Die Deutsche Wochenschau № 719 (1944)

Atlantic.

June 6, 1944 - the date of historic significance.

Newspaper headlines. "Under pressure from Moscow, the British and Americans have begun long ago publicized offensive."

Berliners at newsstands and pedestals read newspapers.

The announcer speaks of repelling the invasion.

France Map of the Coast.

In the first hours after midnight June 6, the Allied campaign begins.

The enemy starts simultaneous bombardment of the coast and a landing in the bay of the Seine large landing.

German observation post.

German patrol boats to notice the approaching enemy and transmitting the message further.

German radio station.

alarm announcement in military units and bunkers.

The batteries of heavy artillery and anti-aircraft gunners firing at the enemy bombers and airborne units.

Tracer bullets and explosions light up the night.

Assault infantry units are preparing for a meeting with the aircraft landed from the enemy.

The bombardment of Americans.

Night shootout.

Start the day.

German observers.

The outposts report on approaching the fence line of the major forces of the enemy squadron.

German coastal artillery and warships are firing on the Allied fleet.

There is a shootout between the coastal artillery and naval guns.

Enemy landing craft approaching the mouth of the Orne.

Landed Anglo-American troops are subjected to continuous bombardment.

The German troops and tanks, supported by artillery of all kinds are going to meet the enemy.

Damaged US landing craft.

Fragments of fierce fighting in the area of ​​Caen and Bayeux.

Tanks and German reserve units advancing on the enemy.

Forest area, where 1,000 US Marines landed, surrounded.

View of the American transport plane, which crashed into a tree.

On the tree hanging parachute pilots are dead.

After heavy fighting US Marines captive out of the woods.

They were without food or water for three days.

American shows something to the Germans on the map.

Downed US transport planes.

From the plane pulled in disguise, fully equipped American radioavtomobil.

Prisoners Scots Canadians.

A crowd of prisoners.

The emergence of American bombers.

Shoot the German anti-aircraft guns.

The bombing by the Americans the French city of Caen.

Continued.

Atlantic.

German anti-aircraft gunners fired at US planes.

German fighter planes in flight.

Shoot guns.

Crumbled house from a direct hit.

Air battle, drops an American bomber.

Kang City in ruins.

View of the surviving tower with an angel.

Residents leaving the city.

The Germans on the streets.

German tanks on the highway.

German SS Panzer Division "Hitler Youth" in the fighting.

With the help of field artillery shot down an enemy tank.

Heavy fighting.

First fertile Normandy landscape destroyed by ruthless military intervention.

German soldiers go to meet them, surrendering captured Americans.

"Sherman" Broken American tanks.

Potholes on the fire on the armor of tanks, shirt is a Canadian soldier.

The division commander in the car toured the battlefield.

Grenadiers of SS and motorized units are moving forward.

German soldiers in the grain field.

The German tanks are going forward.

Speaker of the resistance to the aggressors.

German soldiers in street fighting in the town of Bayeux.