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U.S. troops of the 79th Infantry Division engage German forces in the Alsace Front during World War II
Opening shows animated map of Alsace front at junction of Belgium, Germany, and France, in World War 2. Allied forces are schematically shown sweeping toward Wissembourg, Haguenau, and Strasbourg. Next, several U.S. Army M4A3(75) medium tanks are seen driving toward the camera on a rural road, during a pull back by the 7th Army in the first week of January, 1944, from advanced positions at the front. Some are filled with infantry riding atop them. The last of them is seen crossing a bridge 13 miles Northeast of Haguenau. The engineers of the 79th Division place demolition charges to destroy the bridge. Closeup of them placing and then remotely igniting the charge. A huge explosion ensues that completely destroys the bridge. Scene shifts to several U.S. soldiers of an engineer combat battalion preparing 100 pound of TNT in a captured blockhouse at Lauterbach, Alsace. Closeup of engineer carrying the explosives into the blockhouse and preparing the remote detonation device. The engineers string wire in the snow and setup their remote detonation device. One depresses a plunger to ignite the charge and blow up the blockhouse, which explodes in a huge cloud of black smoke. Next, elements of the 79th Infantry Division supported by tanks, are seen moving forward to counter German gains Southeast of Haguenau. (On January 5th the German forces had established a bridgehead across the Rhein (Rhine) river near Gansheim, Germany.) Scene shifts to Drusenheim, Germany where U.S. forces are engaging a Battalion of occupying German forces. Machine gun fire is heard constantly, as American infantry battle the hidden German defenders and tanks drive them from defensive positions near a bridge at the far end of town. Infantry move from behind tanks toward the bridge and are seen crossing it. An M4A3(75) medium tank risks crossing the narrow bridge and is immediately followed by many 79th Infantry troops. The battle continues on the other side of the bridge.
Montage of scenes depicting Allied advances through France and into Germany during World War II
Animated sequence shows flags of Allied forces advancing through France against German forces during World War 2. U.S. and Free French flags shown in South of France and British and Canadian to the North. Beyond the Seine River, German soldiers are seen watching the launch of V-1 buzz bombs against London. Aerial views of British armored units racing towards Brussels, Belgium. Local people wave and applaud them as they move through villages towards Brussels. Crowds greet them joyfully as they enter Brussels. American soldiers crossing fields and entering the boundaries of Germany. British soldiers (Tommies) being given drinks by Belgian man in Brussels. American soldier walking with another who is clowning around, wearing a top hat and carrying an umbrella. Line of surrendering German soldiers on bicycles. A German Army Division, of about 20 thousand soldiers marching along a road to surrender. Canadian troops advancing in the North, happen upon a deserted German "flying bomb" site. American P-51 fighters operating on a German airfield. African American U.S. Army troops setting up communications systems on poles. Allied troops being entertained by USO performer. British and American troops moving through Germany.
Dead bodies at Leipzig Concentration Camp in Germany.
Nazi concentration camps in Germany during World War II. Animated map of Europe shows locations of concentration camps in Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Danzig, Denmark, France, Germany, Isle of Jersey, Latvia, Netherlands, Poland and Yugoslavia. Dead bodies at Leipzig Concentration Camp. Living Russians, Czechoslovakian and French prisoners narrate horror stories. Bodies of prisoners who the Nazi German guards had placed in a building and then set on fire. Dead bodies of those who fled and escaped from the burning building, but were then either shot by the guards while fleeing, or electrocuted by live wire fence. Russian woman looks at dead bodies through a fence.
Nazi leaders speak. Faces of Allied soldiers. Nazi massacres. Victims mourned. German troops surrender. American life.
Nazi leaders in Germany giving speeches during World War 2. Soldiers from various countries like England, Poland, Greece, America and Norway. View of young boy soldiers in Germany at end of World War 2. Earlier scene of Nazi Waffen SS soldiers as they march with goosestep on parade. Victims executed in Nazi massacre in Italy shown with hands tied behind their backs. Nazi victims mourned in France. Bodies of women and children slain by the Nazi SS in Belgium. A large crowd of civilians gathered to pay homage to the dead in Lublin, Poland. Allied military vehicles and personnel trample and walk on Nazi flags and posters in Germany. A pile of Nazi flags burning in the street, as men, women and children walk past. German prisoners of war assembled in a large outdoor enclosure, and moving out in a line. German soldiers surrendering, with white flags displayed. American soldiers look at open mass graves of persons shot dead by Nazis. Emaciated boy children inmates of Buchenwald concentration camp stand behind barbed wire fence around the time of its liberation. The prior scenes are contrasted with ordinary life in the United States. A boy retrieves a ball from a pond, and throws it. Children play on see saws at a playground. A baby take first few faltering steps. A girl hangs from monkey bar. A man and two women share a newspaper article.
German Commander of 19th Army Erich Brandenberger signs capitulation in an Austrian city at the end of World War II in Europe.
Germany surrenders in Austria at the end of World War II in Europe. German officials arrive for surrender. German General and Commander of 19th German Army Erich Brandenberger signs capitulation in an Austrian city. U.S. Army General Edward H. Brooks receives German surrender in Austria. German Naval Commander Admiral Karl Donitz is captured. British sailors board captured German U-boats at Antwerp, Belgium. German prisoners aboard a U-boat.
French crowd celebrates victory on the streets of Paris, France at the end of World War II in Europe.
V-E Day and Victory celebrations in Europe at the end of World War II in Europe. Civilians celebrate on the streets in Brussels, Belgium. Victory celebrations in Paris, France show a church bell ringing. French, American and British flags are raised. Cheering French crowd on the streets in Paris. French General Charles de Gaulle visits the Arch de Triomphe and pays homage at the Tomb of Unknown Soldier. British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery receives German surrender at Lundberg.