The Fighting First

IMDb link: 30768180
IMDb rating: 6.4 (11 votes) Search
Genres: War, Short, History, Documentary

Release year: 1946
Runtime: 12 minutes
Country: United States
Keywords: allied occupation of germany, allied invasion of sicily, archive footage, battle of hurtgen forest, battle of the bulge, bridge at remagen, d day invasion, first infantry division, reference to ernie pyle, slogan

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A history of the U.S. Army's First Infantry Division, known as "The Fighting First" and also as "The Big Red One" for the soldiers' distinctive shoulder patch.

A history of the U.S. Army's First Infantry Division, focusing on its service in the European Theater of Operations in the Second World War. The 1st participated in 8 campaigns and 3 amphibious landings during WW2. The 1st was in North Africa, in Sicily, and on Omaha Beach during D-Day. It drove across France and into Belgium, and fought in Hurtgen Forest and in the Battle of the Bulge. Crossing the Rhine at the Remagen bridge, it pushed through Germany into Czechoslovakia at the war's end. After hostilities ceased, members of the First Infantry Division served as occupation troops in the former Nazi Germany.

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