' Shells of buildings in the background show the damage done to Hanover by strategic bombing and ground force artillery ...

' Shells of buildings in the background show the damage done to Hanover by strategic bombing and ground force artillery before 9th US Army troops and tanks catured the Reich city April 10, 1945. In the foreground is the rubble of bombings backed up by the wreckage of buildings that have been subjected to artillery fire. Not a single white flag was raised in Hanover when the Americans first entered the city following a warning issued by the local Gauleiter (district Nazi leader) threatening to shoot any resident who displayed a surrender banner.' Ruïnes van gebouwen in de achtergrond laten de schade aan de stad Hannover zien van de strategische bombardementen en artillerie-beschietingen. April 1945.