German troops in white field garb fighting from trenches on the Eastern Front, during winter, in World War 2. Artillerymen firing heavy guns. One is seen covered with ice and snow, as the gun crew fires. German StuG III Assault Guns and artillery firing at Russian positions. German Soldiers look through binoculars at enemy positions. Shells burst as heavy firing takes place from both the sides. Advancing German infantry jump from an armored vehicle, and run across the field. View from atop an advancing German StuG III. Knocked out Soviet T34 and KV tanks. Soviet Prisoners of War march through a village.
German soldier looks through binoculars at American aircraft flying overhead in Germany, during World War II. German Army soldiers receive call about incoming aircraft from within their underground bunker and run, quickly mobilizing out from their bunkers to man their artillery guns. German anti-aircraft long range artillery guns firing at planes of U.S. Army Air Force. Nazi Luftwaffe fighter planes take off and attack United States B-24 and B-17 bombers. Large number off incoming U.S. aircraft in formation. Aerial gun camera views of dogfights between German aircraft and U.S. Bomber aircraft from view of German aircraft, including close-range air combat. United States B-24 is shot by Germans, suffers explosions in mid-air and crashes to the ground.
Tail and crushed wings of American B-17 bomber, one of several shot down over the Germany-Holland border, during World War 2. Bodies of two U.S. airmen lying on the ground next to the debris. Remains of crashed B-17, Serial number 42-39822, of the U.S. 333rd Bomb Squadron, 94th Bombardment Group, which was shot down by German FW-190s while returning from a mission to Brunswick (Braunschweig), Germany, on January 11, 1944. A fuselage from downed allied warplane being hauled away on a truck. A junkyard filled with American warplane parts, stacked by type, engines in one pile, tails in another, etc. One vertical fin, marked with the 'triangle A' of the 91st Bomb Group, is from B-17G, tail number 42-37737, named "Tennessee Toddy" of the 401st Bomb Squadron. It crash landed after losing two engines, on 10 October 1943, at Brocklanderweg, near Apeldoorn, Holland. Two U.S. Army Air Corps prisoners being interrogated by a German officer. Group of United States airmen prisoners of war, apparently showing personal identifications (dog tags) to a German interrogator.
German aircrafts return after successfully shooting down American planes in Germany during World War II. Pilots get down from the planes. Two German Pilots explain to an Officer how they could successfully shoot down American planes. German Pilots being congratulated by an Officer as they explain their successful attack on American bombers.
Film opens showing illustrations of various warriors and soldiers in their miliary garb, from mideaval times, through the Nepoleonic wars, American Revolution, Civil war, American Indian Wars. The illustrations also show Army cadets, Medical officers administering inoculation injections to soldiers. Scenes shift to 20th Century showing American Uh1 (Huey) and CH-47 helicopters and U.S. troops during the Vietnam War. View from a helicopter directing fire from its side door at enemy troops. American soldeirs and jeeps in the Middle East. American Army ski troops moving across snowy terrain in Alaska. American troops assisting people with water supply and building activities in South and Central America. An American Army Captain working with a Republic of Vietnam officer counterpart. Other Amrican soldiers interacting with Asian allies.
Importance of Army being explained in the light of increasing Soviet and Chinese military strength, expanding communism, Cuban missile crisis, Berlin crisis and Korean War. Soviet military parade in Red Square. Chinese Army forces parade in China in review. U.S. Army soldiers in combat in Korean War, with soldier firing machine gun and two soldiers firing a mortar. American tank on streets of Berlin during Berlin Crisis. Fidel Castro speaking from podium at a rally in Cuba. Cuban rebels marching. Still image of Soviet missile sites on Cuban soil during Cuban Missile Crisis. American soldiers and marines in Indochina and soldiers wading in water. A map shows the regions of major conflicts in the world. Three types of wars being enumerated including general war, limited war and insurgencies. A map shows American Army establishments in the country.
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