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A collection of remarkable and graphic pictures taken by a four-star American general has been published for the first time showing the daily horrors across the battlefields of Western Europe during the final months of the Second World War. General Charles Day Palmer took the photographs following the Allied invasion, each frame detailing the brutal devastation wrought on towns, cities and citizenry during the months of the Nazi retreat.
Palmer’s grandson, who made the discovery while sifting through the general’s personal files, published the historical images on the websiteargunners.com. Palmer, who was born in Chicago, entered the war in 1941 as part of the American military team responsible for planning for the invasion of Europe. He later took part in the invasion of Normandy and the subsequent push back of Nazi forces into their homeland. He died in 1999 and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, D.C.
Palmer’s grandson, who made the discovery while sifting through the general’s personal files, published the historical images on the websiteargunners.com. Palmer, who was born in Chicago, entered the war in 1941 as part of the American military team responsible for planning for the invasion of Europe. He later took part in the invasion of Normandy and the subsequent push back of Nazi forces into their homeland. He died in 1999 and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, D.C.
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A pill box located just on the outskirts of a Fort, it shows damage, probably caused by American tank fire during the battle to take the stronghold
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Wrecked and burned buildings in France. The buildings were mined and burned by the Germans. "Remains of a friendly little town, that was 'scorched'", Gen. Palmer wrote on the backside
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German civilians in the middle of their town. Gen. Palmer remarked: "Well liberated town"
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Hungarian surrender: Great mass of Hungarian troops who surrendered to Seventh Army, are rounded up in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, scene of the last winter Olympics held before the war
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One thousands German officers and men taken in the redoubt mountains are showed being marched back over to the mountain road that they once defended. The road leads to an important Austrian town
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The surrender of the 19th Army. With the final capitulation of Germany to the Allies, German soldiers who have bore arms for over five years against almost all of Europe and the U.S., surrender their rifles to their American conquerors near Landeck, Austria
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Knocked out American M-4 tank and German Sturmgeschütz IV sit side by side in the street
