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IMAGO International History, Archive, Second World War, WWII, Germany, Air raids on Nuremberg 1940-1945

Apr 3, 2025

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  • Orig. caption... 7TH ARMY CELEBRATE CAPTURE OF NUREMBERG. Less than 24 hours after the capture of Nuremberg, men of the 7th Army raised the Stars and Stripes in the Adolf Hitler Platz in the old part of the city, surrounded by ruins which still amouldered. Lt. General Alexander Patch, Commander-in-Chief of the 7th Army personally thanked the men who made the spectacular capture. Picture shows: The troops who helped to capture Nuremberg double out of the Adolf Hitler Platz, after passing the saluting base after the ceremony. Note. American 7, Army troops capture Nuremberg 4 20 45. Note CD119 sites: GERMANY; USA*; NUREMBERG sp_sw x5600x *** Orig caption 7TH ARMY CELEBRATE CAPTURE OF NUREMBERG Less than 24 hours after the capture of Nurember Copyright: xXxXxXx THE AMERICANS CONQUER NUREMBERG
  • Great Patriotic War 1941-1945 8742558 10.05.1945 The Great Patriotic War 1941-1945. The ruins o f Nuremberg as a result of Allied bombing. Nurnberg Germany Copyright: xx
  • Great Patriotic War, 1941-1945 8721057 01.04.1945 Great Patriotic War, 1941-1945. Ruins of Nuremberg. Haldei Nurnberg Germany Copyright: xHaldeix
  • WWII: FLYING FORTRESS. A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress dropping bombs above Nuremberg, Germany during World War II. Photograph, 1945. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0635872
  • A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress delivers its load of high explosive and incendiary bombs over the city of Nurnberg, Germany, during the U.S. 8th AF attack on the car-packed marshalling yards, repair shops and main railway station, 20 Feb. 1945. Most Copyright: xpiemagsx nagerbompie16092022-734 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Gutted buildings dot the entire target area at the Prufenning Me-110 aircraft plant at Regensburg, about 55 miles southeast of Nurnberg, after the 21 July 44 attack, by U.S. 8th AF bombers. Temporarily knocked out of production in an attack in Feb 44 Copyright: xpiemagsx nagerbompie16092022-646 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Bomb Damage To Factory In Nuremberg, Germany. Copyright: xpiemagsx nagerbompie16092022-350 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Bomb Damaged Maschinenfabrik Augsburg- Nuremberg Factory In Nuremberg, Germany. Copyright: xpiemagsx nagerbompie16092022-349 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • A Street Square, Filled With Rubble Is The Meeting Place For Four Germans, Displaying White Flags, Who Have Come To Draw Water From A Pipe Beneath The Canted Statue Of Albrecht Durer, A Great Medieval Painter. Nuremberg, Germany Is Surrounded By An Ancie Copyright: xpiemagsx nagerbompie16092022-348 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Bomb Damage In Nurnberg, Germany. Copyright: xpiemagsx nagerbompie16092022-347 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • A General View Inside The Bombed Out Old Walled City Of Nuremberg, Germany, Showing The Devastated Buildings, Bombed Churches, And Towers Of The Wall. In The Center Is The River Pegnitz. Copyright: xpiemagsx nagerbompie16092022-345 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • While Fruit Trees Blossom The Maschinenfabrik Augsburg- Nuremberg Plant In Germany Is A Scene Of Desolation. In The Distance, Outside Of The Factory S Site, Are Blocks And Blocks Of Windowless And Partially Unroofed Workers Homes Damaged By Blast And Co Copyright: xpiemagsx nagerbompie16092022-344 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • A Shot Thru A Window Archway Showing The Rubble And Devastation Of The Maschinenfabrik Augsburg - Nuremberg Plant At Nuremberg, Germany. Copyright: xpiemagsx nagerbompie16092022-343 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Sunlight Streams Thru The Roofless Maschinenfabrik Augsburg Nuremberg Factory At Nuremberg, Germany, On To Pieces Of A 70 Ton Press Torn Apart By Allied Bombs, Which Was Once Used In Manufacturing Steam Turbines. This Picture, Made More Than Two Months A Copyright: xpiemagsx nagerbompie16092022-342 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Festoons Of Steel Girders, Tossed