Survivors show United States soldiers around Ohrdruf Concentration Camp, part of the Buchenwald Concentration Camp network in Thuringia, Germany, after its liberation during World War 2. A group of concentration camp survivors talk to a United States soldier. A concentration camp survivor talks, behind him a fellow survivor smokes a cigarette. United States Generals Dwight Eisenhower, Omar Bradley, George S. Patton and Manton Eddy, inspect Ohrdruf Concentration Camp with the 4th Armored Division and concentration camp survivors. Surviving inmates show the concentration camp whipping post to United States Army soldiers and Generals Eisenhower, Patton, Bradley and Eddy. A United States soldier photographer takes pictures of the whipping post to collect war crime evidence. Generals Eisenhower, Patton, Bradley and Eddy walk ahead of American soldiers in Ohrdruf Concentration Camp. A woodshed containing piles of lime-covered bodies. Close view of bodies, starved with some riddled with bullets. View of George Patton, disgusted from the pile of dead bodies, as he inspects the woodshed a few feet away. General Dwight Eisenhower speaks with General Manton Eddy (center) and another United States General. Former inmates demonstrate to the United States Army how the Nazis torture them using a rack. United States Army and generals find fresh corpses of prisoners, gunned by Nazis shortly before the United States Army captured Ohrdruf. Corpse lying face down, with anal area covered in blood. General Dwight Eisenhower and other generals inspect the crude woodland crematory made out of railway tracks by the Nazis to dispose dead prisoners. Charred bodies and skeletons of inmates are on grill. General Dwight Eisenhower and General Omar Bradley inspect the crematory. United States Army trucks arrive in Ohrdruf Concentration Camp with German civilians. German civilians, with some are prominent Nazi Party members, are led by the United States soldiers on a forced tour of the concentration camp. A German medical major, tasked to accompany the German civilians during tour, stands next to jeep with red cross flag. Colonel Hayden Sears speaks to German civilians and American soldiers. United States general speaks to German medical officer. German civilians are led to courtyard of the camp, where there are 30 fresh corpses of prisoners who were killed shortly before the camp’s liberation. United States soldiers lead a group of former slave labor bosses to join their tour. United States soldiers show the German civilians the woodshed containing piles of quicklime-covered bodies. German civilians enter the woodshed upon insistence of Colonel Hayden Sears. German civilians walk away, some covering their noses with handkerchief, from the woodshed. Nazi slave labor bosses enter the woodshed upon insistence by United States Army. German medical officer and slave labor bosses leave the woodshed. German civilians and slave labor bosses tour the camp with United States Army. A German slave labor boss denies his knowledge about the atrocities against the prisoners. German civilians are made to see the charred remains of prisoners in crude woodland crematory. A United States soldier reads to German civilians and officers a list of atrocities committed against prisoners in the Ohrdruf Concentration Camp. Charred remains of a prisoner. German civilians listen to United States soldier.
Lord Louis Mountbatten, the Supreme Allied Commander of South East Asia, presents medals to 5th Indian Division soldiers at their camp in Assam, India during World War 2. Lord Louis Mountbatten presents medal to Indian, Sikh and British soldiers individually. 5th Indian Division soldiers stand in formation. Lord Louis Mountbatten addresses British soldier standing in formation. British soldiers in formation, wearing the British Army Jungle Slouch hats. Lord Louis Mountbatten addresses Indian soldiers standing in formation. Lord Louis Mountbatten presents medal to British soldier wearing a Jungle Slouch hat. Soldier takes his turn after his comrade has been presented with a medal. Bagpipe band composed of Indian soldiers plays at the ceremony. Indian soldiers standing in formation, holding their guns, as Lord Louis Mountbatten inspects the army. Flag of the United Kingdom. 5th Indian Division soldiers in formation.
United States Army M-4 tanks, carrying United States troops, roll across open field toward Worms, Germany during World War 2. Closer view of United States Army M-4 tank moving across field toward Worms, Germany.
United States Army M-4 Sherman tanks and jeeps pass by a burning truck on their way to Worms, Germany during World War 2. Thick smoke on the road.
United States Army M-4 Sherman tanks and jeeps, carrying United States soldiers, move through the town of Worms, Germany during World War 2. Thick smoke obscures road and buildings.
United States Army M-4 tanks, carrying United States soldiers, and armored vehicles stopped on road outside the city of Worms, Germany during World War 2. A United States soldier fires his rifle from top of M-4 tank. Other soldiers fire at enemy of camera in field next to road. M-4 Sherman tanks and jeeps, including a Red Cross medical vehicle, move through Worms, Germany.
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