current gotten out of the cologne was a major german city and by far the largest city that the allies have conquered by their humble walk would like to see her live in munich were still far away. on current oh well so it made sense to document the taking of kilometers to the iconic cathedral in the western part of the rise of the more broadly than say the conquest of the town of faisal. cameraman from the u.s. army air forces accompanied the advancing troops as paz of special film project $186.00 and captured the massive destruction on 16 millimeter color film. their footage paints an impressive picture of cologne nearly 3 quarters of which have been destroyed the us high command attach great importance to the film work. so i feel it played a major role in the 2nd world war not only from a documentary purposes but also for propaganda and a competition and they had horrible unpractical camera technology and they used

color film like an american film can color of course on so you could take your impressions home with you and to commit to the documentum for the cinemas on the one hand but also for internal use in the military or. before they were crushed 2 colognes defenders had managed to blow up the bridges over the rhine which meant the allies would not be able to cross the river for the time being. then just a day after the conquest of downtown cologne the americans pulled off another military coup about 55 kilometers upstream. a small advance patrol from the u.s. 9th division reached the luton doff bridge which spans the rhine at remagen. to their great surprise the structure had not been blown up and there was little resistance from enemy troops. there for the remark and for storm. italian did not

turn up as if they had been there and done a bit of shooting then this small patrol that there weren't any american soldiers would not have been able to reach the bridge and the bridge across was so easily. the bridge was captured in a surprise attack the action was reenacted for propaganda units a few days later. more than 8000 u.s. soldiers were to reach the eastern back of the rhine within the coming 24 what i was then most units try to correct a mistake and destroy the bridge with the area tanks and out to refine it however it took 10 days for the structed to actually conduct. by then us pioneers had built a pontoon bridge and could continue getting units across the rhine on and off scale it was a heavy blow for the defendants and those responsible suffer the consequences. he took the son of was hitler was furious and he had the bridge commander executed

along with some others they could get a hold of 3 or 4 people i feel ought to another thought they were court martialed convicted of an art murder got i would say i'm all that good a song. the dictator had stopped appearing in public on the 20th of march which i had himself filmed one last time in the garden of his chance to me how to. tell you to learn realize that the world's lost and if so when did he realize and is one argument is that hitler was of course not stupid hunt and it soon realized how bad the situation was the food will buy him drugs does but this led him to withdraw more and more. it only dared to face the public when he could announce a victory and see it was not to handle these new victories were not forthcoming hitler became more and more depressed in time of physical decay set in but of course it was clear to him all this was going to analyze it. on the day he gave medals to members. of the hitler youth who had distinguished themselves in the

fighting the fact that the war was lost didn't have solved germans from the duty to defend their homeland but the younger generation in particular was swept up by this inhuman fanaticism. scott is a young people with a 3rd of its final reserves especially in this last phase of the war in $4445.00 they were the last reserves each and every one of them was a disposable mass to be used as cannon fodder the 1st fuel for the final battle. and comes. on the field i'm feeling a bit less than a 50000000 finish don't think i give head and feet and then i'm not going to be doing anything get off for. the now and mama how i'm like probably me can conquer by not having. our car on in. company thanks to

a break over the money on my part and you come pick me up. to let me sunny's in town of la bon dieu bania in present day poland had been taken over by the red army in february 945 at the beginning of march however the very most recaptured it one of the red german success stories of those days. the. propaganda minister you as if that is immediately went there and shortly afterwards gave the sonos who speech in nearby gurlitz it was to be his last appearance on the street. yet you know they. didn't they want out. but i'm. i.

