Title

Preparation of streets for US military manoeuvre

Caption

Heavy trucks, loaded with sand, arrive in Upper Hesse to grit the wintery roads and make them drivable on the 17th of January in 1964.
Later, they will serve as marche route for the roughly 25,000 US soldiers, who will arrive in the region for the manoeuvre "Winter track".

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Date

Jan 17, 1964

Credit line

Photo12/dpa-pa

Reference

DPA13A03_397

License type

Rights managed

Available size

61,1Mb (2,2Mb) / 17,9in x 13,3in / 5368 x 3979 (300dpi)

Keywords

Arbeiter Befahrbar machen Besatzung Besatzung USA Eis Gruppe Kalter Krieg LKW Laster Lastwagen Manöver Militär Nachkriegszeit Ost-West-Konflikt Politik Sand Schnee Soldaten Straße Streuen Training US Army US-Armee Winter europhotodb historisch Übung worker labourer workers labourers occupation ice group historic historical vice lorry truck van maneuver Manöver manoeuvre manoeuvre maneuver operation military Armed_Forces post-war_era post-war period after-war period politics POL sand snow soldiers troops street route roads Road_Transport training practise winter winters course exercise practice USA historic_archive