WWII’s End in Germany: As Seen by U.S. Army Cameramen

SLICE History

“Crossing the Roer was no piece of cake. Rest was snatched in a period of minutes, not hours. Fatigue and trench food made every step of that operation tough as hell. We looked more haggard than the Nazis we captured.” (Samuel Fuller) "When American troops started their final invasion of Nazi Germany in mid-February 1945, U.S.-Army cameramen were at their side. They filmed many hours of incredible war footage on 35-mm celluloid. More than a thousand reels have been preserved in American archives; many of them have not been touched in decades. They are for World War II what we have seen so far only from the wars in Vietnam and most recently in Iraq. Embedded with the troops, the cameramen covered many stories of victory and defeat, death and liberation. Faces of despair and joy, scenes of war and peace, meticulously filmed by masters of the profession. Stories on the road from the Bulge over the Remagen Bridge to the Eagle’s Nest. 12 weeks of fighting in Germany until the ultimate collapse of the Third Reich. "Writer and director Michael Kloft has screened all the footage and selected the most striking scenes for his two-part documentary. He and his team researched the stories attached and found amazing war diaries, moving letters and eyewitness accounts that describe what happened. He will put together a chronicle of the last days of a war that cost 55 million lives and ended 60 years ago."

How the Allies Captured Nazi Germany - Rare Footage & Final Days Revealed

"In this compelling documentary, we follow George Stevens and his US Army film crew as they document the collapse of the Third Reich, the liberation of concentration camps, and the emotional meeting of American and Soviet forces at the Elbe River. Experience rare 16mm color footage of captured German aircraft, the devastation in towns like Leipzig and Wiesbaden, and the human stories of both victors and vanquished. Through diary entries, military reports, and eyewitness accounts, this video brings to life the desperation, chaos, and fleeting hopes that marked the end of Nazi rule.

"Discover the untold stories of German POWs, the harrowing conditions in makeshift camps like Remagen’s Golden Mile, and the shattered lives of children and civilians amidst ruins. Witness the liberation of camps such as Mittelbau-Dora and Buchenwald, and see how ordinary Germans confronted the horrors they once ignored. The video culminates with the symbolic link-up at Torgau, where East met West, sealing the fate of Nazi Germany and launching a new era in world politics."

A Time Of Choosing For America’s Moderates And Liberals

"These self-styled moderates and liberals can no longer afford the luxury of Trump Derangement Syndrome if they want to prevent a full-blown Marxist America."

Steve McCann   

"The current demeaning and demonizing of America’s wealthy elites and threats to confiscate their wealth and undermine their societal status will be expanded to include virtually the entire cadre of moderates and liberals who do not swear allegiance to the party."

"The 2026 mid-term and the 2028 presidential elections may well decide the fate not only of the United States but of those who self-identify as left-of-center moderates and liberals and who also make up the bulk of America’s current ruling class.

"Blinded by their Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS), far too many within this myopic but significant segment of the electorate still foolishly suppose that there remain various alternative political entities that encompass their “centrist” views, such as the Democrat and Republican parties of twenty years ago. But it isn’t true. At this point in our nation’s history, virtually all the alternatives that existed a few years ago are gone.

"Self-identified moderates and liberals will have to choose between two alternatives: either they will continue to myopically ally themselves with the American Marxist movement, as personified by the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), who are unabashed disciples of Marxism, and abet them in bringing democracy in America to an end. Or they will abandon their juvenile addiction to TDS and “wokeism” and assemble a pro-democracy alliance with conservatives and the America First movement.

"There are no other choices, as there is neither the time nor the national infrastructure to create a major third-party alternative to the Democrat party, a party on the cusp of being permanently captured by the American Marxist movement.

"Over the past four decades, the majority of America’s self-identified moderates and liberals have gradually aligned with these collectivists due to a few similarities in political philosophy. However, in 2015, that arms-length relationship evolved into a full-blown open alliance solely based on an unbridled and mutual hatred of Donald Trump.

"Thanks to their inability to think independently and their acceptance of so many ludicrous concepts over the years, the old-time Democrat party moderates gullibly believed that when Trump was no longer in office or the face of a movement, the United States would be able to return to their version of “normal,” at which point the Marxist movement would again fade into the background of the American political spectrum.

"But that is not going to happen. The Democratic Socialists and their collectivist allies, whose sole reason for being is to stealthily transform the nation into a Marxist/socialist “paradise,” will not allow that fantasy scenario to play out, as they now have in hand the means that would allow a relatively small cadre of radical revolutionaries to take over the United States." . . .More

The Media War on Israel

 The American Spectator  

"The problem is, we are being fed these allegations from a source that has repeatedly told us lies in the past. If the New York Times wants to be a voice for the Palestinian people or for victims of sexual violence, it has already done them a grave injustice through its untrustworthy reputation."

"The New York Times’ coverage of Israel’s wars has established a new precedent in journalistic integrity: publish stories as soon as possible, let them go viral, then discreetly apologize when the stories prove to be false. 

