Hitler Youth boys gather in a straw fort camp for a meeting in Chieming, Bavaria, Germany during World War II. A musical band plays music as Hitler Youth leaders enters the fort. Hitler Youth teenage leader addresses the members and shake hands with another leader. Hitler Youth boys began to sing Nazi songs and march out of the fort. A single sig rune (emblem of the Hitler Youth) adorns a wall.
An Allied military officer reads documents and submits some paper to a Military Government judge. Military Government judge presides at court in Cologne, Germany after World War II. Judge tries a German civilian for violating the curfew. The accused German man talks to his female interpreter. The female interpreter talks to the court. Accused German civilian shake hands with another man.
United States Army soldiers attempt to drive a stuck 1/4-ton truck in Merode, Germany during World War II. Army truck wheels spinning while stuck in mud. Another soldier behind the driver is seen smoking a cigarette. A cameraman is seen in the background. Soldiers driving and reversing a Jeep on muddy road. Other soldiers fasten supplies on vehicles. Soldiers pushing a truck through forest road in the opposite direction.
Pulheim station in Pulheim near Cologne, Germany during World War II. Train station sign reads “Pulheim”. Houses and military vehicles behind Pulheim station. Partially obscured road sign leaning on wooden post on road to Cologne. A German civilian woman carrying a bucket in a village. A wooden mill. Road sign reads “Köln”. A cleared roadblock to Cologne. United States Army soldiers (3rd Division) in Cologne on road and street after their entry into the city.
United States 3rd Army Division soldiers patrol through Bocklemünd on the north-western outskirts of Cologne, Germany in World War II. U.S. Army soldiers enter houses in the city and walk on the streets. Some soldiers run as they cross a street to evade snipers. Some infantry soldiers fire at German snipers. Soldiers forcefully break house doors open. Soldiers leaving house after search. Tanks moving on the street. Infantry soldiers search a village for snipers. Road sign showing the distance to Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Wuppertal, Aachen, Koblenz, and Bonn. A soldier walks past a “Stadtmitte” sign directing to Cologne city center.
United States 3rd Army Division M4 Sherman tanks move towards Cologne city center in Germany during World War II. A tank moves past a destroyed streetcar. Sherman tanks firing while in motion. U.S. Army infantry soldiers follow the tanks. A pair of German soldiers surrender to United States soldiers near Cologne. Soldiers near a bus station. More German soldiers raise their hands as they surrender to Allied forces.
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