Title:SONDERBERICHT DER DEUTSCHEN WOCHENSCHAU [Main Title]
Film Number:GWY 716
Other titles:DEUTSCHE WOCHENSCHAU SPECIAL REPORT [Translation]
Summary: Special newsreel report on the German conquest of Yugoslavia.
Description: At dawn on 6 April Goebbels and Ribbentrop announce the news of Germany's declaration of war on Yugoslavia and Greece. Film shows the rapid advance of German forces attacking from Styria and Bulgaria across mountainous and later sodden terrain and their entry into the "old German town of Marburg" (greeted as liberators by the local Volksdeutsche who take over the security service from the Serbs), Nis (street-fighting after bombing), Uskub/Skopje (destroyed buildings and view of British Vice-Consulate) and Belgrade (aerial view of extensive bomb damage). Italian bombers attack enemy positions. Serbian defences are overcome after hard fighting and wrecked bridges repaired by pioneer troops. Wet weather creating muddy roads is as great an obstacle as the Yugoslav Army which includes Slovenians and Croatians who welcome the Germans as their liberators from Serbian domination. Isolated scenes show General Weichs, the capture of the Iron Gates, a Serb being searched for weapons, a captured Jewish officer and men of the 7th Panzer Division.
Alternative Title:DEUTSCHE WOCHENSCHAU SPECIAL REPORT [Translation]
