American soldiers of the 104th Infantry Division, 104th Reconnaissance Troop, drive along a road, deep in Gernamy, near the end of World War 2 in Europe. According to signposts, they are 3 Km from Bennstedt and 11Km from Halle, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. An M18 Hellcat tank destroyer follows behind the jeeps, carrying 4 soldiers atop its turret. Another behind it carries 6 soldiers on it.
Red Cross flag drapes in front of Gasthof zur Tanne, used as a Red Cross building, in Germany during World War 2. Hospitalized German soldiers and a nurse stand outside the Red Cross Building, watching United States tanks pass. German civilians watch United States tanks pass by the Red Cross Building, “Gasthof zur Tanne” written on the building. United States tank pass by German patients. Hospitalized German soldier, wearing glasses, smiles and talks. United States Army soldiers on top of tank. Liberated British soldiers greet United States soldiers in tank. United States soldiers give and light cigarettes to British soldiers. British soldier smokes cigarette and smiles. American soldier from top of tank lights a cigarette for British soldier. Man runs towards American tank. United States tanks pass by people on the road.
Animated map of Nazi Germany, with the western defensive Siegfried Line revealed. The Siegfried Line is shown from Emmerich in the north to Singen, near the German-Swiss border. Two Nazi German military officials discuss with a map on the table in an office. Nazi German officials conduct surveying work using maps and tools such surveying transit scope and range finder. Workmen hammer wooden markers to outline placement of the future Seigfried Line. German engineers, in white coats, work in office using plotter and plans.
Jaeger-Schnellmischer high-speed cement mixers at construction site for building of the Siegfried Line in Nazi Germany. A Nazi German official oversees construction work. Laborers haul a cement mixer using ropes. Various pile drivers in operation at the construction site. A welder works on metal form.. Laborer bends bar. Laborers pass around rebar. View of a bunker being constructed. View of a bunker excavation underground.
German laborers pour concrete from cement mixers during work on the Siegfried Line defense fortification in western Nazi Germany. Two men talk beside a high-speed cement mixer. Concrete pours into bucket that are then hoisted to pour into forms. Mixers rotate, process cement. Mixer pours cement down shoot into forms. Water being sprayed on newly created Dragon's teeth tank barriers to cure concrete via hydration. Shirtless laborers dig soil with shovels amongst surveyor's stakes indicating placement of new barriers. Men walk in trench. Man arranges grasses outside finished bunker to ward off soil erosion. Men tamp down soil with shovels. A man waters newly planted pine tree saplings.
A cook brings supplies inside a kitchen supply room of a bunker in Nazi Germany. Kitchen supply room door says “Küche vorratsraum n. 27,”which is German for "Kitchen Pantry." A cook prepares stew in a large stainless steel drum pot in kitchen. German men shower in communal shower room in bunker. German man shaves in the “Abortraum n. 34” (lavatory). View of toilets in bathroom stalls. Man enters a first aid - medical room via door that reads“Verbandsraum no. 18” (“First Aid" in German). Soldiers in bunker communications room. One soldier changes patch cable on switchboard while another picks up a telephone handset to make a call. View of a boiler room in a bunker. Generator room in bunker showing generators II and III . Close up of pushrods and valve lifters on running generator. Soldier starts belt driven machinery in generator room.
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