U.S. soldiers advance in Germany during World War II. A map locates positions of Allied troops advancing towards Germany. Floods in the Moselle River. Wrecked vehicles in the area. Soldiers marching in the area. They row a boat in the river. U.S. engineers construct a pontoon bridge over the flooded river. Houses in the background. A smoke screen being laid over the bridge. Trucks carrying supplies move across the bridge. Jeeps, tanks and other military vehicles drive across the bridge. The soldiers crossing the bridge under the smoke screen.
United States First Army soldiers advance into Germany during World War II. Map shows the position of United States and British troops such as the First and Ninth Armies after taking Aachen, near Cologne. First and Ninth Army troops carry supplies as they advance out of Aachen. M4 Sherman tanks and trucks are moving on the roads and forests. Soldiers sit on top of a truck. First Army troops stand by the rough, muddy road. First Army soldiers sitting on dugouts. Howitzer under a canopy firing at German positions. Tanks and artillery barrage enemy positions. Observation officer orders on the phone. The Howitzer recoils after firing. Black cloud of smoke forms over enemy position. Army tanks fire their artillery one by one. Soldiers in prone position firing with rifles. Soldiers fire with a Browning M1917A1 machine gun. A medic uses medicinal drops on an unconscious soldier. Equipment advancing along the area. Smoke rising due to the firing in the foreground. Medics treating wounded soldiers on the battlefront. Bomb damaged buildings along the sides of a street. Soldiers searching houses. Soldiers firing with a Browning M1919 machine gun from a house window. Troops acting as decoys to reveal enemy snipers. A wounded soldier crawls in the mud to get to a medic. Soldier lowers his head when a shell is dropped. Captured German prisoners of war are led away.
U.S. Third Army soldiers advance in France nearing border with Germany during World War II. A map locates positions of Allied troops advancing towards Metz and toward Strasburg Germany. World War 2 United States Army soldiers of the 5th Infantry surround and bombard the French city of Metz. American soldiers surround Metz. They fire artillery on the battlefield. Smoke rises from the firing and bombardment and Metz cathedral is seen in the background. Camouflaged artillery fire against German positions. The American soldiers of the 5th Infantry advancing through sniper fire and engaged in building clearing operations in Metz. Bomb damaged buildings of Metz along the sides of a street. The soldiers searching houses. A street sign for Hermann Goering Strasse in Metz. Captured and surrendering German prisoners marching towards a stockade or prison under U.S. Army guard. A rubbled area. Bomb damaged buildings and destruction in Metz after Allied forces take control of the city.
German troops in Berlin Germany during World War II, serving as the Berlin guard. View of their commanding officer, Major Otto Ernst Remer. Soldiers standing in formation. Buildings in the background. Major Remer instructing the soldiers. The soldiers march holding rifles and pass in review as Major Remer salutes them with a Nazi salute. The Berlin Guard soldiers marching with the Brandenburg Gate in the background.
Battle between American and German troops on the Western Front during World War II. German SS General Sepp Dietrich confers with officers at the front line. German troops on bicycles are given newspapers which point to Eisenhower campaign. Sign in German, "feindeinsicht wirble keinen staub auf sonst kriegst du eins aufs dach draue" warns of keeping dust down to avoid detection by enemy. Soldiers marching on the battlefield. German troops move through woods, fire rocket launchers, flame throwers and hand grenades during an attack on American tanks after signal from officer firing signal flare. German soldier camouflages helmet with a fern branch. Smoke rises from firing and bombardment on the battlefield. American tanks passing through an opening in a wooded sector. German troops engage in a battle and knock out several American Sherman tanks firing Panzerschreck and deploying a Goliath tracked mine, or beetle tank (or German robot tank). U.S. prisoners of war are taken by the Germans. View of captured U.S. prisoners. Some prisoners cover their faces.
U.S. Secretary of War Henry Lewis Stimson in his office in Washington during World War II. Stimson seated at his desk. He holds a document.
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