Aerial view of area near concentration camp in Wiesbaden, Germany in World War 2. German military convoy moves on street. Grass on either side of the street. German soldier prisoners of war and equipment lined up on a field for surrender. Vehicles parked on a field. Buildings in the area.
Activities of United States Airmen in Germany very soon after end of World War II in Europe. United States Army Air Forces Lieutenants visiting the war-damaged Zeppelintribüne, at the zeppelinfeld, in Nuremberg, Germany, 1945. They climb the stairs of the Zeppelintribüne grandstand. Later, the American soldiers look at the remains of the Swastika and Eagle that formerly adorned the Zeppelintribüne, and was blown up by the U.S. Army. One tries to pick up a piece of it. Airmen stand and chat. One Lieutenant helps another to lit up a cigarette. They smoke cigarettes, and pose for a photograph on the field.
Children suffer with skin infections in Germany. A doctor examines the children with skin infections. The children lying on the beds in a hospital. A boy and a girl seated on stools. A crying baby laying in a bassinet or cradle. (World War 2 post-war)
Activities of 19th German Army soldiers at a disbandment center in Aalen, Germany during World War II. German soldiers receive a quick physical check by their own medics at a medical aid station. They gather in a hall. A German soldier gives instructions to others for filling out Prisoners of War forms. The soldiers read the details on the forms. An official checks the questionnaires filled by the soldiers. Women work on typewriters. The soldiers get discharge pay from the officials. They sign the documents after getting the pay. Several soldiers of United States 12th Armored Division supervise. One American soldier uses an embossing machine to place embossed seal on discharge papers.
Infantry moves into Petersau in Frankenthal, Germany during World War II. U.S. Army soldiers fire rifles from the bank overlooking the Rhine River. Trees in the foreground. A path in a field. Artillery observers look through field glasses from their observation posts . Soldiers and vehicles of United States 302nd Regiment, 94th Division move through the town. The entrance doorway of a building with narrow gauge railway running through it. Two soldiers search German prisoner of war. Another soldier with a rifle stands guard. The soldiers fire rifles from the bank overlooking the Rhine River.
Joseph T. McNarney delivers a speech in Germany after World War II. United States Army Air Force ( USAAF ) General Joseph T. McNarney seated at a desk delivers a speech on taking over United States Army General Dwight D. Eisenhower's command. He states "it is my policy to follow out the policies laid down at Potsdam and so ably carried out by General Eisenhower. I have not forgotten who started the war. The German people as a whole supported it and they must be made to realize their responsibility. Germans must work out themselves. They can and must produce without the taint of Nazism so that they can take their place among the peace loving countries of Europe." The American flags in the background in the office.
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