Allies Offensive Drives Split Germany

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keywords: wwii, european theater, germany, hidden nazi gold cache, allied troops meet russian troops

Synopsis: Allied infantry and tanks on the move with heavy street fighting in Leipzig Germany, 3rd Army recovers cache of German gold and art treasures, Allied forces link up with Russian troops at Torgau and continue their drive into Germany...(read more)

Date: 1945
Duration: 00:05:25
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Type: Public Domain
Language: English
Location: Germany

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Allies Offensive Drives Split Germany

Allies Offensive Drives Split Germany

Allied drives split German. Shows Allied infantry and tanks firing, scenes of heavy street fighting in Leipzig, Germany. Radio station and radio transmitting tower in Leipzig is taken undamaged. To the south Nuremburg lays in ruins and is in Allied hands. Flashback to 1932.

Brief image of Hitler giving Nazi salute. Scenes of the Nazi Rally grounds in Nuremberg (Nuremberg Stadium). Nazi Swastika emblem on Nuremburg Stadium. Shows liberation of British Officers from Stalag Oflag 17 POW camp in Braunschweig (English name Brunswick) Germany. Shows hundreds of German soldiers surrendering and in German POW camp.

In the drive through the heart of Germany 12-German generals were captured.

In a salt mine in central Germany soldiers of the 3rd Army recover the German gold reserve and hidden art treasures. Shows gold bars and foreign currency. Several paintings (art treasures) stolen from art museums by the Nazis are found.

The German town of Stendhal surrenders to the Allied forces. Civilians are registered and the town put into working order. Crowds of Germans gather in the marketplace to hear Allied orders and read Allied Proclamation disbanding the Nazi Party, Nazi Laws and Institution. Uniforms and all weapons are turned in to Allied Forces. Shown attack on the German city of Magdeburg on the Elbe River. The city of Magdeburg Germany is bombed and blasted when the Nazis Garrison Commander rejected an offer to surrender. Allied Forces after linking up with the Russian Armies at Torgau continue their drive into Germany.