A makeshift German grave sits in the Hurtgen Forest near Aachen, decorated with soldiers' helmets. Aachen was the westernmost city of Germany and was heavily damaged during the U.S. advance, which saw a month worth of fighting before the German garrison surrendered
Daily Mail: The scars of war: Stunning colour images reveal how Europe was still littered with graves, rusting planes and sunken battleships two years after its liberation from the Nazis
* Incredible photographs show Europe in 1947 as the continent reeled from the devastation of the Second World War
* The surreal pictures, all published in colour, were taken by Magnum co-founder and photographer David Seymour
* Destroyed ships, downed planes, makeshift soldiers' graves and destroyed cities are among those stark scenes
These incredible colour images show life in Europe in the wake of Second World War as the continent grappled to come to terms with the death and destruction which had plagued it for six long years.
Among the surreal scenes captured by photographer David Seymour in 1947 are damaged ships still anchored off Omaha Beach, children laying flowers at the graves of the war dead and the rebuilding job underway in towns across France, Belgium and the Netherlands.
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WNU Editor: Until the 1990s the scars of the Second World War could still be seen in Western Russia. For my cousins who are involved in commercial development .... the biggest fear they have when excavating is finding an unexploded bomb .... which has happened a few times.
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