less than three years before, hitler had addressed the right stuck. >> germany italy and japan will wage common war upon the united states to a victorious conclusion. >> in rome, fascist partner a declared. >> italy and national the socialist germany ever closely linked will participate today on the side of heroic japan against the united states. >> a japanese joined the decisive. course >> americans have radios, automobiles, big beefsteaks. one of people has those things, they don't want to fight. americans won't sleep in hammocks or lion trenches. they are like a tiger who stomach is full. they are sleepy. >> the american is no soldier. >> the american no soldier? and yet there he was carrying the fight to the forces of justice. ♪ ♪ the self acclaimed superman was learning to his bitter surprise in store all the fighting qualities of the american soldier. it seems the aggressors had made a slight miscalculation. ♪ ♪ ♪ and italy, our forces pushed on through rain and mud, over mountains, across rivers, towards rome. ♪ ♪ our power drive up the italian boot force the irony t

the desperate plight of hitler's army became more apparent as the bewildered legion of the once mighty destructive force found themselves defeated by an army they had been repeatedly told would never last on the soil of the third reich longer than 9 hours. in the 97th day since the fifth corp had led the assault on omaha beach it had come nearly 500 miles and drove across the border and stood on the soil of hitler's germany. who was it that once said the american was no soldier? ♪ in world war ii the american soldier proved his fighting -- as he always has and always will. he stands second to none and his leadership is second to none. from private to general he is the product of a free society conceived in liberty. he even has the power through his rights to vote in free elections, to choose his own commander in chief. he has a voice in making the laws with governance. he has a precious heritage to defend, much to fight for. when he must fight to defend his good way of life he prefers the arts of peace as all men of good will do. yet he knows how to practice the arts of war. in some

[explosions] less than three years before, hitler had addressed the nation. willrmany, italy and japan face war on the united states to a positive conclusion. narrator: in rome, his counterpart declared -- on the side of japan against the united states. narrator: a japanese militarist joins the chorus. >> americans have radios, automobiles, big beefsteaks, and when people have those things they don't want to fight. , americans won't sleep in hammocks, or lie in trenches. they are like a tiger whose stomach is full. they are sleepy. >> the american is no soldier. [explosions] narrator: the american no soldier? was carrying the fight to the boastful aggressor. ♪ proclaimed superman was learning to his bitter surprise and sorrow the fighting quality of the american soldiers. it seems the aggressors had made a slight miscalculation. ♪ ♪ narrator: in italy, our forces pushed on through rain and mud. over mountains, across rivers. toward rome. ♪ our power drive up the italian boot forced the enemy to divert 30 of his divisions from france and the low countr

less than three years before, hitler had addressed the nation. >> germany will face war on the united states to a positive conclusion. -- >> a japanese militarist, joins the chorus. >> americans have radios, automobiles, big beefsteaks, when a people have those things, they don't want to fight. americans won't sleep in hammocks, or lie in trenches. they are like a tiger who stomach is full. they are sleepy. >> the american is no soldier. the american, no soldier? and yet there he was, carrying the fight to the aggressors. the self acclaimed superman, was coming to his bitter surprise and sorrow, the fighting quality of the american soldiers. it seems the aggressors had made a slight miscalculation. ♪ ♪ >> in italy, our forces pushed on through rain and mud. over mountains, across rivers. our power drive, the -- italians who forced the italians from france and the low country. our invasion of france, was soon to come. we now have an army numbering millions of soldiers. we now had 150,000 armored vehicles, as compared to the 29 tanks the army had 1940. 400,000 artillery pieces, were

the landings at anzio convinced hitler that we were launching an all out campaign in italy. he rushed eight more divisions to reinforce his army in italy and the stalemate was resumed. in total war, there is no easy road to victory. we had entered world war ii unprepared for global war of such unprecedented magnitude against aggressors who trained their combat divisions by the hundreds. it was two long years from pearl harbor to the winter stalemate in italy. during those two years, lack of time had been our most immediate and worst enemy. precious time we had needed in which to prepare while two great oceans protected our shores and the embattled british were fighting a delaying action on to the death. three times in the last 50 years, aggressors have underestimated our capability and our will to fight. our military weakness and our isolationist attitude at the time invited the aggressor to launch his grandiose design for conquest. today, the world has shrunk in travel time and the atlantic and pacific oceans are no more than large lakes. our coastlines and inland cities ar

geared at hitler's fortress in europe. flying fortresses, and heavy formations, cascaded 3500 tons of explosive, upon nazi held positions. our mass bountiful bomber formations, were given air support. they fought off enemy air attacks. as the roar of engines, and concussion of the bombs were still ringing in the years of the battered enemy, our ground artillery opened up. our tanks, an infantry rolled forward, driving west, two other ports on the peninsula. other elements, push south and east, towards paris. what was left, of ten german divisions, was knocked off by the very men their fury their fury had told them were not soldiers, or fighters. again the aggressor had made a slight miscalculation. as the germans, we're in northwestern france, the united states seventh army, hit the beaches in southern france, on the morning of august 15th. during that day, -- men and equipment were landed. the americans six army corps push north, along the valley. and other troops moved moved eastward towards the italian border. the drive

