German troops of KG Peiper advance in Malmedy, Belgium during World War II. A map points out Belgium, Germany and France. Camouflaged German StuG III Assault Guns advance. Flamethrowers used. German soldiers fire at American positions and bombard. German soldiers pass by a U.S. Army motor convoy in flames near Malmedy. The United States prisoners of war in the town under German guard. Red Cross personnel examine the bound bodies of U.S. POW's and, separately, of Belgian civilians massacred by the German troops near Malmedy (the so called Malmedy Massacre). The dead are buried in a common grave. Wrecked houses and buildings. News headline reads: '3rd Army deep in Germany'. Blazing supply depots left by the retreating United States forces. U.S. artillery and antiaircraft guns fired point blank at the advancing German tanks. The U.S. tank guns and machine guns fire over the snowy battlefield. Smoke arises from firing. U.S. and German aircraft engage in dog fights. Contrails across sky. General Eisenhower visits troops at the front. News headlines about Russians smashing German lines and 40 Japanese ships sunk. Views of dead U.S. soldiers on Belgian battlefield.
U.S. soldiers in Presenzano, Italy during World War II. A soldier making his way through a blizzard. Some of the soldiers standing in a chow line. Food containers on a field. The soldiers having their meals. They empty their left overs into an Italian boy's pail.
U.S. soldiers in Italy during World War II. An Italian girl hands flowers to a soldier standing with a group of soldiers. Women greet a soldier. A woman hands over a baby to him. He caresses the child gently. Men and women greet the Americans. They cheer and applaud. A building in the background.
U.S. soldiers in Italy during World War II. People standing on either side of a street applaud as the soldiers march. Buildings along the sides of the street. Soldiers aboard jeeps passing on the street. People waving at the soldiers. Italian and American soldiers singing in a group. A stout man with his arm around a soldier is singing. A half-track with soldiers makes its way slowly through a crowded street. People cheer and applaud. Some of the people watch the soldiers from the balcony of a building.
U.S. 101st Airborne Division in Holland during World War II. Soldiers aboard a jeep moving across a field. Other soldiers walking along the field with gliders aground in the background. United States Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator aircraft in flight overhead. Supplies are dropped from the aircraft. Jeeps loaded with U.S. Army soldiers move along a road past cheering civilians. A woman waves a large American flag, greeting the troops. (This is possibly the town of 't Zand.)
Allied troops in Holland during World War II. Jeeps towing equipment move along a road. Civilians cheer. Houses along the sides of a street. A sign board reads: 'Hertogenbosch, Nijmegen and Eindhoven'. British XXX Corps tanks roll through streets. Local spectators stand on both sides of the street. This town is Son, just north of Eindhoven
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