January, 1945, on the Western front during World War 2. Troops of the U.S. 8th Infantry Division test new white camouflage coveralls for use in snow. They patrol in snow covered forest areas on the Western Front. A sergeant makes outdoor field adjustments to the coveralls using a knife and captured German sewing machine. He helps a soldier who tries on his new coverall. The material used is from old mattress covers. Several soldiers are seen putting on the camouflage coveralls. Scene shifts to U.S. troops with a jeep towing a 20mm Italian dual purpose gun for use in Germany. On January 2, 1945, they set up and fire the gun at targets a half mile away. In Belgium, U.S. Army engineers of Company B, 238th Engineer Battalion, improvise remote controlled bazooka shells as road blocks. They set them up on fence posts and fire them by ordinary flashlight batteries. U.S. soldiers from a Signal Company of the 99th Infantry Division are seen using a Weasel vehicle (officially designated an M29C light cargo carrier) to lay communication cables through snow in the 1st Army Sector, Belgium. Views of the wire spool on back of the weasel, and soldiers pulling wire from it.
French 320mm Railway Gun on the Western Front. Soldiers move shells forward to load the gun. Gun is fired and recoils along the track. French troops move out of trenches. Blasts raise clouds of smoke on battlefield. A wounded man carried out of trench. French firing 155mm howitzer. Wounded soldier helped by other soldiers while bombardment continues. Troops moving out of trenches. Destruction in the area shows rubble. A battlefield cemetery. A wounded American soldier loaded in truck. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Allied soldiers advance along a battlefield on the Western Front during World War I. Smoke rising from the battlefield. Aerial view of the battlefield. The Meuse-Argonne Offensive. Soldiers advance along the battlefield. Smoke rises from firing and bombardment. Dead soldiers and dead mules on the field.
German Tiger II, Panther and Pz.IV tanks, trucks and infantry equipped with panzerfausts on the Western Front. Camouflaged tanks and jeeps pass along the road. Horse carriages on the road. German troops walk with artillery. Soldiers camouflaged. Soldiers lie on ground. Soldiers fire. The troops walk on hilly terrain. The troops communicate through radio. StuG III on ground. A rocket barrage is laid down. (World War II period). Note: this content can also be seen with German narration in clip 65675080268
Injured Allied troops on the Western Front during World War I. Canadian troops march in raincoats. Injured soldiers in trenches. Men carry injured on litters. Soldiers fire artillery. A loaded horse drawn wagon. Troops march in columns.
The Aisne-Marne Offensive on the Western Front during World War I. German shells explode on U.S. lines. Smoke rises from an explosion in the background. Dead German soldiers and equipment lying on a field. U.S. soldiers look at German equipment lying on the ground.
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