The Snapshots in Time Collection

American Soldiers with a Captured Mercedes-Benz Roadster, Identified as a Nazi Leadership Vehicle, 1945

American Soldiers with a Captured Mercedes-Benz Roadster, Identified as a Nazi Leadership Vehicle, 1945

Two American soldiers, one wearing the 101st Airborne Division's 'Screaming Eagle' patch, pose with a captured Mercedes-Benz roadster of the type associated with senior Nazi officials. Trophy photographs like this became common among American troops at the close of the war in Europe in 1945, when luxury vehicles once reserved for the Nazi elite fell into Allied hands. Project: 218246