Animated map shows direction of Allied forces converging on Germany, Western Powers from the West, and Soviets from the East during final phase of World War 2, in Europe. Newspaper headline reads: "Russians strike for Berlin."The New York World-Telegram newspaper headline reads: "Yanks Cross the Rhine!."U.S. Army troops seen in house-to-house fighting in Germany.American troops standing at Rhine River viewing Cologne, Germany. The cathedral at Cologne. Film of Hitler's troops crossing the Rhine in 1936 contrasted with views of many German prisoners of war being marched under Allied guard, in 1945. USAAF P-38 lightning aircraft taking off on mission against German targets. View from Allied aircraft strafing German target which explodes. A P-38 landing on a snowy airfield. USAAF P-47 of the 388th Fighter Squadron (C4), 365th Fighter Group, landing and skidding sideways off the runway. It slides in the snow and strikes another P-47 aircraft with engine running, on the ramp. B-24 Liberator bombers taxing for takeoff. Formation of USAAF B-17 bombers dropping bombs all over Germany. Formation of B-17s at very high altitude, leaving contrails behind them. U.S. infantry and armor fighting in snow-covered streets of German city. Allied troops, including Polish soldiers, fighting in the snow. Allied wounded being carried while under fire from German forces. U.S. Sergeant Peter Di Guiseppi and Private Pat Brady being interviewed. De Guiseppi remarks that the war seems like it will never end. Brady recounts being in a tank that hit a mine or something that exploded and abandoning the tank faster than he could ever imagine. He hunkered down in a ditch while bullets flew all around him, including the ammunition from the destroyed tank.
A film titled 'Typhus in Naples' shows typhus striking the city of Naples during World War 2. The city of Naples shows Mount Vesuvius and buildings. A ship sailing on the Bay of Naples. Italians get off at the Napoli Centrale (Piazza Garibaldi 80142 Napoli) railroad station. A man walks through a tunnel in the slums of Naples. A horse-drawn funeral hearse. Statue of Jesus Christ. A cemetery in Naples. Mummified remains in uncovered crypts. Damaged buildings in Naples. Graves in a cemetery. Rubble on the streets. Medics evacuate casualties on stretchers. Dynamited bathroom. Refugees arrive in Naples. Two Italian refugee boys. Dead bodies on the side of a street. An Italian woman suffering from typhus. A close view of lice on human skin. Warning signs for typhus in English and Italian languages.
Dramatizes the methods used by Axis Powers in maritime sabotage operations against Allied Forces during World War 2. Italian MTSM (Motoscafo da turismo modificato) torpedo boat hoisted on dock. Propellers and engines of the boat. MTSM underway at sea. German version of torpedo boat Wendel launched in sea armed with two torpedoes. Two rocket launchers, one on either side of the pilot house. Wendel underway at sea. Another Italian torpedo boat underway.
Army vehicles of U.S. 85th Regiment pass through shell torn villages in Italy during the Po Valley Offensive of World War 2. Vehicles pushing from Monte Pastore drive through a shell torn village. Italian civilians walk through the debris. Opening scene shows local man, woman, and girl, standing in doorway of a house. An American soldier appears momentarily nearby. Next, two Army trucks followed by several jeeps, drive down a narrow street, raising lots of dust. Some Italian civilians watch from a stoop at entrance of a building. A lone jeep passes in the opposite direction. The houses of the village are made of masonry and stone. Two women and two and two children walk over some rubble. A jeep pulling a trailer speeds past the camera. In the background, two American soldiers are eating. Next to them is a stretcher, leaning against the building wall. Other supplies are also seen in the vicinity. A truck drives past. (Note: Plain paper opening slate simply says "Kurland." which, reportedly refers to David Kurland, 196th Signal Photo Co.)
U.S. 86th Regiment, 10th Mountain Division advances in Italy during the Po Valley Offensive of World War 2. Two Field Grade officers of the 86th Regiment examine and discuss tactical maps at an outdoor command post. The area is dry and dusty. They rinse their hands at a water pump on the street. Infantrymen are issued bandoliers with cartridges and also hand grenades (some of which are tossed to them)..
Men and vehicles of U.S. 351st Infantry Regiment, 88th Division, move up to the front in Calvenzano, Italy, during World War 2. Infantrymen and vehicles advance along a rugged mountain section of Highway-64 between Calvenzano and Sibano. At a bend in the road, there is evidence of a rock slide that had been previously cleared. A curved barrier has been installed in one section of the upper bank.
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