German troops board a Junkers JU-52 transport aircraft during World War II. Interior of transport plane showing German troops seated and singing in flight. A bomb being loaded on Junkers JU-87 Stuka dive bomber. Luftwaffe pilot getting into Stuka dive bomber. The Junkers JU-87 diver bomber taxies on the tarmac. Soldiers singing is heard in the background. Large group of Stuka aircraft taking off from an airfield. Stuka dive bombers in flight. Trees and rolling hills are seen on the ground. View of a bomb crater. German troops standing on side of crater. Wreckage of bridge and a railway station in Germany. Railroad station and surrounding areas showing extensive damage. Street showing windows blown from buildings in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. View of the Städtische Volksschule (State Volksschule) in Freiburg im Breisgau. Collapsed roof of the Volksschule. Wreckage of buildings. Sign reads “Säuglingsheim St. Hedwisgshaus Kinderkrankenabteilung Pflegerinnenschule” (“Infant Clinic St. Hedwigshaus Children's infirmary Nursing school” in English). Windows and interiors blasted at the St. Hedwigshaus Infant Clinic. Children’s toys on top of a table. Sign reads “Hilda-schule”. Bullet holes found on the exterior of a school in Freiburg im Breisgau. Apparently, there are children in school.
Germany and Japan defeated in World War II. The defeat of Germany is celebrated in United States. Scenes represent the life of a typical Japanese soldier: a flag is raised to celebrate his birth; boys in uniform play war; troops sack Nanking; and in1944 he is killed to attack over harbor in America. In a dramatization, a soldier with an American machine gun is killed. Dead Americans. American soldiers honor their dead comrades covered with United States flag.
U.S. 1st Infantry Division during the Battle of Bulge in the Western Front of World War 2. A map points Belgium, Germany and France. United States Army soldiers move forward in snow on the front. They pass through the Ardennes. Scenes of U.S. and German soldiers. Snow and ice covered forest. American soldiers on tanks and half-track vehicles. U.S. troops cross the Rhine River over a captured bridge at Remagen. The 1st. Division continues to move through Germany all the way to Czechoslovakia. German soldiers load up into trucks at war's end. Soldiers smoke, talk and rest. A soldier talks on phone. Quick scene from Nuremberg trials.
President Harry S. Truman of United States addresses the nation after his return from the Potsdam Conference, following conclusion of World War II in Europe. President Truman sitting at a table giving his speech. He briefs about his plans to rebuild social, political and economic life in Germany. He discusses disarmament, eliminating Nazi German ideology, redefining education, factories and industries for peaceful purposes would lead to the reform of Germany.
Animated sequence shows flags of Allied forces advancing through France against German forces during World War 2. U.S. and Free French flags shown in South of France and British and Canadian to the North. Beyond the Seine River, German soldiers are seen watching the launch of V-1 buzz bombs against London. Aerial views of British armored units racing towards Brussels, Belgium. Local people wave and applaud them as they move through villages towards Brussels. Crowds greet them joyfully as they enter Brussels. American soldiers crossing fields and entering the boundaries of Germany. British soldiers (Tommies) being given drinks by Belgian man in Brussels. American soldier walking with another who is clowning around, wearing a top hat and carrying an umbrella. Line of surrendering German soldiers on bicycles. A German Army Division, of about 20 thousand soldiers marching along a road to surrender. Canadian troops advancing in the North, happen upon a deserted German "flying bomb" site. American P-51 fighters operating on a German airfield. African American U.S. Army troops setting up communications systems on poles. Allied troops being entertained by USO performer. British and American troops moving through Germany.
Scenes from the Battle of the Bulge, and siege of Bastogne during World War Two. Large numbers of United States Army Air Force C-47B Skytrain transport planes drop parachute supplies for troops at Bastogne, Belgium. Ruins of the town of Bastogne. A street littered with dead bodies and rubble. U.S. troops advancing into the town of Haguenau on the border with Germany, and further into Germany, itself. American MPs (Military Police) search civilians and check identity cards and check U.S. soldiers in military vehicles to guard against Germans in American uniforms. U.S. M4 Sherman tanks move ahead on the front. Artillery being fired. Troops engage in street fighting. Group of Alsatian women rejoice as they are being released from a prison, where they had been held by Germans. U.S. troops advance through a wooded area. U.S. Secretary of State, James F. Byrnes speaks about the sacrifices of U.S. troops who are fighting and dying for their country and appeals to Americans, safe at home, to work for the war effort.
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