Aftermath of the Battle of Hürtgen Forest at Langerwehe-Merode during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II. View of forest reveals trees shattered and cut down by shrapnel. Damaged buildings in the area. Houses with damaged roofs. A tank is parked near houses.
Slate reads “Geheime Kommandosache” (“secret commando operation” in English). Junkers Ju-52 transport plane tows a large German glider. Both the Junkers Ju-52 and the glider aircraft taking off .
Two Rheinmetall-Borsig JATO units mounted on wing of Luftwaffe Junkers Ju-52 transport aircraft while in flight. The JATO units fire jet flame in flight.
Cologne bankers gather for a meeting with Lieutenant Colonel Melvil O. Tuhus, head of fiscal affairs with the Cologne Allied Military government, after World War II. Lt. Colonel Tuhus speaking to the bankers inside a dilapidated room. A broken door leans on the wall. German bankers listening to Colonel Tuhus during the meeting.
Adolf Hitler, dressed in white tie and tails tuxedo, together with other dignitaries, also dressed in high formal fashion. They are coming out on the balcony of the Bayreuth Opera House, perhaps during an intermission. Crowds outside recognize and acknowledge Hitler, with calls of "Heil" and some an anglicized "hail." Hitler acknowledges them, first with a short upheld right arm. and later with a fully extended Nazi salute.
Supreme Allied Commander, U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower sits for group portrait with other U.S.military leaders and a British General, following the end of World War Two, in Europe. Among others seen, in the front row of the portrait, are General George Patton, General Omar Bradley, General Courtney Hodges, and the British General. A soldier stands with a horse sent as a gift, to General Bradley, from Soviet Marshal Ivan Stepanovich Konev. The horse blanket under the saddle bears a white star. Generals Hodges and Patton examine the horse. General Patton looks in its mouth. General Bradley and General Eisenhower walk around the horse and discuss it.
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