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Scenes from the German Ardennes offensive in Battle of the Bulge during World War II
Aftermath of initial encounter during German Ardennes offensive in World War 2. These scenes are from an area where the German "Kampfgruppe Hansen," engaged elements of the U.S. 14th Cavalry Group near Poteau, Belgium, during the "Battle of the Bulge." Americans were forced to abandon much equipment and supplies, as these scenes show. Abandoned armor and guns along the roadway. A United States 3" anti-tank gun abandoned at the roadside. A German Jagdpanzer IV tank destroyer (Sd.Kfz. 162) drives past. German soldiers sit under a wrecked United States armored car and smoke American cigarettes. German infantrymen walking past the scene. A German soldier distributes cigarettes. (Note: German gunner, with belt of ammunition around his neck, seen at TC:1:18-1:20, is Walter Armbrusch aka Hans Tragarsky. This image of him is well known. But his true identity is the subject of much speculation and debate.)
German forces counterattack Allied forces in battle of Ardennes during World War II.
At start of film, a German 10.5cm self propelled tank destroyer is seen covered with foliage moving in a field during German counterattack (Battle of the Ardennes, also known as the Battle of the Bulge) in World War 2. Closeup of a soldier standing in a Panzer III tank. White smoke rising across the entire background in a scene. A tank destroyer entering a village. Infantry running nearby. German infantry hunkering down in a field near a house. Soldiers crawling on hands and knees as they engage in fighting from house to house. Suddenly they rise up and run toward the front of the house, behind a passing German tank. German soldiers firing rifles from inside a round open turret in an armored vehicle equipped several installed machine guns. German soldiers lying low in a field as a tank burns behind them. A soldier fires a panzerfaust anti tank weapon. A huge explosion raises dense white and black smoke. German infantry run from a trench as another large explosion occurs. A German tank destroyer moves slowly past buildings, followed by a half track armored personnel carrier covered with foliage camouflage. Infantry walking behind armored vehicles. Soldiers running past rubble in house to house fighting. They jump through a destroyed brick wall. American soldiers being taken as prisoners as they step from a building and walk with their hands over their heads. A group of American soldiers surrendering with a white flag. American prisoners in formation on a cobblestone street. A destroyed tank upside down. A knocked out American tank with "America First" stenciled on its side. German soldiers look at hole in its side. One puts his hand in it. Soldiers surronding a captured U.S. jeep. One, with a bloodied face, uses a field phone. SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer Josef "Sepp" Dietrich, the 4 Star Commander of the German 6th Panzer Army is seen stepping from his staff car. He watches as German infantry walk past him. Closeup of Josef Dietrich. Line of infantry continuing to move as they pass him. Infantry moving along wifh armored vehicles and trucks. A soldier looks up at the sky as a German V-1 Buzz Bomb passes overhead. An American rifle stuck in the ground at a field next to a Browning M1917 machine gun. German soldiers look over the field where dead American soldiers lie amidst destroyed equipment and weapons. A burning U.S. tank. Several captured U.S. M3 Stuart tanks lined up in a field.
German forces initiate offensive in Battle of Ardennes (Battle of the Bulge) during World War II
As film begins, two German soldiers are seen riding on a tank destroyer with a toy stuffed bear fastened to its gun barrel,during German counter offensive (Battle of the Bulge, also known as the Battle of the Ardennes) in World War 2. Camera focuses on the toy bear as the tank destroyer passes. View from rear of a vehicle of road behind crowded with utility vehicles, motorcycles, and trucks transporting troops. American soldiers taken as prisoners of war (POW) march through muddy field. They march under guard along a muddy road past heavily camouflaged German military vehicles and through woods. Closeups of some prisoners. A flight of 4 single engine aircraft flies overhead. Narrator says they are American airplanes. German soldiers, in a field, fire an anti-aircraft gun at the planes. Black smoke rises from a downed airplane. Closeup of SS soldiers manning anti-aircraft gun. Explosion from a bomb bursting in woods. German soldiers wave as they are buzzed by friendly German Focke-Wulf Fw 190 aircraft. A formation of German aircraft overhead. A German officer steps from a camouflaged staff car to point at the planes. A soldier on a motorcycle looks up at the airplanes in the sky. A soldier riding on a canvas covered tank destroyer accepts a baked good from a woman on a roadside. He waves at group of well-wishers who stand with baskets of gifts for the soldiers. View from back of the tank destroyer of children waving at it. A dozen German soldiers riding on a Tiger II tank. Field Marshal Walter Model, overall Commander of 5th and 6th Panzer Armies, conversing with soldiers and officers in the field.