retired. i thought that he. really cared. when you're problem for about 5 others. i know i have it. wasn't it didn't know what that was i know that what i'm. but it obvious. that it or find out that the bill i thought it got that's in particular is to put it cynically at his best here and gives a speech where he says then they will go into this fight like into a church service you know and go distance this is a kind of staging of the downfall and also a permanent staging of the will. not tell me all he palin and to insinuate all this mean we will definitely not survive and that's it actually says. that he's talking about a turning point about victory from seek but the underlying motif of the manipulators

is actually nazi ideology or nothing and if he did okey or mists in january had announced a campaign called the people's sacrifice for the army and home god was in the napoleonic was the population was to donate towards its own defense. and a year of one point coming up now because i don't want to go back with our prior european gave. my bank account and he did you can bet if you read it and you've done it then. you are one of our back when put your men up when your wife. faced with the stress of canucks the regime was desperately trying to compensate for its huge losses putting women into the fight. from top post she's been in i know got some stuff you

can get on board should you one time one piece is from fine preferred to compounce another came from smith that's been in them and. it's just in now as i think poppy is how she. this petard about another brutal thing was that the range of the sponsor frost's was maximum 100 meters usually 50 or 60 to be really effective. but then those who fired them always paid with their lives just on top of the of us interest on the money to me it's all of this father today that was the regimes of cynical calculation one local defense volunteer kill one enemy tank destroyed. all. the areas still under german control was shrinking day by day the nazi leaders now audit their people to sacrifice not only clothes and ion but also themselves.

designed to be him suppose he was an indication of the regime's lack of restraint and its brute will to destroy everything in the in the end he was ready to open all the floodgates to throw off every form of responsibility and to do everything in its power to continue this war was hopeless as it was to carry on with it right down to the last of all it took its toll in the pacific war on the 9th of march us b. $29.00 super fortress planes were loaded with bombs on side the main island of the northern marianas the destination of the long range bonus was the japanese capital the mission commander and major general cases even they had decided on a radical change of tactics as part of operation meetinghouse tokyo was to be attacked not only with explosives but also within sanjay read bombs these were also to be dropped everybody's attention areas. an armada of bomb is took

off from the 3 island it feels in the afternoon of the 9th of march each of the more than $300.00 aircraft was carrying 40. buster bombs with a total of $1500.00 napalm bonnets. the g.i.'s nicknamed them tokyo calling cards. down no known original photographs of the attack scenes filmed later showed the super fortress bombers dropping their deadly no. more than $1600.00 tons of bombs were released over the city at low altitude japanese houses were mostly made of wood and paper and immediately went up in flames strong westerly winds fanned the flames into a firestorm 210-0000 people died during the attack and over 40 square kilometers of the city were destroyed it's still seen as the most destructive conventional air strike in history. void among demure pungently stigmatizing intention was to send

a clear message to all of the japanese that they were now in danger of clicks propaganda had been guns guns and the japanese war propaganda whipped up the will of japanese soldiers to go on fighting to their deaths. rootless this in towards. the fanatical determination of the japanese was once again evident on the smallest of japan's 5 main islands the us invasion of iraq you know i began on the 1st of april when 180000 troops moved into position around the island and began to land. at 1st they were met with little resistance but the defenders have retreated into the interior where they put up a frenzied fight. with. a vendor can are doing their job and when we think of the battle of okinawa there are a lot of civilians dug in the caves are made on every comma and not because

americans were used to deliver the message in japanese the message come out of the caves through surrender and there is no sense in killing yourselves or willing to die by flaming. ours are hand grenades reflection of our forefathers hung from. sleep. by no means everyone was ready to give up teaches plunged to their deaths from cliffs taking their peoples with them all to escape life under american occupation. it took months before okinawa was completely under u.s. control. on the 12th of april $945.00 u.s. president franklin d. roosevelt dies at the age of $63.00. throngs of americans turned out to watch his funeral procession pass through the streets of washington and bid farewell to their wartime leader vice president harry s. truman took over the reins in berlin the news caused a sensation here is the miracle i always predicted hitler reportedly shouted when

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this is g w news live from berlin tonight's as the coronavirus death toll talks 10000 unprecedented steps to save lives and to save livelihoods the u.k. government promising to guarantee most wages of people who are sent home and that's as prime minister boris johnson tells pubs and restaurants to close now and not to open again tomorrow as the virus infects more people here in europe doctors and nurses worry they won't be able to stay healthy will go to spain where concern is growing that the health care system will not be able to cope and in italy the

epicenter of the pandemic a near total walk down is not slowing the spread of divine. and here in germany the very leads federal states in closing down public live almost completely in the debate over whether the entire country should go into lockdown. i'm burnt off it's good to have you with us tonight the british government has ordered all pubs restaurants and gyms to close in an effort to fight the corona virus outbreak prime minister boris johnson says that venue should close as soon as possible and not reopen until further notice and says the measure is essential to slow the excel rating spread of the virus the closure also includes nightclub cinemas in theatres effectively closing down public life in the u.k.

