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.
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.
View of General Dwight Eisenhower, Omar N Bradley and Lieutenant General William H. Simpson entering the building. MP salutes to Generals. Generals including General Eisenhower walking out of the building. View of Generals traveling by car.
The United States 30th Infantry Division talk and rest in a snowy, damaged Belgian village during World War II. Two US soldiers shake hands in a damaged village with heavy snow. The two men talk. Destroyed houses and piles of rubble are seen behind the two men. The soldier introduces his comrades to the other man. Soldiers put their gun slings. An officer gives instruction to the troops. Close up faces of weary and tired American soldiers. Some soldiers light their cigarettes. The soldiers walk toward their Jeep. They get in their Jeep and leave the village.
The United States 30th Infantry Division carry equipment outside Malmedy during World War II as they recover victims of the Malmedy Massacre (also know as the Baugnez Massacre.) A bulldozer clears snow from the road. United States soldiers walk behind in heavy snow. A soldier carries a large cable spool on his back. Group of men carry equipment and a stretcher while walking in deep snow. A snow covered tank drives past soldiers. A snow covered Sherman tank-dozer passes. Soldiers carry body of victim of the Baugnez Massacre on a stretcher through deep snow Military truck with trailer parked in snow near La chapelle Saint Henri de Géromont in the outskirts of Malmedy on E421 Rte de Waimes. A sign reads “Geromont Malmedy” (the German word “Kreis” is scratched out).