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A reserve hospital in the beautiful Salzkammergut
Here, those recovering from their wounds can take part in all kinds of winter sports and get some of their former strength back
Ice shuffleboard
A warm drink
A happy-go-lucky snowball fight
In a mountain camp of women RAD folks
These work maidens complete their service in this mountain village
They can reach their workstations only by ski
Above all, the RAD women perform their missions mostly with families who have lots of children
The RAD women give the peasants a hand at the farms, whose daily burdens have become much harder since the outbreak of war
Paris on the morning of 04 March after the British bombing raid on the civilian population of the city of millions
With almost no exception, the bombs crashed into the apartments and settlements of Parisian workers
Over 1000 dead and 1200 severely wounded were the victims demanded by this raid
Whole houses and apartment buildings were torn asunder by bombs of the heaviest calibers
The British Air Minister Sinclair boasted after the action, that this was an extremely successful action
Buildings fell on top of homes
The next day, the London news agency described this as a cheerful experience after first expressing Churchill's sympathy for the French
“The government of Her Majesty regrets the death of those, who fell victim to the bombing of Paris and expresses its sorrow 10 those families who were so horribly affected.”
We pay our respects to the affected areas of Paris with bare heads
These are the victims of the British air attack.
French workers, whose sons covered the British as they retreated from Dunkirk
And this is how the English thank them
A French newspaper added:
“In the course of the fighting of 1940, when it came to the time of trying to stave off the threatening defeat, no one saw a single English plane in French skies.
"Today, these same pilots have found the courage to return to France, in order to watch French blood pour into the gutters and to kill innocent civilians."
Even hospitals were not spared by the English assassins
In a message to the French people from Marshal Petain, he wrote: "History shall judge this crime against former allies, who allowed French soldiers to go alone to their deaths in the common fight." ™
“And who, two years later, with ice cold calculation, slaughtered our innocent civilians."
On the Channel coast:
Alarm at a long range naval artillery unit
Enemy convoys attempt to pass through the Straits of Dover
They are fired at and destroyed
A troop of surveyors at work
There is feverish work going on in our U-Boat harbors
Here, they're building the ships' frames
The frames are soldered together by welders
Installation of individual cells and crossings
The tower is constructed in special workshops by mass production
Construction of the motors
A reworking of the cylinder block of a diesel motor
A crank shaft on the lathe
The individual parts make their way to the prepared shell
A motor at a quality control stand
The best quality work and inspection of materials is necessary for the high demands of the U-Boats at sea
A launching point. How the boat is launched is dependent on the wharf
Only a few weeks later, the boat will be put into service
On a mission against the USA
Here, some U-Boats are returning from their successful missions in the Atlantic
This one belongs to Kapitanleutnant Rasch. In this mission, he sank 40,000 registered tons of enemy shipping.
And here is the boat of Ritterkreuz holder, Kapitanleutnant Bleichrot
English radio repeatedly asserts, that Kapitanleutnant Bleichrot has been destroyed with his boat
These pictures prove the opposite
Up to 06 March, our U-Boats have sent altogether 98 ships with 663,500 registered tons to the bottom of the sea in the battle against the USA
By doing so, they've hit hard the Americans' shipping lifeline
And here, we're at a harbor on the German Baltic coast
Supplies for the Eastern Front
Soldiers of the Netherlands Legion
Icebreakers and minesweepers open the way for the convoy through frozen and mined waters
Now they're on their way to the East
In the area of Lake Ladoga:
Finnish artillery on the advance. Recon planes have picked out strong gathering points of the enemy, which will be taken in a surprise attack
A battery recon unit advances far out to find a good firing position
Soviet artillery fire. The Bolsheviks attempt to interfere with the Finns' plans.
An artillery strike on the forward Soviet positions
German infantry advances through impenetrable forests to attack the enemy in their flanks
In front of the tank are mine clearing troops
Enemy activity!
Stukas eliminate Soviet tanks, which are barring the way
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The advance goes on
In stubborn, individual battles, the nests of Soviet resistance are smoked out
The bombs of our planes worked hand-in-hand with our infantry to frustrate the Soviets' plans.
Alone in the time from 24 February to 05 March, the Bolsheviks lost 340 tanks on the entire Eastern Front
Before Leningrad:
As the Wehrmacht communiques have repeatedly reported, there has been firing of heavy artillery with noticeable effect on militarily important targets in the city
The Air Force supports the mighty power of the army from the Arctic to the Black Sea
Bolshevik prisoners clear the runway
The runway is firmly packed
Supplies for the most forward lines
Transport planes will supply those most forward units with ammunition, food and fuel, which could otherwise only be reached under the most strenuous exertions
The JU 52 is the best transport plane in the world
It's been proven a thousand times on every front
Fuel
In only a few minutes, the wings are made free of snow
Troops, too, are brought to the front by transport planes
Finally, the crew climbs into the plane
They fly eastwards over land that shows hardly any sign of war
An especially successful anti-aircraft unit
The transport planes have reached their goal.
The mail is thrown overboard
Sleds bring the mail to the most forward lines
Waffen-SS units secure the supply roads for their part of the front
Snow huts for the guards, who while doing their duty are many kilometers away from their camps
A recon unit is sent out. They are to find out where advancing Soviet troops are, who have penetrated German lines and want to cut off our troops.
The Bolsheviks have been spotted and they attack.
Alarm in the forward positions!
In the coordinated fire of our infantry weapons, the Soviet attack has collapsed
Our troops pursue the enemy. To the right and the left are hundreds of dead Bolsheviks
As per Stalin's orders, they were driven into our machine gun fire and senselessly sacrificed
The advancing German units have taken a village; it was immediately converted into a makeshift support point
Again and again, the Bolsheviks storm our lines with powerful forces
Every attack is bloodily repulsed
Weapons and ammunition for North Africa. A new convoy takes on its cargo.
Heavy and light units of the Italian Navy secure the crossing
An air attack. British bombers and torpedo planes attack.
In the fire of the Italian ships, they are forced to turn back
The advance southwards continues in stormy seas
Without a single loss, the units reach their goal on the Libyan coast
On North Africa's threshold
Reinforcements for Generaloberst Rommel's tank army
They move off to the front from Tripoli
Transport planes bring fuel
Our planes start their attack on enemy columns east of Tobruk
These are the last films of the war correspondent, Werner Speer, who found his heroic death during this mission
Down there are the British
Our Stukas dive to the attack! Fountains of dust climb to the heavens.
British positions, which spread out far through the desert
Generaloberst Rommel inspects a British supply depot, which was taken by our troops in a rapid advance
These tanks were obliterated by our Stukas even before they could be put to use
German and Italian tanks pursue the enemy
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