for the foreseeable future. let's take a listen to what prime minister boris johnson had to say in his latest statement we need to push down further on that could of transmission between us and so following your agreement between all the 4 nations of the united kingdom over to vote the ministrations we are quick to be telling tele cafes pubs and restaurants to close tonight as soon as they reasonably can and not to open to more alright for more i'm joined by our correspondent to a lot of parts she is reporting from the streets of london live while she still can good evening to you. as we just heard johnson has announced further restrictions on social life in the country is a nationwide lockdown on the way. well

it just seemed quite inevitable now boris johnson has always insisted that he's doing the right measures at the right time and now the time has come to close all clubs and bars restaurants and see it says also schools and nurseries have closed that door for the foreseeable future today so this comes at a time where london this becoming the new hot spot off corona infections in the u.k. and the death toll is rising at an incredible speed here in the u.k. also at a much faster rate than in italy and we don't know how many people are indeed infected in the u.k. at this point because testing is only being done in the hospitals for very severe cases but as we know now the next step of measures have been taken and it will change life here in the streets of london quite a bit from tomorrow on words as you can see right now lots of people still out here

in the streets it's a stark difference to what you would see in berlin right now we know that in other parts of the world parenting is growing wonders how are they reacting well life has quieted down in the past couple of weeks here and today the mood was quite somber on the streets some people actually in a quite a panic mode you have to say i went to a couple of supermarkets in the morning and already at 10 am nearly all the shelves units were emptied no fresh milk for the day anymore and that early in the morning hours and i think that is what london us a most worried about at this point the food supply even though of course the government is insisting there will be enough for everybody and the other big story of london us is the national health system can it cope or not when the infections are on the rise and are people worried about losing their jobs sherlock's i mean are they worried about the economic impact of all of this. i mean the economic

impact on this city on london on the all of the u.k. is just tremendous just to give you an example the 6 big airports here in london have said in a joint statement that they might close their doors indefinitely in the next couple of weeks if the government can't help out with more money but lots of work because of course tonight concerned about where this salary is coming from the government though insists that on a huge economic package extraordinary measures s. and the and the rest of europe and they will pay up to 80 percent of those salaries it says all right you know use for a lot of parts joining us tonight from london show lots of thank you. fears are growing in spain that the health care system there will not be able to cope it's the worst affected european country after italy and medical staff are already struggling correspondent young philip schultz has this report. doctors and

other health care workers a sprained smile heroes that work has never been as crucial as it is now over time emergency measures and preparations for worst case scenarios the art of the day staff are too overwhelmed to speak to the media eventually we managed to reach a spanish doctor by telephone who was working across the body from. marietta oh i you and your colleagues feeling at the moment i think what 20 years. to the same people's lives to the lake that was better quality of life. or 2 or 3 weeks to live all the information all the really good measures i've just tried to walk my dog for drugs yes what can each of us do know either. she said. gently she.

said the things that were said so. i think. i got to take the measures. the association of spanish emergency physicians warns that thousands of lives of threatens the current lockdown measures aren't abates spain only has 5000 beds in intensive care units many health care institutions have been privatized in recent years but due to the current emergency they are now partially back under state control. every even a year to 8 o'clock sharp people not straight take to get the police to applaud then. it's a ritual they hope will get medical workers to do to help them get through these difficult things. or the european country worst hit by 1000 is italy more than

