General Eisenhower, General Omar Bradley and General Patton visit the Ohdruf concentration camp of the Nazis after World War II. Generals and soldiers inspect the whipping rack for the prisoners. Talk to survivor inmates of the camp. Generals see the stack of starved, leaned and naked dead bodies of the prisoners brutally murdered by the Nazis. The dead bodies with gun shots in head, eyes and neck. Survivors demonstrate atrocities done to them by the Nazis. Courtyard of the camp covered by dead bodies of the inmates. Burnt bodies of inmates at a crematory on railway tracks. Members of the Nazi party on a truck, brought by force to visit the camp by Allies. A German Major is also among the visitors. Nazis, along with Americans visit the dead bodies, survivors, tortured and piles of dead bodies. The Nazis unmoved deny the knowledge of any such concentration camp by Nazi party. Arrested guards of the camp. At crematory on railway track list of tortures to the prisoners read. The Nazis show no emotion or pain.
British Royal Air Force Lancaster bomber aircraft drop bombs over German targets during World War II. Bombs impact causing a pillar of smoke to rise up. United States Army Air Force 8th and 15th Air Force using B-17 bombers attack the industrial town of Pforzeheim at night. British Lancaster bomber aircraft also assist the American forces, destroying the city completely.
Troops of the U.S. 9th Armored Division are assembled at the Schlörplatz in Weiden, Bavaria, to hear from their commanding General, John W. Leonard. Some stand in tanks and other armored vehicles, while others stand at attention. Next scene shows the troops at parade rest. They face an improvised speaker stand with a color guard and the American flag and two unit flags. Behind it is the Gustav von Schlör monument. To the right, a road sign indicates 90 km to Regensburg. View shifts to show backs of the soldiers, with arms and hands in parade rest position, waiting for their Commander. Next, General Leonard is seen standing somewhat below and in front of the colors and color guards. He is in battle gear and appears very relaxed and informal, as he addresses the troops.View, from a distance, shows the large number of troops assembled and listening. More views, including some closeups, of the troops listening. Closeup of some soldiers reacting to the good news, by waving and doffing their helmets. Upon being dismissed, happy troops smile and converse as they disperse. (Note: Vehicles seen include: M16 Halftrack, M4 Sherman, and M36 Tank Destroyer)
The Russians capture the city of Berlin at the end of World War 2 in Europe. Russian troops and tanks advance during Battle of Berlin. Ruins in Berlin after facing the Soviet attacks. An animated map shows how the city is captured street by street. Smoking city of Berlin and Russian soldiers advance through rubble on streets. Troops street fight. Wounded soldiers are carried away on stretchers. Soviet woman soldier cleans the face of a male comrade. Nazi Army parades under the Brandenburg Gate in the past. Flame throwers set buildings on fire. Russian soldiers rush towards ruined Reichstag and plant the Soviet flag (or a Victory Banner) on the top amid salutes and cheers.
Two U.S. Army Air Forces C-47 Skytrain air evac transport aircraft land on an airstrip. Scene shifts to ambulance stopping at hospital tent and medics removing patients on stretchers. Patients are carried into hospital tents. Patients lying on stretcher inside tent.
Aerial view of Dachau concentration camp with buildings and people, soon after its liberation near end of World War 2 in Europe. Gates of the camp with a Nazi swastika on its top. Starved inmates from Czechoslovakia, France and Holland at the camp. Bodies of dead prisoners in a railroad train car boxcar. Men pile up bodies onto a truck.