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The Americans don’t identify any German divisions south of 2nd Panzer and 553 Volksgrenadier. I suspect there’s nobody home. Nothing really identifiable at the division level left from the wreckage of the 1st and 7th Armies. And it’s unlikely the Germans will reassemble anything either.

When you think about it, the American army is only two or three weeks away from the Elbe.

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It’s amazing, isn’t it? The Germans have already lost the war of attrition.

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FRANCE. Arras. March 23, 1945. American paratroopers jumping into Germany. Copyright Robert Capa.

GERMANY. Near Wesel. March 24th, 1945. American paratroopers landing in Germany. Copyright Robert Capa.

GERMANY. Near Wesel. March 24th, 1945. American paratroopers moments after landing in Germany. Copyright Robert Capa.

GERMANY. Wesel. March 24th, 1945. German farmers taking cover during fighting between German and American troops. Copyright Robert Capa.

GERMANY. Wesel. March 24th, 1945. American paratroopers shortly after dropping into Germany. An Allied glider lands in the background. Copyright Robert Capa.

GERMANY. Wesel. March 24th, 1945. Injured American paratroopers get treatment by members of the Army's medical corps. Copyright Robert Capa.

GERMANY. Wesel. March 24th, 1945. German soldiers captured by American paratroopers. Copyright Robert Capa.

GERMANY. Wesel. March 24th, 1945. American paratroopers escort captured German soldiers. Copyright Robert Capa.

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GERMANY. Wesel. March 24th, 1945. A wounded American paratrooper receiving aid from a medic. Copyright Robert Capa.