U.S. Army General Dwight Eisenhower speaks on the V-E day in Paris, France during World War II. General Eisenhower delivers a speech in Paris on the Victory in Europe Day. The General states that he has the proud privilege of speaking for the fighting men in his theater who conquered Western Europe and destroyed more men than they themselves possessed. The Allies selected Germany as their first object because it was the one place that all the Allies could bring their weight to bear. General Eisenhower pays his tribute to the Soviet Russian Army, the Allied Forces in Italy, the French, the British and the Americans on the Western Front and to GI Joe and his counterparts whom he says were the real heroes of the war.
The 1st Infantry Division Stele in Cheb, Czechoslovakia. A monument on a fenced ground to commemorate the victorious battles of U.S. First Infantry Division in World War II. Men beside the monument. Inscriptions on all the sides of the pillar-like monument.
German soldiers being encouraged to surrender during World War 2. A German commanding Officer riding on the hood of an American jeep moving along a road among the trees. Several American soldiers among the trees. The German officer at the window of a house, telliing his troops they should surrender. A few American officers beside the German officer. The German officer and some U.S. soldiers move up a small hill. Gradually German soldiers come out of hiding and surrender to the Americans. A German prisoner removes his weapon belt. Large numbers of German soldiers assembled in an open field.
United States Fifth Armored Division in Dülmen, Germany after World War II. U.S. Fifth Armored Division vehicles and soldiers on the bank of a water body. A few soldiers sitting on the shore of the water body. A castle on the other side of the water body. View of the Nordkirchen Castle (Schloß 1, 59394 Nordkirchen, Germany) in Dülmen. Troops on armored vehicles near the entrance of the castle. View of the castle with a courtyard and a statue near the entrance. GIs in the courtyard of the castle. A parachutist colonel holding a document talks to Prince Engelbert-Charles of Arenberg, the 10th Duke von Arenberg. Soldiers in the background. The parachutist colonel and the Duke von Arenberg walk down the steps of the castle. The Duke von Arenberg talking to British war correspondents. The correspondents taking down notes. The Karl Rudolf, 13th Duke of Croÿ flanked by the Duke von Arenberg and his wife Princess Valerie Marie Schleswig-Holstein. The Duke of Croy and the Princess talking to the parachutist colonel. All of them talking near the entrance door of the castle.
U.S. President Dwight D Eienhower in a car with Mexican President Adolfo Lopez Mateos during his visit to Ciudad Acuña, Mexico, just over the Rio Grande river from Del Rio, Texas. Banners on streets. President Eisenhower stands in a balcony and waves to people. The flags of Mexico and America. President Eisenhower receives a popular ovation on announcement of an international dam to be built by both countries nearby (The Amistad Dam on the Amistad Reservoir). President is presented with the keys to the city. Large crowd.
An interview in Dachau, Germany. An American interviews Mr Demagala of Poland. Mr Demagala explains how the prisoners were used for medical experiments by German doctors. Large crowd in the background. (World War II period).
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