American & German Prisoners Exchange At St Nazaire (1944)

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American & German Prisoners Exchange At St Nazaire (1944) | British Pathé

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This archive footage from World War II shows the exchange of American and German prisoners in St. Nazaire, France during a cease fire between allied and axis forces.
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(FILM ID:1950.06)
Cataloguer's note: This item is quite confusing. A hand over of soldiers obviously takes place between Americans and Germans.
Unused / unissued material - dates and locations unclear or unknown.
Prisoners of exchange at Nazaire.
M/S of group of soldiers smiling. Some soldier are helped into t back of van by Red Cross men. M/S of small flag on arch of car wheel with German eagle and swastika symbol on it. Various shots of soldiers matching along country roads (appear to be American) M/Ss of German soldiers talking. Shots of Prisoners of war standing in line (German ?). M/Ss of a handful of German soldier meeting American soldiers on road. L/S of Red Cross van being driven along road. It stops and back doors are opened. A wounded soldier is carried out on a stretcher. Shots of soldiers marching. Various shots of soldier (American?) shaking hands with colleagues and laughing. Good shots of senior looking German officers talking to exchanged former prisoners of war. American soldiers can be seen nearby.
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@nebras__ 2 жыл бұрын

I wish if these had voices for the US and Germans who were there. It would be much better. Still grateful to see these men .. It's weird to think that all of them are probably dead.

@vivians9392 Жыл бұрын

Hope they all lived long, happy lives!

@bayknight20 2 жыл бұрын

One does not hear too much about prisoner exchanges before the war ended

@ivangicevich3743 Жыл бұрын

It was quite rare. The fact is that after a month-long siege of the Brest Fortress, where the Americans lost more than 10,000 irretrievable people, it was decided not to storm the well-defended remaining fortresses. In particular, St Nazaire capitulated only on May 8, 1945.

@hoodoo2001 2 жыл бұрын

No biggee here. The Germans withdrew into pockets of resistance in several French ports and the Americans did not consider it worth the cost of taking the fortifications and diversion of troops and resources to subdue these areas and allowed the Germans to keep them. As a result they had their own little war unrelated to the rest of the war and relations were more traditional between the opposing forces allowing for some prisoner exchanges of convenience, nothing massive. The allies would have liked the ports but they were not considered essential due to their westerly position so they were just sealed off. St. Nazaire, the site of the famous raid earlier in the war against the giant lock, "held out" until May 1945.

@geezer375 9 жыл бұрын

Mainly for wounded. IE, soldiers who wouldnt be able to participate in any further fighting.

@HTN3 2 жыл бұрын

Hard to believe the Germans were happy about being repatriated. As all it meant for them was to return to the meat grinder that 12-months later led to the unconditional surrender and collapse of Germany.

@Ah01 2 жыл бұрын

At this stage st nazaire was one of the left behind german resistance pockets. So, the soldiers did not end up to the 1945 meatgrinder in germany, but lead a relatively quiet and eventless winter 44-45 under siege. Some of these pockets were actually last German troops to surrender in may 45. The allied "let them rot" (as Churchill put it) after suffering substantial losses in taking of the festung Brest.

@vivians9392 Жыл бұрын

But, at least they were home!

@JMark-zk5pj 9 жыл бұрын

Post July 20th, 1944 by the party salute given by the Heer.

@kalathesergal1754 Жыл бұрын

Pretty surreal to see germans and americans salut each other in he countrys way. im happy for both sides and i am glad that my grandpa got freed too. He told me that the americans didnt threatet them all to bad its not pleasant but it wasnt horrible. He met american prisoneers too and bot shook hands and wished good luck. War is hell but those people fighting in it still have humanity in them, no body is the good one and no one is the bad one

@tedmccarron Жыл бұрын

If I were a German POW I'd rather stay a prisoner under the good treatment of the Americans than be released to that small coastal town that was hundreds of miles from the main Western Front and completely surrounded by the allies who could shell, bombard and shoot at you in the small pocket 24/7.

@ivangicevich3743 Жыл бұрын

but you not german

@tedmccarron Жыл бұрын

@@ivangicevich3743 so what's your point?

@jennifermcclain4478 Жыл бұрын

What a shame there's no audio to these old flicks.

@mridza1193 9 жыл бұрын

mightbe so grateful for both sides...survived the killings..

@mridza1193 8 жыл бұрын

America was a quite favorable place for Germans POW..we're amongst so many believed on that..you 'Yankee' had done a good job for this..

@klausrain111 2 жыл бұрын

Just an unbelievably cool video! The happy smiles on their faces almost brought tears to my eyes! Can't imagine how happy I'd feel to be going back to the US!

@Alacrity23688 11 ай бұрын

Good news, you are going to be exchanged soon! In less than one month you could already be back in the line for another chance of being kia

@knowwhouare 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing footage!

@flrpitflrp1965 2 жыл бұрын

Oh I wish their was sound

@Wotsitorlabart 2 жыл бұрын

Looks like some British troops in with the Americans and an RAF chappy.

@wellbokassoff1756 2 жыл бұрын

just wondering anybody took part in, talked about this prisoner exchange?

@vincentadams9569 2 жыл бұрын

Didn’t the description say this Film could be a FUGGAZI???

@tommiterava5955 9 ай бұрын

America: bad uniforms but good army. Germany: good uniforms but bad army.

@shannonVwalker 5 ай бұрын

The Germans were still brave and good fighters. I'm an American girl growing up watching WW2 documentaries on in Europe. Glad we're allies now. 🇺🇸 🕊🇩🇪

@JorgeLuiz-qd6ry Жыл бұрын

Read the book " Germany 1945" , Richard Bessel, to find out more !

@matrox 7 ай бұрын

02:30 WTF? American dude giving the heil hitler salute?

@Xamsims Ай бұрын

Rather stay in a Western POW camp than go back and get mobilized again to the Eastern Front.

@fernandoalves67 6 жыл бұрын

Linda Alemanha.

@vincentadams9569 2 жыл бұрын

I just spotted 1 Supposed GI in 2 separate exchanges??

@user-bo8iy1zj7i 2 жыл бұрын

Добежали немцы до американцев сейчас их пожалеют садистов..

@kevinflaherty7592 Жыл бұрын

Were the american prisoners put back in action or were they given a choice to go home or continue to fight?

@christophercolumbus8944 Жыл бұрын

LXXXVIII

@AngeLChrisT13 Жыл бұрын

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