Kampfgruppe Hansen Poteau 1944 ➤ FullHD

Ранним утром 18 декабря 1944 года между деревнями Poteau и Recht в Бельгии в засаду немецкой боевой группы Хансена (Kampfgruppe Hansen) попала американская 14th Cavalry Group и была полностью уничтожена. December 18th 1944. Men of Kampfgruppe Max Hansen, part of SS Pz Gren Rgt 2 advance towards Poteau road junction past burning half tracks and Jeeps of US 14th Cavalry group. One man is armed with a Stg44 assault rifle. Cut to squad leader signals advance, in the “wrong direction“. Away from the Poteau junction and back along the road to Recht. Cut to smoke covered road way. Germans attempt to start a captured jeep in field. It faces towards right, away from the front lines. An M8 armoured car burns. PK photographer and officer walk past camera, towards the right. Cuts to Pz Grenadiers walk away from camera towards the Poteau junction. Smoke covers the road. A Jagspanzer IV/70 comes into view and enters the field after the grenadiers have passed. Cut to grenadiers as they walk along the edge of the roadside ditch, past a burning jeep. Cuts to grenadier crawling under barbed wire fence at roadside, first man, with bandaged hand gets caught on the wire by his greatcoat! Second shot of grenadiers running away from camera in direction of Poteau through the smoke of the burning US vehicles. PK photographer moves into frame before. Cuts to Panzergrenadiers moving towards the cameraman past the vehicles. Half tracks and jeeps loaded with personal equipment baggage. Further shots of the burning vehicles. Filmed looking in the direction of Recht (this is the direction the US convoy was heading when it was attacked). Location: Poteau Belgium. Date: December 18, 1944.