United States Army infantrymen in Munich, Germany during World War II. U.S. tanks and infantrymen advance along a street and pass through the Karlstor gate (Neuhauser Str., 80331 München, Germany). United States soldiers march on the street past bombed-out buildings. Rubble from Allied bombing raids seen on sides of roads. A column of infantry laden tanks moves along a street.
U.S. airplanes and the 5th Army fight in Italy during World War II. Gun crews fire camouflaged artillery guns. Smoke rises from a hillside. U.S. airplanes bombard enemy territory. Nazi German supply lines are bombarded by bombers. Allied tanks roll ahead. Allied troops search for snipers in a captured Italian town. U.S. Army General Mark Wayne Clark watches while his men fire guns and mortars. Prisoners are freed in Cosenza and food is distributed by officials of Allied Military Government in Italy.
Nazi German troops in Italy during the Italian Campaign of World War II. A German campaign map of Italy and Greece during the war. Field Marshal of German Air Force General Albert Kesselring inspects a German post in Italy. A German soldier looks through a sighting instrument. Artillery pieces are cleaned and assembled by German troops.
German troops in Rome, Italy during World War II. Allied prisoners, mostly U.S. Army soldiers, leave trucks in front of the Colosseum (Piazza del Colosseo, 1, 00184 Roma RM, Italy) in Rome. The prisoners of war (POW) jump out from the back of trucks. German guards force Allied prisoners of war to march on the Via dei Fori Imperiali road in front of the Colosseum.
A handball game being played between the teams of the United States and Spain during the Summer Olympics of 1972 held in Munich, Germany. A scoreboard displays the score. Spectators seated in the stands. The game in progress. (Note: The game ended with USA winning 22-20. But neither team fared well in this event during the overall competition.)
A film on the logistics and the psychology of war. Primarily shows training exercises, combat simulations, and dramatizations. Images of soldier and explosions. A U.S. sailor firing a Mark 4, 20 mm. anti aircraft. Gun from a ship. A U.S. M3 Stuart light tank heading toward the camera. American soldiers ostensibly falling to enemy explosions and gunfire. A shell exploding where American troops are hunkered down. Artillery batteries firing at night. A soldier cutting barbed wire and triggering a booby trap. . Troops under fire during amphibious assault. Soldiers manning an M1919A4 .30-caliber Light Machine Gun. Troops advancing through forest under fire. Some fall. Staged encounter between U.S. infantrymen and German soldier. The kill each other. Entire battle front erupting in explosions and smoke. Newspaper article by Ernie Pyle about too little training of U.S. troops. New York reporter's article noting that U.S. soldiers in Europe don't understand why they aren't fighting the Japanese who attacked America. Staged hand to hand combat between a German soldier and two American soldiers.
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