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Battle of the Ardennes and Battle of the Bulge, in World War II
Film starts showing silhouettes of British tanks on the move, including one with a bulldozer blade. View from Allied warplane as bombs explode on the ground below. In November, 1944, infantry of the First Canadian Army, with Polish and British units fire Bren guns as they advance in Belgium and secure the Scheldt Estuary, to open a shipping route to Antwerp for the Allies. They traverse a river and cross rail lines while advancing. View of destroyed steel bridge across the Maas (Meuse) river with several British troops wading in water nearby. Silhouettes of German prisoners of war marching single file. View from rear of German prisoners walking under guard with hands resting on their heads. British troops running beside the Scheldt river at Antwerp on September 4, 1944, as huge explosions occur in the river behind them. A column of British troops, marching on tree-lined road, enters outskirts of Antwerp, as local people cheer them. Views of the troops being greeted in the city itself. Columns of Belgian refugees are seen returning to their homes. One,injured, is carried by friends in a wooden cart. A contingent of British troops marching in the city. Glimpses of derricks in the Antwerp port and a ship under construction in a shipyard. An animated map shows German counter offensive through Belgium and Luxemburg on September 4, 1944. Refugees leaving again, ahead of the returning German forces. View of a road sign reading: "Bastogne." American military police checking credentials of some refugees as they leave. American soldiers jammed together atop a Sherman tank parked at a checkpoint. After delaying further German advance, through the Ardennes, on September 16th, American troops are forced back and seen leaving , in trucks and Sherman tanks, from Bastogne, past a road leading to Martelange. As weather cleared on September 22nd, a formation of British Hawker Typhoon ground attack aircraft are seen in flight and diving to attack lines of communication with machine gun fire and rockets. Several different views of the aircraft firing and smoke rising from the ground. Animated map of German advance depicts the so-called "Bulge" extending 60 miles into Allied territory. Captured German films show German troops,one carrying a rifle and another a Sig 44 machine gun, as they pass columns of burning Allied trucks, other vehicles and armor. Closeup of German soldier waving to others to follow him, as he runs ahead past burning Allied equipment. Several German soldiers hunker under a knocked out Allied tank, as a German Jagdpanzer 38(t) Hetzer light tank destroyer passes their position. Closeup of German soldier smoking captured American cigarette. German infantry, walk past barrel of destroyed Allied tank. Several gather and smoke American cigarettes. One of them, with a belt of ammunition around his neck, is Hans Tragarsky aka Walter Armbrusch, of German Kampfgruppe Hansen, a battle group formed during the Battle of the Bulge from SS-Panzergrenadierdivision Regiment 2, an infantry regiment of SS Pz Rgt 2 "Das Reich". (This image is well known but his identity is subject to debate.) Glimpse of German officer walking with a soldier at the front, with background engulfed in flames.. Scene shifts to a formation of U.S. Army Air Forces C-47 transport planes seen, in flight, dropping food and ammunition to beleaguered American troops caught in the Battle of the Bulge. Change of scene to German Jagdpanzer IV tank destroyer moving; Panzer IV tanks firing 7.5 cm KwK 37 L/24 guns; and troops riding on a Tiger tank ( Panzerkampfwagen Tiger Ausf. B). German soldiers riding in a streamlined Volkswagen Kübelwagen. German soldier in an open single seat courier car spattered with mud. Close-ups of him smoking a cigar. German soldiers looking at formation of American C-47 aircraft overhead. A U.S. Army Air Corps B-25 bomber in flight. View from Allied bomber dropping bombs that strike ground with many explosions. View from above of a B-24 Liberator bomber in flight. View on ground of shells and bombs exploding in wooded area and low level black flak clouds. Captured 88mm gun being fired by Allied forces. British soldiers in a Landing Vehicle Tracked, cross a stream and climb up a steep bank. View from British "Wasp" flame-throwing Bren-gun carrier, as it fires and resulting inferno of fires. Views from a long distance of other flame-throwers firing across the stream. Closeup view of one firing with fires burning on the opposite shore.
German troops launch surprise counter offensive in the Ardennes (WW2)
Animated map showing the Rhineland region in Germany, Strasbourg (Strassburg), the Ardennes, and Netherlands in World War II. Night scene of rockets being fired as the German Army launched a major offensive through the Ardennes, starting the Battle of the Bulge. German Army fire Nebelwerfer rockets at night. Rockets hit enemy targets. German officer signals the artillery to fire. A heavy gun barrel is seen recoiling as it fires. German artillery crew firing field pieces. German soldiers in trench watch Allied positions being shelled. German troops firing an anti-aircraft gun hidden under branches of foliage. German soldier with camouflaged helmet. Captured United States Army soldiers walking by the Siegfred Line. Dragons Teeth antitank barriers are seen in the background. German soldiers riding on Stug III Ausf. F tank destroyers and half tracked vehicle (Sd.Kfz.251) pass by on muddy road. The captured American prisoners of war are made to march with their hands over their heads. German soldiers carrying Panzerfaust anti-tank weapons while marching in mud up to their ankles. Others carry MG 42 machine guns and belt ammunition. American helmets scattered on the ground. Dead Allied soldiers after the surprise German attack in the Ardennes.
