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====== Second World War on the Lower Rhine ======

===== Devastation of Wesel =====

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//Bombardment of Wesel, 16. Feb. 1945 //

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// Fig.: Devastated Wesel, 1945. \\ Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Wesel_in_World_War_II //

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// Fig.: Worship in the destructed church without roof, 1949. \\ Source: http://www.dombauverein-wesel.de/index.php?seite=26 //


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//Fig.: Town hall and Willibrodi Cathedral at the town square before destruction. \\ Source: https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC6DHH1_wesel-einst-und-jetzt //

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//Fig.: Contemporary Willibrodi Cathedral. \\ Source. https://www.wesel-tourismus.de/mark/themen/willibrordi-dom/ // 

===== Devastation of Xanten =====

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//Fig.: Xanten Chatedral after bombardment, spring 1945. \\
Source: https://www.museum.de/album/30 // 

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//Fig.: Xanten Chatedral after bombardment, spring 1945. \\
Source: http://www.xantener-dombauverein.de/index.php/dom-st-viktor/domgeschichte // 

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//Fig.: Xanten town square, after WW2. \\
Source: Collection Helmut Sommer, \\ https://rp-online.de/nrw/staedte/xanten/xantens-innenstadt-lag-in-schutt-und-asche_aid-21576983 //
===== Documentary on the Last Months of WW2 in our Region =====

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