U.S. soldiers battle German troops in Stolberg, Germany during World War II. German 88mm shells burst near front line positions. U.S. Army Air Force P-47 Thunderbolt fighters dive on enemy positions. Smoke rises from shells bursts. U.S. soldier with walkie-talkie in damaged building. A U.S. soldier carrying wounded soldier along street. Soldier fires a light machine gun from window of a building.
United States Army Third Armored Division enter the village of Gressenich, in Stolberg, Germany during the Battle of the Bulge (World War II). United States Army trucks and Jeeps drive on both sides of the road. Destroyed houses along both sides of the road. Sign reads “Gressenich”. Destroyed houses in the foreground. Debris on the ground. A road leading to the destroyed village. Piles of debris. Damaged houses and tower with no roofs. Electrical wires foreground to wrecked buildings A destroyed Medieval church.
United States Army enter the village of Gressenich, in Stolberg, Germany during the Battle of the Bulge (World War II). Sign on post reads “Gressenich”. A road leading to the destroyed village. Streetcar tracks are seen on the left side of the road. United States Army trucks drive in both sides of the road in Gressenich. Destroyed houses along the side of the road. Electrical wires connected to posts in the foreground. Damaged houses and tower with no roofs. Piles of debris in the ground. A badly destroyed house with a gaping hole from damage. A destroyed attic of a house. The roof is only left with its wooden frame. A destroyed Medieval church with bombed tower and Gothic windows. A ransacked room. Furniture and debris are lying down on the floor. A portrait of Adolf Hitler hangs sideways next to smashed globe.
Damaged houses on the street in the village of Gressenich in Stolberg, Germany during the Battle of the Bulge (World War II). A Red Cross truck and a convoy of Jeeps drive on the road, passing by the destroyed houses. Ruins of an old stone building. Debris scattered on the ground. A ruined photograph of Adolf Hitler with Hermann Göring lying on the road. Close up of vehicles driving next to photograph until it is blown away by the wind. A Military Policeman directs traffic. United States soldiers sitting on chairs under arch of a destroyed building.
Activities of American First Army in its invasion of Germany during World War 2. Animated map shows 1st Army moves into the direction of Cologne plain east of the Hurtgen Forest for invasion into Germany. 1st Infantry and 3rd Armored Division move to Mausbach and 104th Division move to Stolberg on November, 16. Two barrage balloons manned by the British on outskirts of Aachen are seen rising up from the ground to be floated eastward marking the line of the German enemy positions. Aerial view of Allied bomber aircraft, both American and British, dropping fragmentary and incendiary bombs on Duren. Reconnaissance group of the 104th Division readies for drive through Stolberg. They are seen removing camouflage from vehicles, and watching the skies for completion of the Allied aerial bombardment of the forward target. 104th Division recon group seen holding a briefing and studying map. U.S. Army infantry advance through a forest area, while assault guns of the 3rd Armored Division cover their movement. Result of German counter fire: Casualties are evacuated from a demolished Allied batallion command post near Stolberg. Wounded American soldiers carried on stretchers and the town's civilians receive first aid.