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Goch

Bombing raids on 7 February 1945 destroy Goch, more than 200 people die in the inferno. After attacks by the Allies from the north-east and south on 18 February, Goch is captured after heavy fighting on 19 February 1945.

Goch is conquered

Scenes from the destroyed town of Goch

Clearance of explosive ordnance

Churchill visits Graefenthal

Russian delegation on the Western Front

Goch is conquered

Firing tanks and artillery pieces, military vehicles, burning rubble, Montgomery in a jeep, columns of prisoners of war, troops marching through Goch.

Quelle: youtube.com / British Pathé
Originaltitel Goch Grabbed!
Länge: 1:56 Minuten, mit Ton

Scenes from the destroyed town of Goch

German prisoners of war, perforated town sign, destruction at the railway station, wagons and rails, signal box.

Steintor, destroyed buildings and bridge, Hitler Youth lettering on the Steintor, view of Voßstraße.

Quelle: youtube.com / British Pathé
Originaltitel: Invasion Scenes Germany
Länge: 2:52 Minuten, ohne Ton

Clearance of explosive ordnance

Various anti-tank ditches in the area around Asperden.

Goch, shots on Klever Straße. Destruction at the railway station, mine search at the margarine factory, recovery of a bomb at the Boxtel railway crossing on Klever Straße.

Quelle: youtube.com / British Pathé
Originaltitel: Bomb Disposal (1944-1945)
Länge: 2:52 Minuten, ohne Ton

Churchill visits Graefenthal

On 4 March 1945, British Prime Minister Churchill pays a visit to the troops. He inspects units in the Reichswald with Montgomery.

At the headquarters of the 51st Highland Division at Graefenthal Abbey, he takes the parade (Massed Pipes and Drums). Churchill tanks serve as a grandstand.

Quelle: youtube.com / British Pathé
Originaltitel: Churchill and Monty - Troops At Siegfried Line (1945)
Länge: 0:46 Minuten, ohne Ton

Quelle: youtube.com / The War Amps / Canadian Army Newsreel
Originaltitel: Canadian Army Newsreel No 63
Länge: 0:52 Minuten (Ausschnitt), mit Ton

Russian delegation on the Western Front

Major Susloparov and other Russian officers obtain information from General Crerar on the Canadian front about the fighting and the military equipment used.

Quelle: youtube.com / The War Amps / Canadian Army Newsreel
Originaltitel: Canadian Army Newsreel No 63
Länge: 0:57 Minuten, mit Ton

ndrh1945 - the website with film footage from the last months of the Second World War on the Lower Rhine. Recordings from Kleve, Goch, Weeze, Kalkar, Sonsbeck, Xanten and other places.