This photograph documents German directional road signs pointing toward Mannheim, Saarbrücken, and Niederbronn, mounted above a wrecked railway yard filled with derailed cars and floodwater. The signage places this scene in the Alsace-Lorraine/Saar border region, a heavily contested area during the Allied advance into Germany. Destruction of rail infrastructure like this was common as retreating German forces and Allied bombing crippled the transportation network relied upon by units such as the 101st Airborne Division. Project: 218245