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Amerikaanse infanteristen staan in een loopgraaf gereed om tot de aanval over te gaan. 'BIPPA EA 47473 U.S. INFANTRYMEN PREPARE FOR ATTACK ON JULICH Infantrymen of the Ninth U.S. Army stand ready in a trench overlooking the Roer River, waiting for the order to begin the attack on Julich, Germany. Julich, important junction town on the Roer River, controls three main highways leading to the Rhine cities of Cologne and Dusseldorf. The city was cleared of the enemy December 9, 1944, after fierce infantry combats, particularly on the sports stadium where the garrison surrendered after seven dayS of battle, shelling and dive bombing. By the capture of Julich and Duren , the last two enemy strongpoints west of the Roer , Allied forces held the whole left bank of the river from Linnich to the north of Duren. U.S. Signal Corps Photo ETO-HQ-44-29590. SERVICED BY LONDON OWI TO LIST B-1 CERTIFIED AS PASSED BY SHAEF CENSOR'.