U.S. soldiers of the 8th Armored Division in Wachtendonck (Wachtendonk), Germany during World War II. View from high point overlooking country road in Germany. A line of U.S. Army 2.5 ton canvas-covered trucks parked along the roadside. After some blurring, scene shifts to a halted convoy of U.S. Army vehicles and troops along left side of road, being passed by troops riding in M3 half-tracks and Jeeps headed in the opposite direction. View from stopped convoy shows a Brockway B-666 Bridge Erecting truck passing. Next, a large group of women, children, and elderly civilians are seen leaving town of Wachtendonk, on foot, with few possessions. They walk past a parked Brockway B-666 truck. A mother and a father, carrying small child, walk on village street.
Allied bombing of Dresden, Germany during World War 2. Royal Air Force Lancaster bombers in flight over Dresden and bombing it with incendiaries at night. View of unusual German Scarecrow antiaircraft weapon, exploding with huge flash of fire, near Allied bomber formation. Bombs being dropped on transportation lines. United States 8th Air Force aircraft in flight at high altitude, leaving contrails behind. A B-17 from U.S. 8th Air Force, 1st Air Division, 1st Bomb Wing, 92nd Bombardment Group, is identifiable from its Triangle B tail code. Another is identifiable from 91st Bomb Group, by its Triangle A tail code. The B-17s bomb targets in Eastern Germany, such as Kemnitz. View of B-17s bombing Dresden. Bombs being released and striking targets.
United States Army troops in Germany during World War II. Dead bodies lying on ground at Buchenwald Concentration Camp in Thuringia, Germany; victims of atrocities by Nazi German forces. American soldiers stand around on a field where dead bodies were cremated.
Dignitaries arrive for the Potsdam Conference at Cecilienhof Palace (Im Neuen Garten, 14469 Potsdam, Germany) in Potsdam, Germany during World War II. The palace building and gardens. Red flowers planted in the shape of a star called the 'Big Red Star' in a garden. Green lawns and a river in the background. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Winston Churchill; United States President Harry S. Truman and General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin arrive at Cecilienhof Palace. The Big Three seated in chairs in the garden. Photographers take pictures.
Near the end of 2nd World War in Germany, American troops are seen in the Salt Mines at Merkers, Germany. They examine gold bars. Another American soldier opens up a suitcase filled with silver articles. Many suitcases filled with seized and stolen silver articles such as silverware cutlery and silver boxes, confiscated by German Schutzstaffel (SS) troops.
Preparations for World War II war crime trials in Nuremberg, Germany. The chief United States prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials Justice Robert H. Jackson with some Allied officials at the Palace of Justice (Fürther Str. 110, 90429 Nürnberg, Germany). Justice Jackson drafts documents for the prosecution of war criminals. He and other representatives draft documents at a round table. Few officials stand behind during the proceedings. The officials sign on various documents before the trial of the war criminals.