United States troops in Heilbronn, Germany during World War II. The soldiers lower a boat in Neckar river. A soldier holds a rope and ties it to the boat. Soldiers of U.S. 36th Combat Engineers under cover of smoke screen construct rubber ponton steel treadway bridge. The soldier in a boat underway and gets off from the boat at the bridge. Infantrymen of U.S. 100th Division, 399th Infantry Regiment hidden behind a wrecked building. A soldier aims with a gun and fires. Smoke rises in the background. The guard engineers at work. A African American group of U.S. 31st Engineering Battalion operate smoke generators. A smoke screen is laid. An African American soldier opens the generator to lay the smoke screen. U.S. soldiers on a jeep move through a wreckage town. An African American engineer operates the smoke generator and another engineer walks up to him. The engineer with a cigar in his mouth works with the smoke generator in the battle area.
Treadway bridge across Neckar River, at Heilbronn, Germany, struck by German artillery fire in World War 2. A Brockway B666 Treadway Bridge Transporter, of the 169th Engineers Treadway Company, is seen burning after being hit by German artillery fire. A burning pontoon on back of the truck.The truck and pontoon bridge burning. Smoke rises due to fire. '7A 196E' written on the bumper of the truck. The tires of the truck burning. A view of of the truck and bridge burning.. A U.S. soldier walks past the burning truck.
Bomb damaged buildings in Fraulautern, Germany during World War II. Shells explode in a field. Smoke rises due to explosion. The Damaged village in the foreground. Several views of bomb damaged buildings. Smoke in the sky. Aerial view of the damaged buildings and shells exploding in the far background. The wreckage in the village. The buildings burning. The damaged snow covered town of Fraulautern. A view of the damaged buildings in the town. A damaged building in the foreground. Smokes rises in the background.
U.S. Infantry troops in Fraulautern, Germany during World War II. An M-36 tank destroyer of the 607th Tank Destroyer Battalion rolls down a street. The damaged buildings on either side of the street. U.S. 607th Tank Destroyer Battalion troops move through snow covered street. A small group of soldiers in a village street walk past wrecked buildings. Three cows walk through street in the background. The damaged buildings. Smoke rises in the background. The ruins of the bombed buildings. Troops climb over the ruins. A group of soldiers from U.S. 95th Infantry Division carrying smoke pots. Shells hit a pillbox in town. Smoke rises . The troops run on the snow covered street.
British Army Field Marshal Bernard L. Montgomery with U.S. Generals in Nieuwkerk, Germany during World War II. Montgomery, U.S. Army Lt. General William H. Simpson and U.S. Army Major General John B. Anderson come out from XVI Corps Headquarters. A soldier takes pictures in the foreground. British soldiers stand in front of the headquarters. Montgomery, Simpson and Anderson standing with other officers. Montgomery looks around and speaks to U.S. Generals. Montgomery, Simpson and Anderson escorted by an officer walk along a road. Buildings and soldiers in the background. They enter the headquarters and come out. A car parked in the foreground. The three of them stand together and talk. Montgomery puts on his coat while talking.
German families living in pillboxes on the outskirts of Wittlich, Germany during World War II. A pillbox. Clothes hanged on fences . A flag. A woman working on a table inside the pillbox. A young girl stands holding a utensil. The woman picks up the table on her shoulder and climbs up the steps. She puts the table on the ground. Chairs kept outside the pillbox. A man with his daughter. The man stands with his three children. The pillbox in the background.
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