Ground and air crew of Allied aircraft work to bomb German held territory in France and Netherlands in Spring of 1944 during World War 2.
Allies bomb Nazi targets in France and Netherlands during World War II. An animated map shows France and Germany. Allied squadrons move towards the bombers. Martin B-26 Marauder aircraft taxi and take off from a British airfield in England, United Kingdom. Interior cockpit view of a B-26 A pilot in the cockpit as he puts on a steel combat helmet and wears a steel jacket. A formation of bombers drops bombs on a Nazi German controlled airfield in Holland. Ground crew watches as a bomber comes in for landing. An aircraft sends off flares shortly before landing, indicating to ground crews that there are wounded soldiers on board. The bomber lands on its belly. Ground crew moves towards the bomber. A row of bombers. Crew members work on the bomber. Multiple shots of more bomber aircraft as they take off (some shots from the side, and some with the aircraft approaching the camera position). View of bombs attached to the bomber with bomb bay open. Bombs away view as bomb clusters are released through open aircraft bomb bay doors. Bombs dropped on Nazi installations in France. Aerial view of explosions on the ground.
U.S. 26th "Yankee" Infantry Division celebrates Thanksgiving, 1944, during World War II.
Thanksgiving 1944 in Northeastern France, with the U.S. 26th Infantry Division, during World War 2. Several U.S. Army women nurses walk through muddy snow covered field in Northeastern France, during World War II. One of them pulls a small sled. At the same time,US troops march along sides of a nearby road. A U.S. soldier is issued a winter coat by a quartermaster.Other soldiers putting on new overcoats. U.S. troops in overcoats march along a wet road. A soldier holds up a sign reading," 26 'Yankee' Infantry Division, HAPPY- THANKSGIVING !, Europe 1944." The troops huddle over field cook stoves in a field. They smoke cigarettes. Large group of U.S. soldiers in a chow line near a cemetery in a French town (probably Dieuze, which they captured on November 20th). They receive a Thanksgiving dinner. Soldiers playing football on a snow covered field.
German troops reinforce defenses in Southern France after Allied 1944 invasion of Normandy in World War II
Film opens with map of western coast and towns in France. Camouflaged trucks filled with German infantry drive along rural French road in World War 2. Closeup of smiling soldiers in one truck. A makeshift sign reads (in German) "One-way street to the front." A soldier passes out newspapers to other soldiers riding bicycles. Closeup of a soldier reading the newspaper. Closeup of the paper has headline reading (in German) "Eisenhower has not surprised us." Troops on bicycles ride through a village. Large wooden sign warns (in German) that the enemy understands things you might say about military activities. Camouflaged vehicles drive along a road, passing overturned civilian vehicles at the sides of the road. View from rear of German soldier on motorcycle, with foliage on his helmet, looking skyward for aircraft. Formations of Allied aircraft are seen overhead, and German troops seek protection in ditches at side of the road. Scene shifts to German troops firing anti-aircraft guns at the planes. Black flak clouds are seen near the Allied airplanes. A lone B-17 bomber is seen overhead. Next, burning wreckage of an aircraft is seen strewn across a field. No markings are visible on the wreckage. A sign identifies the town of Avranches in Southern France. German infantry enter the war-torn town on civilian cars and other vehicles of opportunity and motorcycles. A German half track personnel carrier tows an artillery field piece.
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