Generals of the Allied forces attend a Commanders victory celebration meeting at the 12th Army Group Headquarters, Bad Windungen in Germany, three days after the World War II in Europe. American officers of the Allied army step out of the headquarter building and settle for a group photograph. Front row: Lt. Gen. William H. Simpson — Ninth U.S. Army; Gen. George S. Patton Jr. — Third U.S. Army; Gen. Carl A. Spaatz — U.S. Strategic Air Forces in Europe; Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower — Supreme Allied Commander; Gen. Omar N. Bradley — 12th Army Group; Gen. Courtney H. Hodges — First U.S. Army; Lt. Gen. Leonard T. Gerow — Fifteenth U.S. Army. Rear row: Brig. Gen. Ralph F. Stearley — IX Tactical Air Command; Lt. Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg — Ninth Air Force; Lt. Gen. Walter Bedell “Beetle” Smith — SHAEF Chief of Staff; Maj. Gen. Otto P. Weyland — XIX Tactical Air Command; Brig. Gen. Richard E. Nugent — XXIX Tactical Air Command. A smaller version of the group is seen afterward, representing the 12th Army Group's field-army and tactical-air leadership: Seated: Lt. Gen. William H. Simpson — commanding general, U.S. Ninth Army; Gen. George S. Patton Jr. — commanding general, U.S. Third Army; Gen. Omar N. Bradley — commanding general, 12th Army Group; Gen. Courtney H. Hodges — commanding general, U.S. First Army; Lt. Gen. Leonard T. Gerow — commanding general, U.S. Fifteenth Army. Standing: Brig. Gen. Ralph F. Stearley — IX Tactical Air Command; Lt. Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg — Ninth Air Force; Maj. Gen. Otto P. Weyland — XIX Tactical Air Command; Brig. Gen. Richard E. Nugent — XXIX Tactical Air Command. Generals inspect a horse gifted to General Omar Bradley by Russian Marshal Konev.
The Bergen-Belsen concentration camp of Nazi Germans in Lower Saxony, Germany after liberation by British Army during World War II. A woman doctor, prisoner and in charge of the female section, describes conditions of the camp. She indicates there were no beds, little food and water a day. Epidemics of typhus spread. No medicine available. More than a thousand died daily. Various gynecologic experiments performed on girls around nineteen years of age. Guards in the men's camp took out liver and heart of dead men and ate them. Food and chocolates distributed by Red Cross just before British forces arrived. Medical experiments included giving heavy Benzene injections to the prisoners. Women liberated from the camp stand around her. Clip is part of Nuremberg Trials prosecution exhibit 230
Infantrymen of U.S. 3rd Division, 30th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion advance in Vieux-Brisach, (aka Breisach am Rhein) Germany during World War II. Soldiers run into trenches along the bank of Rhine River across from the city. The interiors of outpost overlooking Rhine River. A soldier looks through binoculars as another uses walkie-talkie to direct artillery fire. German outpost being shelled by U.S. artillery fire and smoke billows up from explosions. The ancient building being shelled, sitting on the highest hill in the area, is the 12th Century St. Stephan's Cathedral (German: Das Breisacher Stephansmünster)
Infantrymen of U.S. 3rd Division, 30th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion in Vieux-Brisach, Germany, during World War II. Soldiers in a dugout near Rhine River, rest, shave, massage feet and write letters.
French awards given to U.S. Generals at U.S. 3rd Army headquarters in Bad Tolz, Germany soon after World War II. U.S. General Lucian Truscott and French General Marie Emile Antoine Bethouart inspect French troops of the 27th Alpine Infantry Division and U.S. 3rd Army, 503rd Military Police Battalion, Company A. General Bethouart speaks before microphone. General Bethouart awards the Legion of Honor and Croix-de-Guerre to Commanding-General of U.S. 79th Infantry Division Brigadier General A. F. Kingman and Commanding-General of U.S. 102nd Infantry Division Major General Frank A Keating.
German prisoners and perpetrators of Dachau Concentration Camp at U.S. 3rd Army headquarters in Bad Tolz, Germany after World War II. Building with sign reading 'War Crimes Branch, Judge Advocate Division'. German prisoners arrive at courthouse in truck. Prisoners exit from enclosure in courthouse yard and board truck.
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