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Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra
From gettyimages.com: Artillerymen of the US 9th Army dig in under shellfire to protect the newly-captured Duisberg to Cologne road, Germany 28th March 1945.
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One explanation as to why this photo is identified as “American Artillerymen”, and if the date is in fact correct, is that on 28 March 1945 the United States Ninth Army was still under command of 21st Army Group, so it wouldn’t be that unusual to find Royal Artillery operating in the Ninth Army area. The United States Ninth Army did not revert back to under command of 12th Army Group until effective 2 April, 1945. The United States Ninth Army had served under command of 21st Army Group from approximately 20 December 1944 to 2 April 1945.
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