Mass Surrender of German Forces in the Ruhr Pocket at Schwerte, Germany; April 15-17, 1945

Scenes filmed in and around Schwerte, Nordrhein-Westfalen / North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, likely between April 16-17, 1945. The shot card for this footage provides no details, and just lists "Somewhere in Germany." The church seen in the back ground of the footage appears to be "St. Viktor-Kirche" (St. Viktor's Church) in Schwerte. US troops in the footage are probably from the 99th Infantry Division and 7th Armored Division. US III Corps soldiers can also be seen in the film. Source: NARA, 111-ADC-4207 #schwerte #worldwar2 #heer --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GI Stories on Instagram:   / g.i.stories41_45   GI Stories on Facebook:   / gistories4145   GI Stories Linktree: https://linktr.ee/gistories