Ninth U.S. Army captures Julich, Germany. Ninth U.S.

Ninth U.S. Army captures Julich, Germany. Ninth U.S. Army tanks enter the German stronghold of Julich on the Roer River past buildings destroyed by aerial bombardment and artillery fire. The capture of Jurich, key road junction on the highway to the Rhine city of Cologne, was completed at noon February 24, 1945, by the fall of the Citadel.