United States Army 3rd Armored Division soldiers in Cologne, Germany during World War II. Damaged buildings and rubble along the street. Split column of the United States troops walking towards Cologne Cathedral. United States Army M-26 Pershing tank moves into position. It fires at the building. Ruins of the city. View of the Cologne Cathedral (Domkloster 4, 50667 Köln, Germany).
U.S. soldiers of the 8th Armored Division in Wachtendonck (Wachtendonk), Germany during World War II. View from high point overlooking country road in Germany. A line of U.S. Army 2.5 ton canvas-covered trucks parked along the roadside. After some blurring, scene shifts to a halted convoy of U.S. Army vehicles and troops along left side of road, being passed by troops riding in M3 half-tracks and Jeeps headed in the opposite direction. View from stopped convoy shows a Brockway B-666 Bridge Erecting truck passing. Next, a large group of women, children, and elderly civilians are seen leaving town of Wachtendonk, on foot, with few possessions. They walk past a parked Brockway B-666 truck. A mother and a father, carrying small child, walk on village street.
View of launch test pad area at Peenemunde rocket testing facility, Germany. German A-4 ballistic missile being test fired in Peenemunde, Germany during World War 2. A-4 missile also known as V-2 rocket on a launch pad. Missile is launched and leaves behind a fiery flare. A-4 Missile in flight.
View from safe observation area at Peenemunde rocket test center in Germany during World War 2. A-4 ballistic missile being test fired in Peenemunde, Germany during World War II. A-4 missile also known as V-2 rocket on a launch pad. Missile is launched and billows of smoke rise. Missile lifts off and is seen in flight.
German Chancellor Adolf Hitler's friends at his mountain retreat Kehlsteinhaus in Berchtesgaden, Germany. Dogs play outside the Kehlsteinhaus, also known as the Eagle's Nest (Kehlsteinhaus, 83471 Berchtesgaden, Germany). Men and women at the entrance of the Hitler's retreat. A woman brings a group of dogs. Women playing with a white dog. Some of the women are wearing traditional Bavarian dirndl. A man seated near a pond. Three women chat and smile. Hitler's companion Eva Braun chats with her sister Gretl. Eva Braun sits with her family.
Wedding reception of Waffen-SS General Hermann Fegelein and Gretl Braun, sister of Eva Braun, held in Berchtesgaden, Germany after a civil ceremony in Salzburg. A car arrives and Gretl Braun Fegelein exits the car. She enters a building with a giant doorway at the Eagles Nest (Kehlsteinhaus, 83471 Berchtesgaden, Germany) in Berchtesgaden and looks at herself in a mirror. She does a touch up. She has a drink then enters a hall and greet various people at a wedding reception. The bride greets and kisses her sister, Eva Braun, who was German Chancellor Adolf Hitler's companion. Eva's mother Fanny Braun holding flowers. Gretl greets various Nazi officers and receives many flowers. Eva comes with a girl dressed as a cupid. Gretl and Eva talk to the young girl. Gretl and her new husband Hermann Fegelein.
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