United States soldiers in Germany near the end of World War 2, in Europe. American soldiers standing around a jeep and sitting on. two Sherman tanks parked in a German town. American soldiers rouse German prisoners who gather their belongings and stand to march off. Crewmen sitting on a Sherman tank in a field. They fire the tank's gun at a hilltop target. Smoke rises from exploding shells. U.S. Army Air Forces P-47 aircraft strafe and bomb German positions as U.S. tanks and their crews watch.
U.S. Army 88th Division in Bologna, Italy during World War 2. German prisoners march along road carrying their wounded on litters. Large 200 yard roadblock. Road is bound by a rock cliff on the left and Reno river on the right. Infantrymen marching on the highway. A bulldozer makes a ford in the river bed in the distant background. Infantrymen moving along the road near the roadblock. A Mack 6x6 7-yard/2-ton NO model truck tows a 155mm gun (Long Tom) across small Bailey bridge and over dusty road as a jeep follows. (Note: reportedly, the opening slate refers to Lt. Paul F. Long, 196th Signal Photo Company, who was cameraman for this film.).
Allied airplanes bomb Italy during World War II. The Allied bombers in flight over the target area. High altitude view of the target area. Smoke arises from explosion as the airplanes drop bombs over the area. British troops advance towards Cassino and Americans towards Anzio. Bomb damaged buildings and area in Cassino. Allied aid to the Italian refugees. German prisoners of war being marched towards the stockade.
U.S. armor and infantry advancing in Germany during final days of World War 2, in Europe. American soldiers riding atop an M5A1 Stuart light tank move slowly along a dirt path in war-torn area of Germany. They follow another Stuart tank, loaded down with equipment and supplies. The tanks raise dust as they proceed. Scene shifts to U.S. infantrymen walking along a dirt road surrounded by damaged and destroyed buildings. A German civilian man passes them headed in the opposite direction. A U.S. soldier guards two German prisoners of war, as they walk with hands on their heads, past am M5A1 Stuart tank parked near a building. Change of scene shows several Stuart tanks parked at the side of a road in a town. A white surrender flag is displayed on a building in the foreground. A Stuart tank pulls out of position and passes the line of parked tanks. It is followed by a jeep and another tank. Another scene shows infantrymen climbing aboard a Stuart tank for a ride forward.
United States soldiers in Germany during World War II. A concentration camp courtyard. The courtyard littered with bodies of slain victims, many in striped prisoner uniforms. They were killed just prior to the entrance of American troops. Buildings in the background.
United States First Army soldiers advance into Germany during World War II. Map shows the position of United States and British troops such as the First and Ninth Armies after taking Aachen, near Cologne. First and Ninth Army troops carry supplies as they advance out of Aachen. M4 Sherman tanks and trucks are moving on the roads and forests. Soldiers sit on top of a truck. First Army troops stand by the rough, muddy road. First Army soldiers sitting on dugouts. Howitzer under a canopy firing at German positions. Tanks and artillery barrage enemy positions. Observation officer orders on the phone. The Howitzer recoils after firing. Black cloud of smoke forms over enemy position. Army tanks fire their artillery one by one. Soldiers in prone position firing with rifles. Soldiers fire with a Browning M1917A1 machine gun. A medic uses medicinal drops on an unconscious soldier. Equipment advancing along the area. Smoke rising due to the firing in the foreground. Medics treating wounded soldiers on the battlefront. Bomb damaged buildings along the sides of a street. Soldiers searching houses. Soldiers firing with a Browning M1919 machine gun from a house window. Troops acting as decoys to reveal enemy snipers. A wounded soldier crawls in the mud to get to a medic. Soldier lowers his head when a shell is dropped. Captured German prisoners of war are led away.
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