Animated map showing disposition of Allied and opposing German forces in Belgium during World War II. Highlighted places include the River Meuse, Bastogne, and Liege. Brief glimpse of German Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt, commander of the German Army Command in the West. German troops riding through forest over light snow on a King Tiger II tank. The tank churning up dirt and snow at high speed in another scene. German infantry moving through the forest at dusk. Illustrated map shows national flags delineating battle fronts and the German breakout (Bulge in the line) aiming toward Antwerp Harbor through Liege. Next are series of rapidly changing battle scenes showing American troops in house-to-house combat near houses and stores of towns, moving through smoke and mist, one throwing a hand grenade into an apartment building, helping one another move through buildings, setting off explosives, communicating on a field telephone, moving through burning rubble, and running across snow around industrial buildings. Dramatic camera shakes are seen during some of the nearby explosions. Two U.S. soldiers silhouetted against the snow as place a wounded buddy in a sheltered spot. One places a bandage around the neck of the injured soldier. American medics carrying wounded on litters, across a snowy field containing a several fallen soldiers. One soldier calls for a medic. Corpsmen moving on to a new battlefield. U.S. troops firing machine guns from atop Sherman tanks in a city as infantrymen crouch behind the tanks. Glimpse from inside, of a German soldier firing an Mg34 model machine gun out a building window. Embattled American troops and trucks moving past burning buildings. Closeups of American GIs dashing from building to building and firing from improvised shelter. A bazooka fired out a building window strikes a tank, which is seen burning. Individual soldiers running for shelter as Medical Corpsmen carry the wounded on litter the opposite way. Scene shifts to British forces moving in from further North, through the snow. Glimpse of women and children and aged folks, in Belgium, frightened by the goings on. An old woman holds a small girl who is crying. British infantry advancing into action across a snowy field. A British machine gunner firing from a protected position. U.S. troops entrenched in deep snow. December 24th, clearing weather allowed some Allied air support to aid the troops. Glimpse of aircraft contrails. Formations of Allied aircraft overhead. Aerial view of a formation of British Hawker Typhoon fighter bombers in flight. View from a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress in flight with others creating thick contrails at high altitude. Pilot and copilot in cockpit of a bomber in flight. American soldiers on the ground watching with binoculars. U.S. Army Air Forces Republic P-47 Thunderbolt overhead, break out of formation and dive to attack German ground targets. American GIs on the ground cheer as they watch. A huge explosion takes place near an American crew manning a heavy gun pointing point blank with zero elevation. American soldiers load rockets into a truck-mounted launcher. Several truck-mounted launchers firing their rocket barrages. U.S. infantry advancing atop tanks, in armored personnel carriers, and on foot. They carry axes, shovels, and similar tools along with their weapons. Army trucks entering a town. The infantry moving through a forest. More troops on vehicles of all kinds moving into a town.
German Panzer division entering a Belgian town in the Ardennes during the Battle of the Bulge (World War 2). A map showing cities (written in German) in the Netherlands, Belgium, North Rhine-Westphalia region of Germany, and the French Grand Est region. A Panzer infantry division enters a Belgian town. German troops stand on top of Panzer tanks parked near houses. Belgian civilians watch a Panzer division enter their town. Panzer moves through a narrow muddy road. German field marshal Walter Model observes German soldier carrying gasoline container. Three German soldiers with Panzerfaust weapons catching their breath during the cold winter. Field marshal Model talks with an officer and a young soldier (wearing a Stahlhelm painted in white for winter camouflage). A Panzer tank moving. A German soldier with headphones on top of a moving tank. Panzer tanks moving through the Ardennes region. 7th Army Wehrmacht soldiers wearing winter coats and machine gun belts moving through muddy roads on foot. A soldier carries a spade. An abandoned artillery gun. A dead U.S. soldier lies down beside a Browning M1919 machine gun and machine gun belts. A Panzer tank turns. Smoke beside a destroyed M4 Sherman tank. Destroyed artillery guns in a Belgian town. Destroyed U.S. Army vehicles in front of damaged houses and trees. Dead American soldiers lying beside destroyed vehicles. A German soldier wearing a camouflaged helmet. A moving tank.
Cold-weather warfare in the Ardennes (Belgium) during the Battle of the Bulge in World War 2. German soldiers trekking up a slope. Soldiers near a tank. A damaged United States Army aircraft in the snow. Anti-aircraft flak attacks American and British fighter aircraft over the Ardennes. A German soldier looks up to the sky. Smoke German soldier wearing a machine gun belt looks on. Anti-aircraft Flak firing at Allied aircraft. Flakwaffen (anti-aircraft gunners) fire at flying aircraft. A downed Allied aircraft fall. Narrator shouts “Abschluss!!” upon Allied aircraft crashing. Flakwaffen soldier looks up to the sky to search for enemy aircraft. German soldier uses binoculars. Smoke in battlefield. Destroyed U.S. tanks. German Panzer tanks moving. Soldiers climbing out. German soldiers walking through smoky field. Destroyed U.S. tanks and vehicles. A dead U.S. Army soldier.