Bulldozer of US 237th Battalion Engineers, First US Army, VII Corps, clears the road of fallen trees and abandoned vehicles in Osterode, Germany. German prisoners assist US soldiers in rolling tree logs to the side of the road. Bulldozer clears road for passage of vehicles.
A United States M-5 Stuart light tank burns on the side of a road in Osterode, Germany. A hole in the armor of the wrecked tank. US Army soldiers stand near the smoking tank. A German 88mm gun is pushed to side of the road. Refugees move back into the city with their belongings.
Infantry moves up from Osterode to St. Andreasberg in Germany. United States M-4 Sherman tanks move off the road at forests to bypass the roadblock. Several infantrymen walk in the forests and several seated in jeeps. Blasted tree stumps in the forest. Tanks and jeeps move through the forest area.