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 soldiers of the Feldhernhalle Division scramble onto a German submarine in a harbor. Soldiers shake hands with an officer aboard the submarine. A man pours tea into a cup for a soldier. The officer talks to the soldiers standing around him. A flag with the German Nazi Swastika on the submarine. (World War II period).
Film opens showing a number of German soldiers walking into an area of a steel fabricating factory, where workers are taking a lunch break, during World War 2. The visitors are being escorted by a civilian factory executive. Closeup of workers seated at a table eating their lunch. As the soldiers stand around the table, on of the workers greets and converses with them. Next, the visiting soldiers stand back as workers use cables to guide a hot steel part being moved by an overhead crane and chain hoist, into position in a heavy hydraulic press. Closeup of young German Army officers observing the process. Closeup of decorations on uniform of one officer that include the close combat Clasp (Nahkampfspange); Iron Cross; The General Assault Badge (Allgemeines Sturmabzeichen) and two other unidentified military badges. Visiting soldiers observe as steel workers maneuver the heavy hot steel ingot in the heavy press. Closeup of the hot steel ingot suspended on the chain hoist. Closeups of soldiers as they watch and some workers as they manipulate the heavy hot steel part. A German soldier distributes cigarettes to some of the steel workers.
'First architect of the Third Reich' Doctor Albert Speer addresses German workers. A large crowd of workers surround the Doctor. Policemen next to Dr Speer. Workers in overalls listen to his speech.
German aircraft of WW 2. A German Heinkel 100 prototype fighter takes off, with rocket assist. (The smoke is visible only as it passes dark trees in background.) The aircraft retracts landing gear and makes high speed pass over the Airfield. Two Messerschmitt Me 109s fly low over the Airfield. Focke-Wulf Fw 190 parked on grass with engine running. Pair of FW-190s make formation takeoff. Me-109s, Ju-87's and FW-190s in various formations and maneuvers. A Junkers 188 with Technician working on it, then making a high speed pass and climb. A Focke Wulf 200 Condor Taxis by through puddles.
The Stars and Stripes headlines 'Patton captures Metz,' during World War 2, in France. Allied forces assault the German Siegfried Line. Batteries of U.S. rocket launchers. Massed battery of U.S. Sherman tanks firing their guns. U.S. troops firing mortars close to buildings. Large numbers of German prisoners of war. A sherman flame thrower tank in operation. U.S. infantry walking through the Siegfried Line. U.S. heavy artillery and tanks in operation.