of course at every headquarters area we found that the germans had a picture of hitler, and our boys are using it as a pin board but the americans had a way of amusing themselves. here is the first official ceremony held in france when general collins presented the flag made out of parachute clothe to the may i don't have of cherbourg holding the microphone. our boys were given clean uniforms for the occasion, and soon the people that came back to cherbourg after the fighting stopped came to visit us. here we see ernie pyle in the center and talking to a colonel of the signal car and this is burt brandt who we saw earlier shooting for ap, cecil cons and john maglency and here is, oh, gosh, 25 years has done a lot to my memory, but the troops began to move in the opposite direction to attack the enemy on the line, and we were passing through the city of valone and of course it was completely destroyed. i was there several times since the war and it's been rebuilt beautifully, but the germans tried to make a stand here and wherever they did try to make a stand we had to knock them out

at the headquarters, we found that the germans had a picture of hitler, and our boys are using it as a pin board. the americans had a way of amusing themselves. here is the first official ceremony held in france, general collins on the right presented the tricolor flag made out of parachute cloth to the mayor of cherbourg, who was holding the microphone. our boys of the seven corps were given clean uniforms for the ccasion. soon the people who came back to cherbourg after the fighting stopped came to visit with us and talk to us. here we see ernie pyle again in the center and talking to the colonel of the signal corps. this is burt brandt who we saw earlier shooting for a.p. cecil cannes, and john mcglinchey. here is -- oh gosh, 25 years has done a lot to my memory. the troops begin to move in the opposite direction to attack the enemy on the same low line. we were passing through the city of rologne and, of course, it was completely destroyed. i was there several times since the war and it has been rebuilt beautifully. the germans tried to make a stand here, and when ever they tried

this is their story. >>> hitler ordered a major counselor offensive. as fog and sleet grounded all allied plane infantry southwest into belgium recapturing the key road junctions. and surrounding the defenders. a major part of the german attack was turned against the town of marche, beyond which lay paris recently liberated and antwerp, the chief supply port. the 84th infantry division had left the siegfried line and had taken up positions along the marche/hotton road. the allies were able to hold in the flanks and keep the enemy line from bulging further westward. >> i'm richard k. hawkings. i was a first lieutenant. we were spread over an extremely wide frontage. our rifle company actually covered close to a mile in width with fox holes, two men each, rufr roughly 100 yards apatch. this is perhaps four to five times the ushlg amount of frontage that a rifle company will cover in a defensive situation. there were several times when our forces were attacked by great numbers of tanks. in one instance near the village of burden approximately 200 enemy in

the gospel according to hitler. i'm not going to read all of this. but there are one or two things in this book that will interest you. i quote, what is denied to us, the german fist must take. if our forefathers had made their decisions by the same pacifist nonsense as the present day does, we would possess about a third of our existing territory. further, he says, from time to time, the illustrative papers show how a negro has become a lawyer, a teacher, perhaps even a minister. it never dawns on the degenerate middle class america that this is truly a sin against all reason. that it is criminal madness to train a born half ape to one believes one has made a lawyer of him. this book was written 20 years ago. the plan which it foreshadowed has become a reality. and the nazis now instruct their disciples in terms such as these. we must strive by any means to conquer the world. any methods are permissible. lie, betray, kill. kill and kill again. kill the slobs, the russians, the pols, the czechs. don't stop, whether you have an old man, a woman, a gir

of course, at every headquarters area, we found a pit further of hitler, and our boys are uses it as a pinboard. the americans had a way of amusing themselves. this is the first official ceremony held in nance when they presented the tricolored flag made out of parachute cloth, to the mayor. and our boys of the 7th corps were given clean uniforms for the occasion. soon the people that came back to sherburg after the fighting stopped, came to visit with us and talk to us. here we so ernie pyle in the center again, talking to a colonel of the signal corps. this is burt brandt, who we saw earlier shooting for a.p. saysle cannes, and john mcglinty, and here is -- oh, gosh, 25 years has done a lot to my memory. but the troops began to move in the opposite direction to attack the enemy on the st. lowe line. we were passing through the city of valogne, and of course it was completely destroyed. i was there several times since the war and it's been rebuild beautifully, but the germans tried to make a assistant here. wherever they did try to make a stand, we had to knock them out, and in so d

at every headquarters, we found a picture of hitler and our boys are using it as a pin board. americans had a way of amusing themselves. here is the first official ceremony held in france. general collins presented a flag made out of parachute cloth to the mayor, who is holding the microphone. our boys were given clean uniforms for the occasion. soon, the people who came back after the fighting stopped visited with us and talked to us. here we see someone talking to the kernel of the signal corps. this is burt, shooting for ap. cecil and john. here is -- oh gosh -- a lot has happened to my memory -- the troops begin to move in the opposite direction and we were passing through a city that was completely destroyed. i was there several times as the war and it has been rebuilt. the germans try to make a stand here and, wherever they did, we had to knock them out and destroy the city. later on, i had the chance to see the construction built by slave labor. all a long the beach in the normandy area, they had the triangles. many of them had mines. if you touch them, they would explo