And Twisted By Shock Concussion And Explosions From Allied Bombs, Decorate Piles Of Rubble Which Was Once The Pattern Shop At The Maschinenfabrik Augsburg- Nuremberg Factroy At Nuremburg, Germany. This Factory Produced T Copyright: xpiemagsx nagerbompie16092022-341 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • The Destroyed Pattern Shop Of The Maschinenfabrik Augsburg- Nuremberg Factory At Nuremberg, Germany Is Shown In The Left Of This Photo And The Demolished Workers Homes Are Shown In The Background. Copyright: xpiemagsx nagerbompie16092022-340 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Bomb Damaged Marshalling Yards, Nuremberg, Germany. Copyright: xpiemagsx nagerbompie16092022-318 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Bomb Damage, Nuremberg, Germany. Copyright: xpiemagsx nagerbompie16092022-317 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • A part of Nuremberg, devastated by Allied bombing, 28 May 1945. Oblique aerial view of heavily-damaged industrial and residential buildings in Nuremberg. Visible at the centre of the photo is a multi-story above-ground air raid bunker. At the bottom of the photo, below the bunker, is the Siemens plant. Top left is the gas works in Nürnberg-Sandreuth, top right is the main station (Hauptbahnhof) Copyright: xpiemagsx airministryww2pie13032022-95 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. The Officer of the Watch in the Watch Office at Snaith, Yorkshire, guiding Handley Page Halifaxes of No. 51 Squadron RAF back to base after a night raid on Nuremberg. The Station Commander of Snaith, Group Captain N H Fresson, can be seen waiting outside on the balcony of the Control Tower. Copyright: xpiemagsx airministryww2pie13032022-1799 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. The Station Commander at Snaith, Yorkshire, Group Captain N H Fresson, is joined by other officers on the balcony of the control tower as they await the return of Handley Page Halifaxes of No. 51 Squadron RAF from a night raid on Nuremberg. Note the ambulance and crash tenders with their crews standing by below the tower, and the searchlight beam pointing skywards to show the cloud base. Five aircraft failed to return to Snaith on this night, and a sixth crashed on landing. Copyright: xpiemagsx airministryww2pie13032022-1753 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Nürnberg, Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945 Copyright: xpiemagsx airministryww2pie13032022-1272 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Nürnberg, Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945 Copyright: xpiemagsx airministryww2pie13032022-1271 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Nürnberg, Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945 Copyright: xpiemagsx airministryww2pie13032022-1270 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Nürnberg, Altstadt, Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945 Copyright: xpiemagsx airministryww2pie13032022-1269 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • American infantrymen hunt out snipers in Nuremberg April 20, 1945 Troops of the 3rd Infantry Division, 7th U.S. Army, search through the rubble of bombed buildings in Nuremberg as a tankdozer, in the background, clears a path through the debris (April 20, 1945). Copyright: xPhoto12 Coll-DITE USISx DIT01138_120
  • Nazi festival city devastated ( April 20, 1945) Tanks of the 3rd Infantry Division of the 7th U.S. Army rumble through a street in Nuremberg (Germany) flanked by gutted buildings and piles of rubble (April 20, 1945) Copyright: xPhoto12 Coll-DITE USISx DIT01138_080
  • Battle scene in Nuremberg (Germany) April 20, 1945 A tank of the 7th U.S. Army s 45th Division fires point-blank at a sniper hideout holding up the infantry advance through the German town of Nuremberg (April 20, 1945) Copyright: xPhoto12 Coll-DITE USISx DIT01138_034
  • Civilians queue up for food in Nuremberg, End of April 1945 German civilians stand amid the ruins of Nuremberg waiting their turn for food (End of April 1945). Copyright: xPhoto12 Coll-DITE USISx DIT01122_044
  • Black and white photograph of World War II (1939-1945) showing tanks from the 7th American Army in action among the ruins of the city of Nuremberg, which fell to the Allies on 20 April 1945. WorldxHistoryxArchive 917_33_WHA_134_0667