Opening scene shows the Monument to the Battle of the Nations erected in Leipzig, in 1913, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the epic battle of Leipzig, and the defeat of Napoleon by a coalition of allies arrayed against the French. Notable are images of Teutonic knights standing guard around the upper periphery of the monument. Closeup of the base of the monument and entranceway. Some signs of war damage are visible. Camera pans upward. An American soldier is seen in lower left foreground, manning an M45 Browning .50 caliber Quadmount anti-aircraft gun. Camera continues to pan over details of the monument. (World War 2; WWII; WW2)
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.
American M-26 heavy Pershing tanks parked on a battlefield and firing their guns. U.S.gun crew throwing spent shells and other items out of a 105mm Howitzer Motor Carriage M7, while it is firing. (This gun was called Priest, by the British.) Several of them lined up and firing.
United States soldiers in Germany near the end of World War 2, in Europe. American M26 heavy and M4A3 medium tanks maneuver in a field. Trees in the distance. A line up of M4A3 medium tanks (both 75mm and 76mm gun types) commence test firing.
U.S. soldiers in Germany near end of World War 2, in Europe. An M4A3(76)W medium tank parked in a field. A soldier aboard the tank observes fire through binoculars as the tank shells a small village across the valley. Other tank crewmen standing nearby. A close up of the burning village. Smoke rises from the burning buildings.
Opening scene shows American infantrymen riding M4A3 sherman tanks across a stream in Germany, a month before the end of World War 2, in Europe. They ford the stream and climb a hill on the other side, past damaged German dwellings. Closeup of tank entering the stream, stirring up mud.
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