

Tank firing causes part of a building to collapse. A German soldier emerges from building with hands held up in surrender. Army 3rd Armored Division tanks in streets of Cologne, and soldiers with small arms firing at buildings in clearing operations from building to building.

infantry firing from behind pile of rubble. Towers of Cologne Cathedral visible in background. troops entering center of Cologne, Germany. Civilians holding their ears, as they watch. troops loading and firing 155 mm long tom guns. troops reads, "I'll walk Cologne" with arrow pointing (alluding to popular song, "I'll Walk Alone.") U.S. Army M10 tank destroyers move into town towing 155mm long tom guns. Numerous trucks filled with German prisoners of war. Graffiti scrawled on wall reads "Hitler ist Kaput". German civilian refugees walking on a road. German soldier POWs (prisoners of war) being herded under guard of American Army forces. Several German civilians walking together. One soldier plays a French horn, as he marches into town. tanks and infantry entering outskirts of Cologne, Germany. View from cottage window of American infantrymen swarming across a field. Infantry and tanks moving across open fields. troops huddle together on Sherman tanks late in World War 2 in Europe.
