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Show Yanks Enter Germany as Siegfried Fort Falls -...-- i I i t v. . r ' v.. "'-'--y : ...... : , . .: :. airii'-t-'v '-v" Hiti A-nT ii fi JMih iiii i" i T in iiiUmhi ii ' mfnm n i iiJim Hiiiii I it i i ii -1 lafrYiiTTiiliii'ifr-i ri TTr--r--rry--i?rif-"y- -irriti iiiirfyr rri"fir-T Two spearheads of the U. S. First army, under Lieut. Gen. Courtney H. Hodges, enter Germany south of achcn and beyond Trier, as Siegfried fort falls to the Allies. Photo shows the spearhead of tanks stretching stretch-ing out into the horizon across Flanders field as they enter German territory. In the first push they reached the outskirts of Aachen, meeting with opposition within the Siegfried line. France Wrecked as German Troops Retreat .1 r' f-if i ; L 5 wwir . - ' - Micn the American Seventh army moved into Marseille, France, they found ships scuttled In the harbor as well as the city looted and buildings, bridges and rail terminals destroyed. In Faris the women and children had ripped up the paving blocks from the streets to build barricades behind which they fought for libera tion of their capital before Allied forces entered the city to help them. |