Freed Allied prisoners of war at OFLAG XIII-B, known as Camp Hammelburg, outside of Gemünden, Germany during World War II. A group of United States, Czech, Russian, Yugoslav prisoners of war standing together along with the liberating 14th U.S. Armored Division soldiers. Two prisoners talk to each other. The prisoners cheering, waving and laughing. Two prisoners walk down the road smiling; one waving a copy of Yank Magazine, the other a chunk of bread. U.S. Amry M-4 tank crashes through barbed wire fence of Camp Hammelburg. A group of freed prisoners gathers. Several prisoners stand and pose. Mass gathering of elated former prisoners. Freed prisoners of war dash toward U.S. soldiers and embrace them. (Note: This was the conclusion of the originally failed "Operation Hammelburg", initially attempted by "Task Force Baum," under Captain Abraham Baum, ten days prior. Inmates at the camp included the recently injured and captured Captain Baum, and Lieutenant Colonel John K. Waters, son in law of U.S. Army General George Patton. LTC John Waters was injured during the initial rescue attempt 10 days prior and was hospitalized and not seen in this film.)
German soldier prisoners moving in Tannenbergsthal, Germany after end of hostilities in World War II German trucks and buses proceeding on village road. American soldiers in jeep in the foreground. American soldiers talk with a German officer. Jeep turns around and is driven down a village road. Buildings in the background. German soldier dips food from a large container into a smaller one. German soldiers eat in fields. German officer sleeps on ground. German soldiers stand beside an automobile.
Bundeswehr military exercise near Fulda, Germany. Camouflaged trucks loaded with soldiers move over cobblestone streets. Buildings on either side of the streets. German officers discuss the exercise with civilian officials. M-41 tanks loaded with soldiers advance along a road. A camouflaged tank moves through woods. Soldiers haul artillery. They load and fire artillery at edge of woods. Civilian officials observe from position in background. German soldier fires a mortar. German infantry take up positions on a grassy bluff. One fires a machine gun. No national markings of any kind appear on the weapons or equipment.
German civilians, soldiers and Allied prisoners coming into U.S. lines in Grimma, Germany towards the end of World War 2. Large groups of German civilians, soldiers, and a few released Allied prisoners of war, cross a damaged bridge over the Mulde River and come into the U.S. lines.
U.S. 1st Army, 23rd Regiment, 2nd Division soldiers attack on Mechernich, Germany during World War 2. U.S. soldiers move along street. Civilians watch. Soldiers break down door of house and enter. Soldier directs civilians and German officers by wave of hand. Woman unlocks door of house and soldiers enter. German Army prisoners, including one who is a young boy soldier, being searched by soldiers. U.S. officer speaks with civilian.
U.S. 1st Army, 23rd Regiment, 2nd Division soldiers attack on Mechernich, Germany during World War II. U.S. soldiers crossing field and entering Mechernich. Soldiers enter houses. Soldiers break window and climb into house. U.S. officers including Brigadier General Truman E Boudinot, Major General Maurice Rose and Brigadier General Doyle Hickey on the steps of cathedral in Cologne during its capture by U.S. 1st Army. Ruined buildings in surrounding area.
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