Activities of U.S. soldiers and police in Heidelberg, Germany after World War II. A United States captain inspects baggage of civilians at a railroad station. United States Military Police checks license of a civilian driver of an Opel Super 6 on the streets. Trees in the background. U.S. soldiers frisk civilians on the streets. Women Army Corps (WAC) searches women.
Activities of U.S. soldiers in Heidelberg, Germany after World War II. The soldiers frisk civilians on the streets. Buildings in the background. The soldiers check luggage of the civilians on the streets. Civilians are lined up at a railroad station. The soldiers search their baggage and parcels.
Unveiling of new Soviet War Memorial (Tiergarten) in Berlin Germany, during Russian Revolution anniversary celebrations (28th anniversary), in Berlin, Germany, soon after the end of World War II. Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov inspects British, French, American and Russian units. Trees in the background. Zhukov and United States Army Major General James Maurice Gavin in a grandstand. A Russian officer speaks from the grandstand in front of the Soviet War Memorial (then also called Russian Victory Monument by Allied forces) on Charlottenburger-Chaussee. A Russian Army band plays. A statue of a Russian soldier atop the Victory Monument. Russian troops parade after unveiling of the Memorial. Honor company of United States Army 82nd Airborne Division marches past. Allied troops seen marching in formation on nearby streets of Berlin. Major General Gavin shakes hands with Soviet leader Marshal Zhukov. Officers place wreaths at the Soviet War Memorial. Russian artillery fires salute. Photographers take photographs. The officers salute in front of the War Memorial. Wreaths placed at the base of the Memorial.
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.
Joseph T. McNarney delivers a speech in Germany. United States Army Air Force General Joseph T. McNarney seated at a desk speaks to the U.S. Forces and talks about the policies. He states that the Germans must realize their responsibility. The flags of the U.S. in the background in his office.
Joseph T. McNarney delivers a speech in Germany. United States Army Air Force General Joseph T. McNarney seated at a desk speaks to the U.S. Forces and concludes saying that some of the Germans will have to stay to carry out the work of occupation. The flags of the U.S. in the background in his office.
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