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Ruins and damaged buildings in Berlin and Munich Germany at the end of World War II in Europe.
Opening scenes are of ruins in Berlin, Germany at the end of World War II in Europe. Damaged Brandenburg Gate and ruined buildings of Berlin. Damaged building of Adlon Hotel. Allied troops move forward in Germany to complete the Allied occupation of Germany. A truck loaded with Allied troops heads towards Berchtesgaden. Smoke rises from the Berghof, German Chancellor Adolf Hitler's mountain residence (Narrator refers to it as the Eagle's Nest, which is not correct. The Eagle's Nest or Kehlsteinhaus was not bombed and is not shown in this clip). Ruins and damaged buildings in Munich including exterior building facade, and arched stair entrance to festhall, marked with painted lettering by American soldiers, "157th infantry, 45th Division." Interior views of the Hofbräuhaus München beer hall (Hofbräuhaus am Platzl), including interior views of ruins inside its drinking room (trinkstube) with shattered windows and broken furniture. (Narrator refers to this as "the famous beer hall." At least two noteworthy NASDAP formative events occurred there: On February 25, 1920, Hitler presented the Nazi Party Twenty Five Point Program there. On November 4, 1921 the National Socialist party held a large public meeting at the Hofbräuhaus and fighting and protesting broke out after Hitler spoke. The Sturmabteilungen, or "SA", then in its infancy, attacked and ejected protestors.)
Allied officials receive surrender from German officials in Germany at the end of World War II in Europe.
German officials surrender in Germany at the end of World War II in Europe. Nazi Marshall Herman Goring surrenders in Bavaria, Germany where he is questioned by Allied newspaper men. German Field Marshal Albert Kesselring surrenders. German Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt arrives in a car to surrender. Former Governor General of Occupied Poland Hans Frank is captured by the Allies. Captured German officials are taken away in U.S. Army jeeps. Former Regent of Hungary Admiral Miklos Horthy speaks to a U.S. official after his capture. Captured Nazi officials lined up.
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.
United States tanks moving and U.S. Army soldiers passing through a German town near end of World War II in Europe
U.S. soldiers in Germany near end of World War 2, in Europe. An M26 Pershing leads a column of M4A1(76)W Shermans through a muddy street. Some have improvised armor plate welded over the driver's position. Medium and light tanks carrying infantry are seen on an open field. They are loaded with infantrymen. More U.S. tanks move in formation across the field. A German civilian mounts an M5A1 and converses with the crew. U.S. infantrymen search houses. Sherman tanks move through a German street. German civilians watching the tanks and American infantrymen. A Sherman parked on roadside while driver watches several ducks waddle across the road. Infantrymen walking down the street. A tank in the foreground.
U.S. tanks, infantry, and airplanes attack a town in Germany during final days of World War II in Europe
U.S. forces invading Germany in the final days of World War 2 in Europe. German civilians hold white flags of surrender along sides of road. A German officer and soldiers sitting against a wooden fence at the roadside. German civilians loading belongings into horse drawn wagons. Abandoned and trashed wagons. A U.S. tank firing level at a large building, as Infantrymen run past. United States Army Air Force P-47 Thunderbolt airplanes attack a hilltop building with machine guns and bombs. Burning buildings behind trees.
U.S. forces invading Germany near end of World War II in Europe.
United States soldiers in Germany near the end of World War 2, in Europe. American soldiers standing around a jeep and sitting on. two Sherman tanks parked in a German town. American soldiers rouse German prisoners who gather their belongings and stand to march off. Crewmen sitting on a Sherman tank in a field. They fire the tank's gun at a hilltop target. Smoke rises from exploding shells. U.S. Army Air Forces P-47 aircraft strafe and bomb German positions as U.S. tanks and their crews watch.