The Dachau concentration camp in Germany during World War II. A sign reads 'Stadt Dachau'. M-24 tanks and vehicles of U.S. 20th Armored Division followed by infantrymen on foot enter the city. Released Russian prisoners, civilians and soldiers rush to greet U.S. soldiers. German prisoners march along a street followed by U.S. MPs (Military Policemen) in a jeep. A Russian soldiers speak with two U.S. soldiers. A large group of slave laborers in the courtyard of the concentration camp.
German officials surrender in Regensburg, Germany during World War II. German and U.S. officers during surrender proceedings in a town square. Officials include U.S. Colonel Frank Dunkerly of Lawrence, Kansas and a German Major who commanded the city garrison and others.
American Nazi organization office in New York City, prior to World War II. Members of the organization talk to each other in the office. An official talks over a phone. American and Nazi flags in the background. A man takes a look at German-American pamphlets and newspapers.
Invasion of Poland by Germany during World War II. German troops fire field artillery at targets in Polish port city of Gdynia (Gdingen, in German). Smoke rises from shell fire on buildings. A Polish steamship sunk in the harbor. German battleship SMS Schleswig Holstein fires guns. Black smoke billows rise up from shore.
At film start, the city of Munich is seen decked out in swastika flags to welcome Italian dictator, Benito Mussolini, during his visit to Germany in 1941. Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini stand in an open automobile as it drives followed by other motorcade cars through the streets of Munich. Enthusiastic crowds line the sidewalks and cheer the axis leaders. They wave and render the Nazi salute. Scene shifts to views of Stalingrad during World War 2, from camera panning along the Volga River. Smoke is rising from several places. Destroyed and burning German Marder III Panzerjaegers (tank destroyers) are seen and heavy smoke rising behind a wrecked railroad marshaling yard. Destroyed German 7.5 cm Pak 40 artillery guns and other pieces of German artillery sitting in snow. View from boat (unseen) in the Volga river of fires burning in shore facilities and smoke clouds covering the sky. Dense black smoke rising behind apartment buildings near the shore. River is identified as the Volga (in Russian). Here begins views of advancing Soviet troops superimposed over a succession of roads and rivers marking their advance. The first river seen is the Don. The Dnieper is another. The superimposed Soviet forces advancing include cavalry, troops rowing boats and moving artillery field pieces. Tanks move approaching the Dvina river. Forces passing the Neman river. Film ends as Soviet advance reaches the Oder river.
Opening scene shows Katyusha rockets fired by Soviet forces in streets of Berlin at night during World War 2, during Battle of Berlin. They create fires in Berlin buildings leading to fire storm with whole buildings engulfed in flames. Soviet troops are silhouetted against the fire backdrop as they rush through the city streets. Insert of German film showing Adolf Hitler standing on a podium at a torchlight ceremony with Sturmabteilung (Storm Troopers) prior to World War 2. They march carrying torches as Hitler gives Nazi salute from the podium. Views of the torches in formation and glimpse of the Storm troopers marching. Film reverts back to 1945 and German prisoners of war being marched under guard as Soviet troops fire Katusha rockets in the background,during daylight, in Berlin. The Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, on Kurfürstendamm is seen dimly. Soviet troops scamper among ruins of buildings and self propelled gun fires in a street. Desperate German civilians enter a damaged store and loot fabric and clothing as well as small boxes of goods. One man carries a huge pile of clothing and towels on his back.
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