Germany defending against Soviet offensives along the Oder River in in Silesia, during World War 2. German infantry slogging through mud, past sign pointing back 6 Km to Ratibor,Germany, (present-day Racibórz, Poland) during World War 2. They are proceeding to reinforce defenses at Breslau. They carry many panzerfaust antitank weapons. Scene shifts to German officers conversing with General Hermann Niehoff, Commander of Breslau defenses. German gunners firing a Heavy 21 cm Mörser 18 gun at near-zero elevation. (General Niehoff holds his ears as it fires.) Shell explodes with large fireball in distance. Niehoff speaks with a smiling German officer and pats him on the shoulder, at an informal award ceremony on a street in outlying area of Breslau. German soldiers riding atop an Auto Union Kätzchen (armored personnel carrier) .It is towing a conveyance in which two soldiers ride.
United States President Ronald Reagan addressing people at the Brandenburg Gate (Pariser Platz, 10117 Berlin, Germany) in Berlin, Germany. Large crowds gather. People stand with the United States flags. Dignitaries on the platform. The flags on the platform. President comes at the podium to give a speech in front of the crowd. The crowd applauds. He discusses about the Marshall plan and the United States help and recreation in Western Europe. He says that everyone realized the importance of liberty in the country after the war. He also talks about the Industrial output and the developments in Europe.
Palace of Justice (Fürther Str. 110, 90429 Nürnberg, Germany) in Nuremberg, Germany during Nuremberg Trials of Nazi war criminals. A motorcyclist soldier shows his pass to the soldiers standing at the entrance of a palace. Soldiers with guns on their shoulders march on the streets. Some soldiers in their armored vehicles pass by. Civilians move on the street.
During the Nuremberg Trials of Nazi war criminals. Soldiers of Military Police stand guarding the roads near the Palace of Justice (Fürther Str. 110, 90429 Nürnberg, Germany) in Nuremberg, Germany. A soldier directs the traffic while other soldiers keep a watch. Soldiers check passes from various civilians as they walk on the roads. Signs, "STOP HALT DETOUR Umleitung" seen written on the board.
Checkpoint Charlie (Friedrichstraße 43-45, 10117 Berlin, Germany) separating Western and Eastern Berlin. A large Soviet flag at the entrance to the eastern side, and a Checkpoint Charlie sign reads "You are leaving the American sector." A watchtower with military personnel inside watching all movement. Historical footage of the Berlin Wall being built circa 1961, with Soviet troops stringing barbed wire when the wall was first constructed. Views of a wreath, flowers, and makeshift memorial, presumably for someone killed while attempting to cross the Berlin Wall. A watch tower high above the Berlin Wall, and views of the Berlin Wall separating West Berlin from East Germany, constructed of large flat, grey bricks and blocks of varying sizes.
Adolf Hitler reviews a parade in Nuremberg. Many Nazi Stormtroopers (Sturmabteilung) and SS (Schutzstaffel) gathered for the parade on Zeppelin Field (Zeppelinstraße, 90471 Nürnberg, Germany) at the Nazi Party Rally Grounds. Troopers march and give the Nazi salute. Hitler reviews the parade and assembly. He walks up a path towards a monument. Troops on either side. He gives the Nazi salute before the monument. SS (Schutzstaffel) soldiers march with 'Germany Awake' flags.
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