Views of various newspaper headlines during world war 2. Headline announces that the Allies have crossed the Rhine River in Germany. View of U.S. Army soldiers in jeeps and trucks crossing a bridge over the Rhine. Point of view (POV) shot from inside open moving automobile crossing bridge. Dead Bodies of concentration camp victims in a camp following liberation by the Allies. German Army prisoners running in formation with their hands up, under guard by the Allies. Large group of Germany military prisoners in a queue. A young boy German soldier is seen crying. Nazi flag being burned: Flag with swastika mark of Nazis is on fire and seen burning.
Newsreel titled 'Allied Drives Split Germany'. Allied troops, tanks and soldiers fight a fierce battle on the streets of Leipzig and gain the control. Allied soldiers seize and guard the radio station in Leipzig. Allied forces win Nuremberg and Braunschweig. Destroyed buildings and houses after the fight. A German commander surrenders to American Major General. Glimpses of Hitler's speech at Nuremberg in 1932. U.S. soldiers atop the same stadium building in 1944. British Army men prisoners liberated and given food and cigarettes. A camp near river Rhine where German prisoners are released and Nazi army officers surrender. German Generals arrested by the Allied Forces. Soldiers of the 3rd Army explore stashed gold and currency reserves of Germany hidden in a salt mine. They also recover stolen art and classic paintings from German museums. Civilians registered by Allied military officials. A crowd in market hears suspension of Nazi government. Nazi army uniforms, arms, caps and badges in a stack to be destroyed. A map showing German-Russian frontier. Russian tanks rushing into German borders after bombing their bases. Tanks advance between destroyed houses, rising smoke and explosion from fights. U.S. and British forces bombing Magdeburg on the Elba river.
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.
United States troops in Germany during World War 2. Group of repatriated United States soldiers pose for a photograph. They are sitting on a fuselage of a German Me-262 jet airplane, at the "REIMAHG-A" underground aircraft factory on the Walpersberg sandstone mesa, near Kahla, in Thuringia, Germany. Some repatriated soldiers pose seated on a tank. In change of scene, a long line of German civilians is seen evacuating the area. The refugees carry household and personal belongings in wagons pulled by oxen. Closeup of one wagon with children riding atop it. German women walk beside the wagons. More views of the evacuating civilians. Some use bicycles to carry their goods. An old woman tries to budge a sitting goat to take him along with her. She succeeds and leads him away on a tether. More views of evacuating families with their wagons and animals.
USAF (United States Air Force) trucks outside the Rhein-Main Base Operations building of the air base. Interior of the Rhein-Main Air Base, an U.S. Air Base near the city of Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Several USAF airplanes are parked at base. Trucks lined in an order, a truck carrying wheat floor bags in moving towards airplane. Wheat bakery floor bags from Kansas City are loaded in the C-54 Skymaster of USAF, during Berlin Airlift period.
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