"Before & After" Views
from the Cologne Cathedral - 1945 & 1998
(See caption below)
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The top photo was taken on March 7, 1945, by
a US Army Sig Corp photographer attached to the 3AD from First
Army. The bottom photo was taken in 1998 for the British magazine
After The Battle. The Cathedral Square (lower portion
of 1998 photo) now includes a small park and courtyard and an
underground subway entrance. The 1945 photo shows the German
Mark V Panther tank (lower center of photo) that was knocked
out on March 6th, 1945, by a 3AD M-26 Pershing tank, as is pictured
in detail on the "Bates' Cologne Film" section in our
WWII Feature Articles. The barrel of Panther is pointing down
Marzellen Strasse. |
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