Unidentified photographer 1945, March The city of Wesel, devastated by Allied bombing in preparation for the crossing of the Rhine on 22-23 March 1945.
Photograph National Archives and Records Administration National Archives Identifier (NAID) 535793, U.S. DefenseImagery photo VIRIN: HD-SN-99-02995, National Museum of the U.S. Air Force photo: 050606-F-1234P-060
Original description: "Walls of houses of Wesel still stand, as do the churches, but a great part of the town was destroyed when the German commander forced the Allied troops to fight their way street by street through the ruins. Germany, 1945."
