1945 Tschechoslovakia: Surrendering armed German Troops

[Keunert]

An incredible movie, showing fully equipped German driving on trucks and halftracks, partially still armed, driving into captivity:

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[Barthheart]

WOW! That is some amazing film.... not sure why it would be blocked in the US....  ???

[Gusington]

Blocked because of copyright.

[Keunert]

here's footage from the same source, lower quality. maybe this works:

[Gusington]

Thanks, that one does work...interesting footage.

[bob48]

Very interesting. Thanks for posting that.

[ComradeP]

Interesting footage indeed.

I wonder if the Americans gave them fuel. I also wonder whether the civilians riding with the Germans were scared of the Soviets, scared of the Czechs (possibly Sudeten Germans?) or were German civilians working for the Wehrmacht.

[bob48]

^I notice that many of the civilians seem to be young ladies.......

[ComradeP]

Yes, the war bride option was also in the back of my mind, but in that case they'd be in category 1 and 2.

[bob48]

Well, I'm all for saving young ladies in distress. ;)

[ComradeP]

And using time machines to do so, you can rescue them from old people's homes by now.

[ArizonaTank]

I noticed a handful of these guys waving and smiling for the camera.  They were probably pretty ready to get on with the "peace" by this point.

[WallysWorld]

Very interesting to watch. Thanks for posting!