Image: Bundesarchiv Bild 146-941, Essen, zerstörte Krupp-Werke, Luftaufnahme

Description: Title: Essen, zerstörte Krupp-Werke, Luftaufnahme For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. Factual corrections and alternative descriptions are encouraged separately from the original description. Additionally errors can be reported at this page to inform the Bundesarchiv. Alemannisch | Boarisch | Беларуская | Беларуская (тарашкевіца)‎ | Català | Česky | Deutsch | English | Esperanto | Español | Suomi | Français | हिन्दी | Hrvatski | Magyar | Italiano | 한국어 | Македонски | Plattdüütsch | Polski | Português | Română | Русский | Slovenčina | Slovenščina | Svenska | Українська | 中文（简体） | 中文（繁體） | +/− Original historic description:  Bippa Devastated Krupp Works in Essen This aerial photo, taken from an artillery observation plane of Ninth U.S. Army's 79th Division, shows to the damage wrought to the Krupp stool plant at Essen, Germany, which was ponded by Allied air attacks and artillery of the Ninth Army before the city fell April 10, 1945, to troops of the 17th U.S. Airborne Division. Krupp was especially important to the enemy because so many other German armamonts factories were dependent on it for parts, such as armored platos and crankshafts. U.S. soldiers met little enemy resistence in the city, which had a peacetime population of 670,000. Essen is situated in the midst of one of the world's richest hard coal deposits and has been called the arsenal of Germany. U.S. Signal Corps Photo ETO-HQ-45-31874. Serviced by London OWI to list B certified as passed by shaef censor
Title: Bundesarchiv Bild 146-941, Essen, zerstörte Krupp-Werke, Luftaufnahme
Credit: Deutsches Bundesarchiv (German Federal Archive), Bild 146-941
Author: U.S. Signal Corps
Permission: Commons:Bundesarchiv
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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