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Admiral Raeder inspects coastal guns, Blitzkrieg damage in London, and naval warfare during World War II.

German Kriegsmarine Grand Admiral Erich Raeder inspects coastal artillery units along the English Channel. He arrives and is greeted by German Naval officers. They study maps on a table. He inspects the guns. Bomb damaged London after the Blitzkrieg (sustained bombing of Britain). Londoners survey the blitz damage and clear rubble from their streets. Civilians among the city ruins. Buildings are demolished. A warning sign at the demolition site. Construction of German airfields in France. The workers use machines, wheel barrows, spades and other equipment. German warships and sunken British ships in a Norwegian fjord. British aircraft attack German ships. They are driven off by German fighter aircraft and antiaircraft fire from ships.

Location: Western Front

Date: 1940

Duration: 5 min 4 sec

Sound: Yes

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: German

British troops parade in England while Adolf Hitler is greeted by thousands as he rides through Vienna.

The first phase of German assault on France and the Low Countries during World War II. Vehicles move on an autobahn (freeway). British troops parade and drill. British recruits join up. German Fuhrer Adolf Hitler reviews German troops. War materiel rolls from a German factory. Hitler rides through Vienna and across the Czechoslovakian border. Throngs of people gathered on the streets greet him and give the Nazi salute. Hitler in his car as it makes its way across the border. Soldiers give the Nazi salute.

Location: Western Front European Theater

Date: 1940

Duration: 1 min 33 sec

Sound: Yes

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: German

British officials meet in England as Adolf Hitler prepares his troops in Germany during World War II.

The first phase of German assault on France and the Low Countries during World War II. Animated maps illustrate Czechoslovakia and Poland's aggressions against Germany, and the East Prussian Corridor. German refugees flee Polish oppression. German troops and tanks parade. England: UK Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain addresses a gathering. Britain's Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax (Edward Fredrick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax), Winston Churchill, Leon Blum, and other officials. Germany: Hitler arrives at the Reichstag in Berlin. He addresses the Nazi officers and officials. A sign for the custom border district at Kreis. Bullet ridden walls and bomb damaged buildings. German troops load and fire artillery. Panzer units invade Poland. Hitler looks through an artillery periscope. Black smoke rises due to numerous explosions.

Location: Western Front European Theater

Date: 1940

Duration: 2 min 46 sec

Sound: Yes

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: German

German Naval and Airborne attacks during the Norwegian Campaign of World War II.

The first phase of German assault on France and the Low Countries during World War II. Animated maps illustrate the East Prussian Corridor. Nazi swastika flags on a building in Germany. German railroads transport war material. Newspaper headlines proclaim war. Animated maps of Norway depict German aggression during the Norwegian Campaign in 1940. German naval units cruise off Norway. German sailors and troops aboard the ships and submarines German paratroopers land in Norway. German aircraft fly over Norwegian mountains. German troops in the fields. Soldiers look through binoculars. German guards outside the Reichstag in Berlin. German Fuhrer Adolf Hitler emerges onto a balcony and salutes the Berlin crowds.

Location: Western Front European Theater

Date: 1940

Duration: 1 min 51 sec

Sound: Yes

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: German

The Battle of Netherlands and the invasion of Belgium by the Germans during World War II.

The first phase of German assault on France and the Low Countries during World War II. An animated map depicts the German campaign to capture Liege (Luttich) and Fort Eben-Amael in Belgium. German troops invade Holland. Soldiers in trucks. Germans cross the Meuse (Maas) in boats. A collapsed bridge over the river. They cycle through a village. Soldiers drag a boat on the road. The Germans capture Fort Eben-Amael using flamethrowers. Soldiers fire guns during street fights. A soldier wades through shallow water while others cross a field amidst explosions. Bomb explosions and bomb damaged buildings. Soldiers take cover in a field. German troops cross the Albert Canal in Belgium. Troops in boats make their way across. They advance with tanks. Soldiers dig fox holes and eat. Soldiers man tanks and fire artillery. German aircraft bomb Allied positions. Bomb damaged buildings and ruins. Black smoke arises due to explosions. German soldiers march Belgian and Dutch prisoners of war on a street.

Location: Western Front European Theater

Date: 1940

Duration: 4 min 8 sec

Sound: Yes

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: German

English and French Armies move towards the Ruhr Area to meet the German advance during World War II.

The first phase of German assault on France and the Low Countries during World War II. The main part of the campaign beginning 10 May 1940. Massed German troops lined up in Berlin. Hundreds of young soldiers in uniform. Close-ups of some soldiers' faces. An animated map depicts the movement of the English and French Armies across the French city of Lille towards the Ruhr Area in Germany. Allied vehicles move to meet the German advance. British, French, Belgian, Dutch, and colonial troops move to the front in railway cars, trucks, and on foot. Allied soldiers on motorbikes on a street. Soldiers stand guard at a check post. Tanks, military trucks and motorbikes cross the check post. The convoy moves along. Troops in a train. Tanks on the streets. Soldiers on tanks. Hundreds of soldiers march ahead. Soldiers man artillery and guns. Soldiers use detonators to set off explosions.

Location: Western Front European Theater

Date: 1940, May 10

Duration: 4 min 9 sec

Sound: Yes

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: German

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