Cleaning Up the Ruhr

Series

Series Name: War Pictorial News

Issue

Issue No.

209

Date Released

7 May 1945

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 3

Summary

Allied prisoners of war set free - Poles and Jugoslavs; they wave to the liberators as the Allied convoys sweep by. Baron Franz von Papen, with his son and son-in-law, is taken prisoner. They are interviewed by Lieutenant General Simpson, commanding the Ninth American Army. The Krupp works is shown - completely smashed; a statue of Krupp lies among ruins of a bomb crater. The Ruhr is a mere shambles. The port of Duisburg is smashed, as are oil refineries, railway yards and stock, and the Thyssen steelworks. British troops push on to Osnabrück. German people loot coal and wine from cellars and dumps. Hungarians are freed by British commandos. The Dutch town of Enschede is freed by the Guards Armoured Division. Food arrives for the Dutch by land, sea, and air.

Keywords

Food and cooking; Aviation; War damage; Prisoners of war; Occupied territories; Military

Credits:

Commentator: Patrick O’Malley

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