116th Cavalry Regiment, 12th Armored Division, XXI Corps, Seventh US Army move toward Weilheim in Oberbayern during World War 2. Burning farmhouses in Bavarian countryside. German soldiers run across a field, raising their hands to surrender. At Werdenfelser barracks ( Oflag VII-A ) POW camp for Polish Army officers, Polish prisoners wave their hands to welcome United States troops. United States soldiers enter prison camp gate. Behind barbed wire wall, Polish prisoners greet US troops. German soldiers with raised hands, running from camp. Corpses of two executed SS men, Colonel Max Teichmann and Captain Widmann (some sources claim one body is that of Ernst Otto Fick) shot at approx. 3 pm that day by U.S. 1st Tank Division forces as they attempted to leave Murnau. United States Army vehicles enter Murnau Germany.
United States Coast Guard resumes iceberg patrolling in the North Atlantic Ocean as part of International Ice Patrol Rough waters of the Atlantic Ocean hit the bow of the US Coast Guard ship. United States Coast Guard crew hold on to rails onboard. View of an iceberg in the North Atlantic Ocean. Silhouette of a sailor observing an iceberg. US Coast Guard crew observe iceberg from the ship’s bow. Various icebergs from Greenland floating in the Atlantic Ocean. United States Coast Guard USCGC Tampa (Coast Guard Cutter No. 48) sails next to an iceberg. Consolidated B-24 Liberator flies in front of iceberg.
United States soldiers with freed Russian prisoners in Cherbourg during World War 2. United States Army soldiers find Russian prisoners-of-war in the Arsenal at Cherbourg. An American military officer speaks with a Russian prisoner. Russian prisoners-of-war and Ukrainian women, brought to France to work as slave labor for German forces, in the Arsenal. Russian prisoners speak to American soldiers. A French man walks along the Cherbourg harbor. A United States soldier examines ruined bridge while French locals and stray dogs continue to use the bridge.
United States soldiers in vehicles on road near Saint-Lô, Normandy during World War 2. Two soldiers sit on the bumper of a truck driving on the road. Another truck with United States soldiers follows. An American Half Track approaches an abandoned tank at side of road. United States soldiers lead captured German prisoners out of Saint-Lô area. Brief shot of small bulldozer being used to repair road.
United States military vehicles in Avranches, Normandy during World War 2. Tanks, armored vehicles, army jeeps move into the center of Avranches. Most buildings in Avranche show significant damage. French men and women welcome the incoming United States military vehicles in Avranche. A storefront with signs saying “Charcuterie” and “Café de hotel de ville”. A French grandmother waves her white napkin while others wave their hands at United States Army forces arriving in Avranche. A soldier on top of a moving M4 Sherman tank.
United States soldiers and tanks advance on road in Normandy countryside during World War II. A tank covered in camouflage moving near hedgerows, passing by two soldiers. Soldiers moving in straight line. A United States soldier uses a field telephone. A soldier uses a walkie talkie onboard a moving Jeep. A soldier driving a Jeep in between hedgerows. Captured German prisoners march along a road while being guarded by an African American soldier. German prisoners lay down belongings during a search. United States soldier questions a group of German prisoners. Soldier frisks German prisoners. German prisoner pulls out his wallet. A German prisoner wearing glasses looks away. A young German prisoner displays a forlorn expression while being frisked. Man picks up cigarettes scattered on the ground. A prisoner holds his belongings while he waits for his turn to be searched. A frowning German prisoner.
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