June 5th, 1944: Hawker Typhoons taking off from an aerodrome in England. AIR TO AIR shots of squadron of Typhoons airborne over France, strafing hedges, bombs exploding. German troops running with machine gun, burning tanks, 25CWT guns firing on land, burning vehicles as allied troops have established a bridgehead. German prisoners of war being escorted. Allied tanks moving past wrecked vehicles of the German army. AERIAL SHOT over part of Cologne and ruins from allied raids. Shots of wrecked German vehicles, bodies of soldiers on roadside.