The “Aachen” corridor
16th Infantry Regimen: Troops of HQ Company, 1st Battalion just after crossing into Germany near Aachen on 12 September 1944. They celebrated by breaking out the American flag. Gerhard (“Gerd”) Helmuth Detloff Graf von Schwerin (1899-1980) was a German general in charge of the formidable 116th Panzer Division during the Battle of Aachen in October […]
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