![]() ![]() The battle for Cologne ends with a final, dramatic tank duel at the base of the Cathedral. ![]() Some of the shots taken by the cameramen of the US military are still perceived in the USA as the most famous scenes of World War II. Dozens of correspondents, photographers, and cameramen have followed the US troops in order to report in detail on the event. The impending battle has dominated the headlines of the world press for days. Nazi propaganda has declared the city to be defended to the last cartridge. Cologne is the largest city that the G.I.s will take during the war. Eight months after D-Day, the US troops are now on the cusp of a long-awaited milestone, the crossing of the Rhine. Witness the US troops first hand on their advance from the outskirts of the city to the banks of the Rhine and the fascinating research of the Cologne journalist and film historian Hermann Rheindorf.Ĭologne, Germany, the famous Cathedral city in March 1945.
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