U.S. Army Air Force Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses bomb Hamburg, Germany during World War II. View of Heligoland island and its coastline. The B-17s in flight. Aerial views of target island. On Hamburg: Thick smoke rises from burning oil storage tanks and a refinery on fire. Coastal installations on islands. Smoke and fire from a coastal oil depot.
The Malmedy War Crimes Trials in Dachau, Germany. The defense counselor talks to the court about the "Bill of Particulars". The prosecutor quotes in part German Chancellor Adolf Hitler's order to his commanders to disregard the Geneva rules as to the treatment of Allied prisoners in the coming "the Battle of the Bulge". He goes on to tell how "German soldiers sang the sword and blood songs thus releasing them from any regulations as to the treatment of prisoners".
Trade unions in a building in Hamburg, Germany. At an outdoor ceremony Colonel Armetage, British Military Government, restores free trade unions and union buildings for the people of Hamburg. Paul Bebert, formerly a prisoner in a World War 2 Nazi concentration camp, speaks to a crowd and then mounts a scaffold and with a hammer and a chisel destroys a swastika on the facade of a building.
Traditional Rose Monday festival in Cologne, Germany. Large crowds gather during the prosperity pageant. Troops march during the festival. Humorous and grotesque masquerades and decorated floats in the Rose Monday festival.
Graduation of U.S. Army 8th Infantry Division soldiers in Breinig, Germany during World War II. Jeeps pass along the road. A group of soldiers standing in the background. Brigadier General William G. Weaver, Commander of 8th Infantry Division (United States) speaks to soldiers who completed combat training. U.S. Army 8th Infantry Division soldiers standing in formation. Officer presents graduation certificates to soldiers.
German prisoners taken by U.S. Army in burning town of Gemunden, Germany, during World War 2. German prisoners cross bridge passing M-4 tanks. Burning town in the background. Brigadier General Albert C Smith, CG, 14th Armored Division, XV Corps, Seventh U.S. Army. General stands at end of bridge and watches German prisoners of war with hands over their heads, being escorted under guard. . He converses with member of his staff. M-4 tanks, U.S. half tracks and ambulances speed through streets. Houses in the background are in flames.
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