garrison refused to surrender. During the first 13 days of their assault against Aachen, American soldiers captured approximately 9,000 Nazis.War pool photo, not for use in British isles or Western hemisphere. Serviced by London OWI to list B. Certified as passed by SHAEF censor.

A GI machine gun crew (2d Battalion, 26th Infantry) with a M1919 Browning against the Nazi Wehrmacht in the streets of Aachen, Germany.

A U.S. Army M4 Dozer tank drives through the Aachen-Rothe Erde rail station, in October 1944. Original caption: "While 9th AF fighter-bombers were attacking strongpoints in the city of Aachen, Germany, preparatory to an assault by ground troops, the German defenders blew up a viaduct leading into the town. How the Americans circumvented the enemy demolition is shown in this photograph of a tank-dozer smashing through the railroad station adjacent to the viaduct. A few minutes later the first U.S. tanks and ground troops entered the city."

A U.S. Army M4 Sherman tank drives through the Aachen-Rothe Erde train station, Germany, in October 1944. Original caption: "The first U.S. tank to enter Aachen, Germany, rumbles through a hole opened in the railroad station by a tank-dozer. As the tanks, tank-destroyers and other heavy armament awaited the termination of a bombardment by 9th AF dive-bombers before entering Aachen, the Germans blew up a viaduct on the main avenue leading into the town."

Extract from General Order 91, HQ 30th Inf Division, 2nd May 1945. Describing the Distinguished Unit Citation awared to E Company, 117th Infantry Regiment for it's actions at Aachen, October 1944

Company K, 3rd Battalion, 119th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division. Courtesy U.S. National Archives.

Photographer: Calvano.

1st Infantry Division. Photographer: Wescott.

1st Infantry Division. Photographer: Westcott.

Company M, 26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division. Photographer not credited.

It means "Take care, the enemy may be listening". 15 October, 1944. 1st Infantry Division. Photographer not credited.

Company L, 26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division. Photographer: Moran.

1st Infantry Division. Photographer: Moran.