A documentary titled 'The Battle of Germany' depicts United States B-17 bombers in Germany during World War II. U.S. Army Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft drop bombs on German targets in Berlin. Aerial views of bombers flying and dropping bombs with explosions of German targets. Flak bursts near bombers in flight. Shot of bombers returning home shows a stationary propeller on the camera-carrying aircraft, that was knocked out of action during the bombing run. Another B-17 lands and wounded flight crew is taken off the plane to an ambulance by medical personnel. A large group of flyers and crew stand near a B-17 aircraft with nose art name "I'll be around", and some sit on the aircraft. A crew member says to the camera, "Men, now that we've been the first ones to Berlin, how would you like to go back again?" The men then cheer.
Major General Charles Gerhardt, Commanding General, U.S. 29th Infantry Division, with members of his staff, at their Headquarters in occupied Germany, during World War 2. He stands in front of a series of maps and discusses the status and plan for the Allied offensive in Germany since the securing of bridgeheads across the Ruhr River. A Colonel from G-2 (Intelligence) explains the enemy capabilities and other details to the officers. He also answers General Gerhardt's questions.
Allied Military Government activities in Europe after World War II. Men work in a saw mill. Planks of wood piled up as men work at the mill. A steel plant with production underway. A map of Germany. Damaged buildings. U.S. Colonel Damon Gun addresses Allied officers in Germany. He talks about the mindset of the Germans who have been cheated and led to defeat in World War II.
Fall of Berlin, Germany in Battle of Berlin during World War 2. Russian Army attacks Germany. Flames and smoke rise from buildings. Russian soldiers fire artillery and run through the streets of Berlin. Survivors read signs in German language posted on the walls. The signs instruct the German civilians to clean up the streets. Old people carry bricks. Women shovel debris. Hand carts on the streets. Past events show people crowded on streets and cheering as the Nazi soldiers pass by. The civilians fight for bread and wait in line for soup. An old woman walks on the street as a building burns.
The different implements and torture devices in the liberated Ohrdruf Concentration Camp operated by Nazi Germany in World War II. The gas chambers in the concentration camp in Germany. The shower in the bathroom through which the poisonous gas, Zyklon, was inducted when the prisoners took a shower. The blast furnaces used for cremation of dead bodies of prisoners. The garments of the prisoners being inspected by the officials. Women's clothes, infant shoes, toys and dolls in a room. The storage room in the mills with sacks of prisoner's hair packed. Prisoner's jewelry, watches and wedding rings in the room. The instruments used to pull out the teeth of the prisoners. An official holds a set of teeth.
Citizens in Gardelegen Germany carry 1100 crosses for graves of Concentration camp victims at a camp near Gardelegen. Scenes from various concentration camps in Germany. A crowd around a liberated concentration camp building. Soldiers and officials enter through gates at numerous camps marked with "Arbeit Macht Frei" on gates. Liberated victims who are able smile and cheer. Liberated prisonsers grab food from a container. U.S. soldiers bring out bodies of gravely ill and emaciated men from barracks and torture areas Gaunt victims carried away in stretchers. A man carries an emaciated victim to a waiting vehicle. An injured man lying on the ground. Physicians examine physical torture evidence and provide medical aid to vicitims of Auschwitz Concentration Camp. Doctors examine a man, a woman, and several starving children and infant victims. (World War II period).
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