Damaged Kaiser Wilhelm Church in Berlin, Germany due to Allied bombings during World War II. Wreckage spread around the area. A damaged church spire due to the bombings. Bomb damaged structures and walls inside the church.
A damaged flak tower in Berlin, Germany due to Allied bombings during World War II. The damaged flak tower with burn marks on it. Damage caused to the front of the building. A wrecked car outside it. Side of the building with windows.
A damaged factory in Berlin, Germany due to Allied bombings during World War II. Damaged roof of the factory. Interiors of the factory with damaged steel frame structures. Wrecked girders and machines inside the factory.
Film opens with slate showing date: 6 June 1944, in World War 2. German newspapers report that combined forces of Britain, and the Soviet Union finally decided to launch their invasion of Europe. Headlines say "Invasion launched at Moscow's orders." A map highlights cities along the coast of France. Formations of Allied warplanes shown in flight overhead. Light signals seen in the dark as German forces send information about the attacks. Closeups of German military men communicating by radio and telegraph. Defense forces are called to battle stations by alarms and announcements. Responding soldiers grab rifles from a rack and rush through tunnels in their fortifications. They climb to man weapons atop their bunkers. Artillery shells being raised by hoists to them from bunkers below. Searchlights scan the dark sky for Allied aircraft, and anti-aircraft guns fire in the night, including a 2 cm Flakvierling 38, four-barreled gun. German forces firing on Allied paratroopers. German sailors aboard destroyers and fast attack "E" boats fire at Allied warships. Daylight scenes of Allied ships and German shore batteries firing at them. U.S. Porter-Class, and Benham-class destroyers firing at land targets in France. German soldiers loading and firing Atlantic Wall coastal defense guns. An allied ship explodes off the coast. More views of German coastal guns firing and another Allied ship hit and exploding. More coastal gunfire.
Film begins showing the formidable German Atlantic Wall fortifications in place during World War 2. German soldiers look through binoculars. British troops are seen in the distance, where they have penetrated the River Orne, in an amphibious assault near the village of Ouistreham in Normandy. Obstacles are seen planted by the Germans all along the shorelines. German artillery and machine guns fire on those troops with devastating effect. German soldiers are seen examining abandoned British landing craft after the battle. One is labeled LC P L208. Closeup of German SS soldier. View of beach with markers on it and debris strewn along it. Closeup of a German soldier. A camouflaged German Marder tank destroyer heading to join in counterattack against Allied forces. German armor crossing a field, and then firing from wooded areas. German infantry running forward beside tanks.
The German invasion of France during World War II. German soldiers advance in an area. Damaged equipment on a field. Allied paratroopers being taken as prisoners. Prisoners being made to march. A landing field where a number of aircraft were strafed. A wrecked United States Army Air Force transport aircraft. Interiors of a damaged aircraft. German soldiers in a jeep on a field. An arm insignia of a prisoner reads ' 1st Canadian parachute battalion'. The prisoners being questioned by German officers.
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