U.S. troops in Germany during World War II. German prisoners, including one who is bandaged, are marched towards a truck on field by U.S. troops. The prisoners get into the open back of the stake truck. A U.S. Guard stands on the cab of the truck and directs the prisoners. The truck filled with German prisoners pulls away.
German boxer Max Schmeling in Germany during World War II. Max Schmeling packs a parachute and is being trained as paratrooper. Interiors of a German transport airplane show Max Schmeling preparing for a jump, standing at the doorway and jumping down. Paratroopers jump from three transport airplanes. The paratroopers descend. Max Schmeling lands and removes his parachute.
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.
German Wasserfall anti-aircraft missile, a surface to air missile being test fired in Germany during World War 2. Wasserfall missile on the launch pad. Missile lifts off as it emits thick smoke trail. Missile in flight as it emits smoke. Wasserfall missile explodes in mid air as a puff of smoke rises. (Note: Location is Greiswalder Oie. The launch rail of an Enzian antiaircraft missile, can be seen just to the right.)
German Wasserfall missile, a surface to air missile being test fired in Germany during World War 2. Wasserfall anti-aircraft rocket (Wasserfall Ferngelenkte Flakrakete) on a launch pad near a hangar. Missile lifts off emitting a thick smoke trail. Missile in flight. Missile descends leaving behind a vapor trail. (Note: Location is the island "Greifswalder Oie" - seen the test stand from the north looking south from the small west coast access road.)
German Wasserfall missile, a surface to air missile being test fired in Germany during World War 2. Wasserfall missile lifts somewhat unsteadily from pad. Missile heads skyward emitting flame and smoke. A high-speed timer is shown in the foreground. (Note: Location is Greifswalder Oie - just south of the central test stand - looking north)
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