Opening scene shows some German occupying soldiers walking among ancient ruins in Greece, during World War 2. Next, several German officers watch as another works on a painting. More scenes of ancient ruins. Change of scene shows a German soldier painting a pastoral scene, and several others are seen painting in several picturesque settings. Several scenes are shown as viewed through a wooden box window. A painted portrait of Adolf Hitler is shown.
Film opens showing German Colonel General Heinz Wilhelm Guderian, who was appointed Chief of Staff of the Army, by Adolf Hitler, on 21 July 1944, in World War 2. He is being feted as the New Army Chief. He reviews a large Honor Guard of German troops who line both sides of a street, in Germany. Local people cheer him from the sidewalks, and he is greeted by several German Youth girls. He steps into a building where other officers greet him and present him with a scale model of what appears to be a Panther Ausf. G tank. He looks closely as another officer points out the model's features. He then writes his name in the city's book of distinguished visitors. Complete change of scene shows General Guderian visiting members of his family, who greet him with kisses at the entrance to their house in Goslar, Germany. Inside their home Guderian shares coffee and cake with them at their dining room table. He and family members then look together through albums of photographs and memorabilia, of his career in the military, including one photograph of General Guderian with Adolf Hitler.
German soldiers at the island of Samos in Greece. Scenes of the island. Life of common man of Samos. German soldiers tour an estate. They bargain with the natives. A soldier talks to a monk on Mount Athos, Chalcidice. The soldiers drink wine. A woman serves to the soldiers. A damaged building. Soldiers walk around it. Soldiers meet monks and move inside a building. A monk shows a photograph hung on a wall to the soldiers. (World War II period).
German soldiers at Dnieper river, Russia. A map of Russia shows the course of Dnieper river. Low aerial view of ice melting on the Dnieper River in Russia. German ski troops along with equipment cross a bridge on a truck. A small white dog under a blanket on a horse sled. German soldiers stand near horses. They walk past dead horses on the roadside. German soldiers march in a single horizontal line across a battlefield, laying razor wire and setting land mines into position under the snow. A snow covered and camouflaged German artillery emplacement and a German soldier uses sighting equipment to establish range to Soviet target. (World War II period).
Spanish Blue Division soldiers in Spain during World War II. They served as volunteers in the German Army on the eastern front. Spanish officers salute German soldiers. A Spanish officer receives flowers from a woman. The Blue Division soldiers look out of the windows of railroad cars. Augustin Muñoz Grandes, Commander of the Blue Division, greets the soldiers. Some soldiers say good bye to their families. The train pulls out of the station. The soldiers lean out of train. They are handed snacks, drinks, and other refreshments by the people gathered. Dignitaries present deliver speeches and Nazi salutes.
Blue Division Spanish soldiers in Madrid, Spain during World War II. Flags of Spain and Germany on El Estacion del Norte train station in Madrid. Officers gives speeches. Spanish spectators observe. A train pulls into the station. A large crowd at the station. The Spanish citizens greet soldiers and salute them. Spanish soldiers say goodbye to their wives and families at the station. They are bound for the Eastern Front, serving as volunteers in the German Army.
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