Allies Drive Across Rhine To Victory 1945/3/26

1) "The Capture of Cologne - Tank units of the onrushing U.S. 1st Army rumble into Cologne's suburbs, with all guns blazing at heavy pockets of Nazi resistance. Stalled street cars are hauled out of the way, and Yank foot soldiers fight their way into Cologne, block by block. Cologne lays in absolute ruin, after having been a 'saturation attack' target for allied bombers for three years. In sharp contrast, the Cathedral stands almost undamaged. Near the Cathedral, a Nazi tank is caught in U.S. gun sights, to be set afire with a direct hit. Nazi prisoners are rounded up, Cologne natives return, while in back of the whole scene, the giant Hohenzollern Rhine bridge lies, mangled and twisted. Cologne is truly a 'dead city.' The Ludendorff Bridge - After this majestic 1,300 ft. bridge at Remagen, Germany was seized by the U.S. 9th Armored Division. Yank troops and supplies raced across it to the Rhine east bank in ever increasing numbers. Nazi precision bombers are driven off by anti-aircraft fire, the Remagen bridge-head widens, and hordes of Nazi prisoners are bagged." scenes of the Cathedral city of Cologne, mostly in rubble, lies before Allied army, streetcars used as barriers, "fleeing Nazi car doesn't get far," direct hit on German tank and crew flees, great domed cathedral spared on bombing, bridge destroyed, inhabitants returning, south at Remagen the bridge was captured;
2) "Prior to the opening of the momentous United Nations Conference in San Francisco on April 25th, the U.S. delegation covenes in Washington with Pres. Roosevelt. The U.S. members are Congressmen Eaton and Bloom, Senators Vandenburg and Connally, Dean Gildersleeve, Naval Commander Stassen and Sec. of State Stettinius. Pre-convention views of San Francisco reveal that the attractive West Coast metropolis is ready and waiting for the arrival of the dignitaries of the world. In a film interview, Sen. Stettinius states the aims and purposes of the parley." scenes of U.S. delegates to United Nations meets with FDR in Washington, preparing for general meeting in San Francisco, Stettinius speaks
3) Kaiser Seeks Clothing For War Victims - "New York City: Shipbuilder Henry Kaiser, chairman of the national drive to collect clothing for war sufferers in foreign lands announces that the compaign will extend from April 1st to April 30th." scenes of Henry Kaiser speaks on the need for clothing. (partial newsreel)

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[CalippoCola]

I was born in Cologne, and those pictures of my destroyed hometown have torn apart my heart.

Today the once one of europes most beautiful cities just has the Cathedral to be proud of.

[microbioguy74]

My Grandfather was also in the 9th. He drove an armored car and they asked him to drive across the bridge and back to test its strength after the engineers repaired it from the collapse. There is video of it somewhere but I have not been able to find it yet. He claimed to have the only armored car in the army with a real windsheild and wipers. He took the windshield off a jeep and mounted it on his armored car. He always thought that was pretty funny!

[icasas72]

I think WAR is not something that should make anyone proud about...

[icasas72]

@CalippoCola I am a mexican, but i feel sorry when I read about all those magnificents cities destroyed like Rotterdam, Dresden, Königsberg, and so many wonderfull places lost forever from human mind, and everything just because of the stupidity of human kind who can not behave and live in peace... The sad part is that the human can never stop making mistakes and falling in the same errors of the past...

[CalippoCola]

@icasas72

thats of course the fault of my grandparents generation, i didn´t deny that. But the todays generation in Germany is a totally different one compared to back then. I just said that its sad to see your hometown in

rubbles, I don´t know where youre from in Mexico but I think you understand what I mean.

[icasas72]

@CalippoCola Well... that's somethings that your grandparents should thought about before bringing the war to a peacefull Europe and destroying cities, murdering people in all those nations that didn't do anything wrong to Germany except not been germans... I think the mount of pain delivered to all those people can not be paid not even in a thousand years..

[eaglemike1515]

i love these old news reels

[J4NN3K]

ha ha ha ... "a fleeing nazi car" ... those were civilians as to be seen in another video up here^^

[suutari13]

the evil army of the jewish masters killing civilians.

[RushEvolution]

yes, you 're right!

i know! ( just fucking hitler was the reason for loosing this shit war! )

[leeds4life100]

@RushEvolution

maybe the american had a lot of soldiers but they never had experience in war like the germans....

You must know my father was a studdent(17.years old) and had only less time for training as a tank driver...

3 month in the USA and than 2weeks in England, thats all....

The germans troops were in a very good condition what belongs at machines and education (ss-troops).

They had very much experience about war....

But the reason is,nobody can win a war on two frontlines...

[RushEvolution]

the fucking resistance show the americans cards from german bunker....so they could shoot with the battleships at this trenches ans bunker! ONE BIG disadvantage for the germans....and the americans had so many troops.....