At the Frontline in Thuringia, Germany | US Army Raw Footage shot in March & April 1945

Explore the intensity of World War II through the US Army’s Special Film Project 186, featuring raw footage shot in Thuringia, Germany, during April 1945. This video provides a rare, unedited perspective on the US Army’s operations in the final stages of the war. 05:45 Project 186, Murphy, Austria, M-2.0 07:37 Project 186, Murphy, Germany, M- /8 8:21 A M26 Pershing tank. It was used by the United States in the last months of World War II during the Invasion of Germany and extensively during the Korean War. The tank was named after General of the Armies John J. Pershing, who led the American Expeditionary Force in Europe in World War I. 18:30 Tanks with modular armour 19:00 Tank with cope cage 21:12 P7 Haglund “Water Bridge“, April 9 ’45 23:16 P9 - 186 Apr. 9 1945, 3A CCA (3rd Armored Division as Combat Command A) Witness US tanks in action, a German soldier captured and interrogated, and the fierce attack on a mountain village resulting in burning houses.
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