U.S. Army 9th Air Force planes strafe German positions and The 104th Division enters Eschweiler and smaller villages in Germany...
Activities of American First Army during offensive into Germany in World War 2. U.S. Army Air Force 9th Air Force planes strafe German positions near the town of Stolberg, then U.S. Army troops attack with machine guns (view from machine gun being fired at houses), heavy guns like the self-propelled 155 mm Gun Motor Carriage M12; and massed American 3rd Armored Division tanks acting as artillery in attacking Stolberg. Civilian refugees seen removing their belongings out of the battered city. An American soldier guards a German POW who assists a civilian in moving a loaded cart down a street. View of collapsed building and wreckage after the attack as Stolberg is cleared by forces of the U.S. Army 104th Division, facing booby traps and mines. U.S. forces blast structures that could not be safely cleared. After two weeks of attack, the American flag raised in the city. The 104th Division enters Eschweiler and smaller villages; mined buildings are detonated as tanks move through the towns. Mop up operations last two days as German snipers are cleared. Captured German prisoners are led through the town under U.S. Army guard. U.S. Infantry troops ride on tanks on streets of city. Soldiers carrying bedding walk on street on way to a dry night's sleep. Roadblocks are cleared by U.S. Engineer battalions, including an overhead bridge blown-up by retreating Germans. Units of the 104th Infantry and 3rd Armored division continue eastward and are seen fighting German forces in Weisweiler.
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