Two Truckloads of Prussian soldiers drive into the Rhineland city of Koblenz to reinforce it during World War 1. They park near a shuttered Merchant hall and climb down to the street. They assemble and pose for the camera standing around a machine gun set up on the pavement. Scene shifts to view of an old fort partially destroyed.
Street fighting between U.S. soldiers and prisoners in Koblenz, Germany during World War II. The prisoners with their hands on the heads. A soldier talks over a handie talkie near a damaged building. The prisoners march down a street. Damaged buildings in the background. A sign board reads "Koblenz".
Germany's military resurgence from the end of World War I through its reoccupation of the Rhineland in 1936 and union with Austria in 1938. German war materiel piled up in scrap yards and aircraft engines being destroyed in accordance with the Treaty of Versailles after World War 1. Smoke stacks of war plants being toppled, aircraft hangars being destroyed, and warships being scuttled. German postwar armored cars for training. A soldier flexes the rubber gun barrel on one of them. French forces, including Colonials, occupying Coblenz (Koblenz) in accordance with the Treaty of Versailles, after World War I. French soldiers on guard at the railroad station as a train pulls in. French colonial troops tending to their horses. A British soldier standing guard in front of a building displaying a placard with the Union Jack and word:"General Headquarters, British Army of the Rhine, No.1 Building." French troops stationed in front of their headquarters and patrolling fences across railroad tracks at their occupational boundary. A large film slate announcing that the Rheinland is again free, followed by scenes of German troops re-occupying the Rhineland in 1936. Local citizens cheer the troops, who parade through a city and along the banks of the Rhein River. German sentries posted at The "Deutsche Eck" in Koblenz beside the monument of Kaiser Wilhelm I. Sign demarking boundary of Austria. Border guards opening the gates and German troops entering as crowds cheer. Adolf Hitler speaking before a huge crowd,immediately following the Anschluss (union of Germany with Austria) on 12 March 1938.
General John Joseph Pershing with Allied Commanders on grassy fields in Koblenz, Germany (city is sometimes spelled Coblenz). Buildings in the background. General Pershing and Allied Commanders on horseback review the marching troops.
Street fighting between U.S. soldiers and prisoners in Koblenz, Germany during World War II. The prisoners walk through the streets. Damaged buildings on either side of the streets. A patrol advances through rubble filled streets. They look for snipers. The damage in the town. A soldier hides in a window of a corner of a damaged building. Other soldiers take cover behind debris of damaged buildings.
Street fighting between U.S. soldiers and prisoners in Koblenz, Germany during World War II. The soldiers bring in two prisoners. Damaged buildings on either side of the streets. The soldiers stand in the doorway of a damaged building. The soldiers fire 30 caliber water cooled machine guns from rubble filled streets.
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