13-122 Garand Picture of the Day

[Mark in Rochester]

U.S. soldier standing in the rubble of the Monument to the Battle of the Nations, Leipzig, 1945

During the Third Reich, Hitler frequently used the monument as a venue for his meetings in Leipzig.[11] When the U.S.army captured Leipzig on April 18, 1945, the monument was one of the last strongholds in the city to surrender. One hundred and fifty SS soldiers with ammunition and foodstuffs stored in the structure to last three months dug themselves in, but were blasted with artillery and defeated

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[emmagee1917]

They sould have left it in the 1st picture's condition .
Makes for a clearer point.
Chris