United States Army soldiers drive a 1/4-ton truck on muddy road in Merode, Germany during World War II. Wheels of 1/4-ton Army truck spinning and moving in the mud. A soldier follows the trucks in the forest road. A man stands on the running board of a moving medic Jeep “Skippy”. Soldiers push a Jeep stuck in muddy road. Wheels spinning while stuck in mud. Soldier fastens chains into Jeep’s front bumper. The vehicle slowly moves through the muddy forest road.
United States Army soldiers walking through flooded, muddy forest road in Merode, Germany following heavy rains during World War II. The American soldiers walk carefully through soft mud. Close-up views of legs and boots of U.S. Army soldiers walking in deep mud that completely covers boots. Soldiers’ feet lift out of the mud as they move. Soldiers and medic tie cables onto two trucks’ bumpers as they prepare to free a truck stuck in mud.
U.S. infantry engaged in urban street fighting in World War 2. Allied troops fighting with German troops during Liberation of Paris. U.S. Army soldiers talk into radio before advancing. Soldiers with rifles crouch. Troops fire machine guns from windows of captured buildings. Tanks advance on street. French FFI citizen soldiers fire from upper stories of the building on enemy German trucks. French man throws a grenade from a window down to a truck with German troops in it. Truck explodes and Germany troops emerge from it, some on fire. Tanks advance under Eiffel Tower. Allied troops join French Forces of Interior. Scene changes to Aachen, Germany. Allied troops advance into Aachen. Soldier moves ahead. Sign reads 'Aachen'. Minister of Propaganda in Nazi Germany, Joseph Goebbels speaks at microphone. Wrecked buildings of Aachen as U.S. Army soldiers move through the city during a nine day period of urban combat. Smoke arises from streets. U.S. Army tanks advance on street. Soldiers fire from behind brick wall. Soldiers moves by a wrecked building. Soldiers firing mortars.
Joseph Paul Goebbels addresses German workers, officials and some soldiers at Rhineland tank factory in Germany during World War 2. Posters on wall with German slogans. The Nazi symbol with 'Koln' written under it. (Speech possibly in Cologne?). Minister of propaganda Joseph Paul Goebbels speaks while large crowd of audience listens carefully to Propaganda Minister's speech. Scenes changes to exposition and review of a large number of German Tiger II tanks (King Tiger), being displayed for dignitaries to review. Closeup of tank commander standing up through open hatch in turret as his tank rolls by scores of other Tiger II tanks in formation on a large field.
German Wasserfall V-2 ballistic missile test fired from Greifswalder Oie Island, Germany during World War II. A truck loaded with Wasserfall missile under a cover pulls up at a dock. A ship at the dock. Truck backs up and loads aboard the ship. Men push the truck aboard the ship. Ship pulls away from the coast. A boat in the foreground. A barge pulls up near the ship. Wasserfall V-2 missile being fired from Greifswalder Oie. Missile in flight as it emits a thick smoke trail.
German C-2 Wasserfall antiaircraft missile (early Version) being test fired at the Greifswalder Oie, Germany during World War 2. C-2 missile lifts off leaving behind a fiery flare. Missile in flight as it emits a thick smoke trail.