4000 people have now died from the virus there infections in the country have surged past 47000 in the northern region of lombardi's so many people have died in recent days that cemetery is now have no more room doctors and nurses across the country say they are at their limits. pricing against time to provide more intensive care beds with kevin ryan the newly built columbus covert teams unit is already taking patients and more dedicated hospitals on the way officials fear that die a situation in italy's north could soon start heading south on says de italy search pos china as the country with the most coronavirus did a milestone month with grim images of army trucks transporting coffins from the west it region of lombardy as the death toll mounts those trying to help the living a struggling to cut. every animal to deal where working in

a state of very high stress and tension psychological stress has gone through the roof unfortunately we can't contain the situation in mumbai adi there's a high level of contagion and we're not even counting the dead anymore. and the lockdown means patients are having to fight for their lives without emotional support his. greatest problem which is emerging these days i would say is that the patients can't be visited by their relatives and often die on their own. with italy's corona crisis exploding china has sent medical teams and equipment to help but the chinese red cross says the hard won advice is not being hated here in the city of milan which is in the hardest a region you don't have a very strict lockdown policy the public transport is still working and people are still moving around and you're still having dinners and parties and hotels and

you're not wearing masks but i got this i'm. italian streets empty but that's fear they'll soon be filled with more on the trucks carrying bodies. in the united states the state of new york has joined california in confining nearly all residents to their homes $60000000.00 people in total a drastic step designed to prevent a run of the hospitals like we have seen in italy of the rate of increase in the number of cases wrists overwhelming new york's hospital system that's what's the governor andrew cuomo said today as cases in the state climbed to more than 7000 and the death toll reached 38 here's part of what cuomo had to say earlier today. today we're bringing you to 100 percent of the workforce must stay home. these are non essential services essential services are to continue to function

grocery stores you need food pharmacies need drugs your internet has to continue to work the water has to turn on when you turn a faucet so there are essential services that will continue to function but 100 percent of the workforce and when i talk about the most drastic action we can take this is the most drastic action we can take these are unprecedented steps for more let's bring in our correspondent always under phenomena in washington good evening to you alexandra so the city that never sleeps how is it going to implement these drastic measures well these are really trusting can measure and governor cuomo made clear today that they are not optional they are not helpful hints they are mandatory at that means that there will be consequences for example if nonessential businesses decide it decides to open they can be fined or forced to close the other thing is when we talk about individuals governor cuomo

said today that the state doesn't plan to find individuals so that will be interesting how. are you going to respond that response if people on the street are not going to heed those recommendations those rules do we know how the people in new york how they're going to respond to their politicians ideas for for tackling the virus. well so what we do know is that the reason for governor cuomo to introduce those measure this is the fact that i think alice that they try it and he holds he's briefing every day has not worked so far and we see now the number itself confirmed cases going up at a breathtaking pace so we already are seeing that people are getting more and more

concerns and scared just look at the pictures from the times square that it does there are incidents but of course what we also are hearing from people not only in new york state but also across the country that they are also concerned about the future of. losing a child and losing their income so this is a reason for great concern for many here in the us you know i mean it's a big blow to a city of 8000000 like new york city how likely are other major u.s. cities to follow the lead of new york alexandra can you hear me it looks like we have lost our signal to alexander we apologize for that. our lives have a look now at some of the other koroma related developments around the world to the

world health organization has warned young people that they too are at risk from the virus the w.h.o. director general reminded them that quote you are not invincible the virus could put you in the hospital for weeks or even kill you the european commission is suspending its strict rules on deficits to allow governments to spend freely to confront the pandemic e.u. finance ministers are due to formally approve this unprecedented move next week and the british airline easyjet is grounding most flights beginning next tuesday the budget carrier would operate at a maximum 10 percent of capacity serving the airports in the u k. here in germany but varia is leading federal states in the country in tightening restrictions on people aim to curb the spread of the virus and unlike other european countries germany has refrained from imposing a total lockdown on the country but variant state premier marcus soda stopped short of using the term lockdown in his speech today take a listen. up for i dart it's right out from friday this friday beginning tonight at

midnight by phone an initial period of 2 weeks there will be general restrictions on movement into varia house guns be showing through and we're not closing the very year off so that we are shutting down public life in bavaria almost completely by amnon souffles shouldn't be shut into. it was the state premier there of bavaria here in germany the disease control center says the number of corona virus cases has jumped again there are now 13957 people with confirmed infections 31 people have died but varia is leading all of the states in germany in tightening restrictions on people in a bid to curb the spread of the virus unlike other european countries there is no national lockdown which we just told you but one city near the french border has gone ahead with stay at home orders and d.c. .