German forces counterattack Allied troops in the Ardennes (WW2)
German Panzer tanks and light armored vehicles moving forward in the Ardennes during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II. German 10.5cm self-propelled tank destroyer is seen covered with foliage moving in a field. A German soldier on top of a Panzer tank. White smoke rising across the entire background of the battlefield. German tank destroyer advancing in a town in the Ardennes region. German troops advancing into town as heavy smoke rises from bombed areas. German infantry crouching in a field near a house. Soldiers crawling on hands and knees as they engage in house-to-house fighting. German soldiers standing on top of an open turret shooting with their guns. German soldiers lying low in a field with a burning tank behind them. A German soldier fires a Panzerfaust anti-tank rocket launcher. German troops moving up town. A huge explosion next to a barn. Tank destroyers and camouflaged half-track armored personnel carrier moving forward as they are followed by infantry; a burning United States truck is seen. German forces advance in bombed out town; one of the soldiers is holding a Panzerfaust. They jump through a destroyed brick wall. U.S. Army soldiers upon capture by German forces. Captured Allied soldier prisoners of war coming out of a house with their hands in the air. Some of the soldiers surrender with a white flag. Captured Allied troops gathered in town square. Burned and destroyed Allied tanks. An upturned tank. A knocked out American tank with "America First" stenciled on its side. Two German soldiers inspect the hole on the side of the tank. Soldiers surround a captured Jeep. A soldier with a bloodied face uses the field phone to make a call. SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer Josef "Sepp" Dietrich, the 4 Star Commander of the German 6th Panzer Army arrives in the scene. Dietrich steps out from his staff car. Dietrich watch German troops marching past him. German infantry troops moving along with military trucks and vehicles. Some of the troops bring bicycles. A German soldier looks up as a V-1 flying bomb passes overhead. A rifle stuck on the ground with its butt facing up near a Browning M1917 machine gun. Dead United States soldiers lying amidst destroyed weapons and equipment. Smoke rises from a burned U.S. tank. Captured M3 Stuart tanks and a M3 half-track lined up in a field.
German troops capture American POWs in the Battle of the Bulge (WW2)
A pair of German soldiers ride on top of a tank destroyer with a stuffed teddy bear fastened to its gun barrel, during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II. One of the soldiers is laying on his side. The camera focuses on the teddy bear doll as the tank destroyer passes. Utility vehicles, motorcycles, and trucks transporting troops on a road as seen from the rear of a vehicle. Allied prisoners of war (POW) march under guard along a muddy road past German vehicles. Some of the prisoners help or carry injured comrades. Closeup of captured American prisoners of war. Two prisoners of war smoke cigarettes while carrying an injured man. U.S. Army soldier prisoner of war skip over soft, muddy area through the woods. Four American single engine aircraft fly overhead. German soldiers fire anti-aircraft gun at enemy aircraft. An airplane is downed. Black smoke rises over downed plane. Close up of SS (Schutzstaffel) troops manning an anti-aircraft gun. German soldiers happily wave at friendly German Focke-Wulf Fw 190 aircraft buzzing at them. A formation of German aircraft overhead. A German officer from a camouflaged staff car points to aircraft above them. A soldier on a motorcycle looking up in the sky. Civilian woman gives out bread to a soldier riding on a canvas covered tank destroyer. The soldier is smiling after he received bread. A group of civilians welcome German troops in tanks. Children waving at the German soldiers. German troops riding on top of a Tiger II tank wave back at well-wishers. Field Marshal Walter Model, Commander of 5th and 6th Panzer Armies, conversing with soldiers and officers in the Ardennes. Marshal Model watch soldiers remove a fence. Model talking to a Nazi SS soldier.
American POWs march to their compound; German soldiers try captured American beer and cigarettes (WW2)
A large group of captured United States Army soldiers during the Battle of the Bulge, or the Battle of the Ardennes, in World War 2. As the prisoners march under watch by German soldiers, the camera focuses on captured African American soldiers who are prisoners of war. A smiling German soldier. The prisoners of war march through the forest. Weary faces of Black soldiers are juxtaposed with their smiling, laughing German SS guards. A German Panzer IV tank passes a muddy hillside road where many U.S. Army prisoners of war are seated on the ground in the background. A soldier rides a horse drawn wagon in front of another tank where a group of soldiers are seen standing on top. The captured Allied prisoners of war are herded toward the road below to their compound. A German soldier eats a chocolate candy bar. He nods his head enjoying his candy bar. German soldiers trying out captured American beer and cigarettes. A German soldier drinking a bottle of American beer. Some German SS soldiers wearing camouflaged uniforms, one of them carries a light M34 machine gun with a circular magazine on his shoulder. A dozen German soldiers are seen sitting atop a moving tank. A tank drives through a village. Crewmen on top of a moving tank. One of the crewmen rides astride the gun barrel, while another mans the machine gun. A machine gunner on top of a tank. More German Tiger II tanks moving through the village. Clip contains many closeup views of faces of German soldiers and closeup views of faces of U.S. Army soldiers, including African American prisoners of war.