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R.A.F. bomb the railway viaduct at Bielefedt using new 10 ton bombs for the first time. 22,000 lbs and 12,000 lbs bombs were used in the attack on March 14th by R.A.F. Bomber command.

Some of the 3200 Americans rescued from the Stalag 9B - Nazi Prison Camp at Bad Orb - by the U.S. 7th Army, carry a soup barrel for the last time, past a truck load of rations meant for the starved men liberated from the "Hell Camp."

Tired German prisoners rest in a field on the fast bank of the Rhine.

Battered German town which was scene of heavy fighting before Germans were driven out. Was heavily attacked by RAF bombers.

S.S. Leader Josef Kramer, commandant of the Belsen death camp, arrested. British troops found 60000 prisoners dead or dying of starvation and torture.

Troops of the U.S. 9th Army climb aboard tank destroyers along a road east of the Rhine. This transportation for the men is necessary, if they are to keep up with the rapid drives of Allied forces into Germany.

Captured on either side of the Moselle River at Trier, Germany, and herded into two large groups, these German prisoners stand face to face on the main bridge spanning the Moselle. Captured intact by General Patton's forces, in spite of the fact that the Germans had mined it, the bridge made a fine temporary P.O.W. cage.

A German civilian frantically waves a white flag of surrender at an American half-track speeding into the town of Geisselhardt, Germany, which burns from the pre-attacking shelling.

Men of the U.S. 45th Division carry two battle-worn flags to the top of vast Luitpold Arena in Nuremberg. It was here that Adolf Hitler held annual Nazi Party meetings and reviewed the strength of his army.

When U.S. 7th Army Troops advancing into the heart of Germany captured the town of Kitzingen, they found over 300 French soldiers in a prison camp waiting for Yanks to arrive. When first troops entered town, they broke out (above) shouting and waving in their excitement at being released. Many of them had been prisoners for five years.

Following the criss-crossed tracks of other vehicles, Allied tanks and armored vehicles move over a snow-covered field in the Malmedy, Belgium area, headed for the front lines. The tanks have been camouflaged white to make them invisible to the enemy.

Airborne troops of the First Allied Army move forward "Belly-wise" across a flat area on the east bank of the Rhine, where they landed on March 24 to give support to troops of Filed Marshall Montgomery's 21st Army Group, crossed by water. The airborne troops landed in gliders or by parachute, and here they are advancing on their objective, a German farmhouse.

After accomplishing the crossing of the Rhine at Xanten, Germany, tanks and mechanized vehicles of Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery's 21st Army Group move forward on the safety lanes, which have been taped off from areas which sappers have not yet covered in their search for mines. A B-24 Liberator flies overhead to drop supplies.

In twin single files, 83rd Division troops of the 9th Army advance through the battered streets of Neuss.

British tanks, carrying troops of the American 17th Airborne Division, advance through Doresten, Germany, on the River Lippe, which was captured on March 28 by the Allies. The tanks were manned by Scots Guards of the British 6th Guards Armoured Brigade.

Infantrymen of the 5th Infantry Division advance cautiously in the early street fighting for the city of Frankfurt, Germany.

Armour of the 1st American races along the Autobahn highway on its way to the town of Kassel, Germany. This German super-highway aids Allies in current drive.

Unable to hold on to the Adolf Hitler Bridge which crosses the Rhine at Uerdingen, retreating Nazis blew it up.

Shows RR Bridge at Remagen, Germany over which men and material of the U.S. First Army are pursing. The Germans have now made an unsupported claim to destroyed the bridge by bombing.

Medical Corpsmen of the 17th U.S. Airborne Division care for a wounded buddy in the city of Munster as tanks of the British 6th Guards armored Brigade drive on through the streets.