"Take, for example, the explosion at the Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City on Oct. 16, 2023. Palestinian authorities blamed the explosion on Israeli air strikes, and the Hamas-run Palestinian Ministry of Health reported 500 people dead. The following day, the New York Times posted “At least 500 people were killed by an Israeli airstrike at a Gaza hospital, the Palestinian Health Ministry said.” Other outlets followed suit. “Hundreds feared dead or injured in Israeli air strike on hospital in Gaza, Palestinian officials say,” reported the BBC.

"After a thorough investigation, the hospital explosion was confirmed to be caused by an Islamic Jihad rocket that misfired in a barrage intended for the civilian populations of southern Israel. But by the time the facts came out, the narrative had already been set. 

"But there’s more. In July 2025, the New York Times published a photo of an emaciated toddler on its front page as proof of an Israeli-facilitated famine in Gaza. As it turned out, the boy suffered from a preexisting genetic disease unrelated to the war. The Times did issue a correction, but it was published on its public relations X account, seen by less than 100,000 viewers, and not on its website or main account, followed by over 55 million users. Over the past two years, I’ve also reported on how widely circulating claims of genocide and famine in Gaza have been fabricated by biased NGOs, politicians, and media outlets as part of a campaign to slander Israel.  

"News, therefore, is not being reported; it’s being shaped and fabricated through biased narratives, and the consequences are dangerous.

"The most recent jab at Israel is Nicholas Kristof’s opinion piece published in the New York Times on May 13. Kristof unveiled alleged horrific sexual abuses committed against Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons. This followed a similar report from Faisal Ali at the Guardian a year earlier on alleged sexual abuses of Palestinian detainees. 

"Kristof’s piece was hard to read, filled with emotionally driven accounts from sexual abuse victims. It claimed that there is a pattern of widespread sexual violence against detained Palestinians by the Israeli military, intelligence agencies, Jewish settlers in the West Bank, prison guards, and specially trained rape dogs. But even in the most cringeworthy moments, I recalled reading uncomfortable pieces from the Times before, only to find out days or weeks later that the content had been recalled or debunked." . . .  More...

Stephen Colbert helped ruin late-night comedy | Opinion

 USA Today

"Ultimately, Colbert’s departure is no loss for American culture. To borrow an expression from sports, this is a case of addition by subtraction. The nation needs unifying voices more than it needs more polarization in comedy shows."

"Picture two multimillionaires, supposedly grown men, blurting out vulgarities and throwing somebody else’s furniture off the top of a building in a major city. This might be cause for intervention from the police or perhaps counseling services. Instead, this was part of a going-away stunt by ousted CBS late-night host Stephen Colbert, along with his predecessor, David Letterman.

"Colbert used to be a successful comic, but over time his attitude, ratings and career all spiraled downward, largely because of his political anger.

"Colbert’s run on CBS ended on May 21. He spent much of his waning airtime berating his employer, congratulating himself and bringing on high-profile guests to flatter him. Those guests included former President Barack Obama and comedy hosts from rival networks, who spent much of their time psychoanalyzing their preferred target: President Donald Trump.

"CBS announced last summer that Colbert’s show was getting canned. CBS attributed the cancellation to a financial decision. Various media outlets reported that Colbert’s show was very expensive to produce and losing upwards of $40 million per year. The host raked in a reported salary of $15 million annually. The cost-cutting was plausibly linked to CBS’ parent company Paramount’s merger with Skydance Media. It’s also worth noting that CBS’ Colbert cancellation came just days after he gave a blistering on-air critique of his network’s decision to settle a lawsuit with Trump that stemmed from reporting by “60 Minutes.” . . . More...

Calls for Jimmy Kimmel to get 'canceled' spike online after he urged viewers to stop watching CBS over Stephen Colbert

UPDATE: David Letterman Sowed the Seeds of Late-Night Television's Demise

. . . What those on the left aren't talking about is the [Colbert] program's bloated production costs and the fact that Colbert made a conscious decision to tell half of the country to go you-know-what ourselves. Well, nobody on the left had been discussing the latter. Earlier this week, Variety — Hollywood's news organization of record — had a dimly lit lightbulb moment:" . . .

. . . "Near the end of his run on The Late Show, Letterman wandered more and more into partisan grumpy old man stuff. Nobody on our side of the aisle ever thought he was conservative, but he also wasn't making it a point to offend us. That changed in the last couple of years before he left late-night television. He began giving the implied finger to half of his potential audience. Conservatives on social media were a combination of disappointed and angry because so many of us had been fans of his work up until then.

"I can't help but believe that Letterman's embrace of leftist partisan vitriol emboldened Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel when they made the choice to be emotional political advocates rather than humorous talk show hosts. Kimmel's weepy breakdown after President Trump was elected again in 2024 remains perhaps the most pathetic spectacle in the history of late-night TV." . . . 

I remember Letterman's line, "Republicans; we got nothin'."