# THE ENEMY STRIKES

THE ENEMY STRIKES Produced: 1945 Description Documents the German counterattack in Belgium in Dec. 1944 (the Battle of the Bulge). Warns against complacence in the closing months of the war. Uses U.S. and German films to show the activities of the respective troops. Shows burning and wrecked U.S. equipment, dead and wounded soldiers, and U.S. soldiers and Belgian citizens massacred at Malmedy. Explains the costliness in men and materiel of such counter offensives. Emphasizes Germany's willingness to sacrifice everything to stave off defeat. Gen. Eisenhower talks with soldiers. Concludes with a Treasury Department trailer urging the purchase of war bonds. https://catalog.archives.gov/id/35885

- Kind: Educational
- Year: 1945
- By: National Archives
- Genres: Education
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/111-m-1130-50mbps)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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