German invasion of Poland during World War II. A German warship fires at the Westerplatte Fort in Danzig. Naval guns aboard the ship fire at the fort. A column of smoke rises from the fort. A German naval officer looks through binoculars as firing and bombardment continues.
Square overlooking Danzig Town Hall (Długa 46, 80-831 Gdańsk, Poland) are filled with flags and banners of Nazi Germany during World War 2. A crowd watches a Nazi marching band in the square. German 60th Infantry Division (60th Panzergrenadier Division Feldherrnhalle) marches in the streets of Danzig holding their banner. The Nazi Wehrmacht infantry marches past the front of Danzig ( Gdansk ) Główny Central Train Station (Podwale Grodzkie 2, 80-895 Gdańsk, Poland). Rows of German soldiers neatly lined up as Zug (platoon) marches into place. Soldiers execute the Inspector Arms formation, showing their rifles. Saluting SS officials in Danzig. German soldiers standing in formation. SS generals walking by soldiers as they do the Nazi salute. A group of German soldiers standing with a Nazi banner displaying the words “Feldherrnhalle”, “Deutschland” and “Erwache” (“Feldherrnhalle. Germany Wake up”). Danzig town square filled with Nazi banners and Feldhernnhalle Wehrmacht soldiers standing in formation. “Feldherrnhalle” banner on display. Feldhernnhalle soldiers marching. General performing the Nazi salute. Feldhernnhalle soldiers marching in the Long Lane (Ulica Długa in Polish, Langgasse in German) leading to the Danzig Town Hall.
Germany invades Poland. Railway track by the port of Danzig with a German Battleship in the background. The battleship fires at the coastal areas. Explosions with smoke rising at the Port. Officer looks through binoculars. German sailors load and fire artillery. Polish soldiers show peace flags and surrender to the Germans. A German officer offers cigarettes to Polish soldiers. 'Marynarka' written on Polish soldier's cap.
German Chancellor, Adolf Hitler, visits Gdansk (Danzig), Poland during German occupation in World War II. Nazi flag flies from Neptune's Fountain of the Long Market. Hitler rides in a car along a street and waves to the crowd. Crowd cheers him.
Flashbacks of Nazi activities during World War II presented during Nuremberg Trials. Chief prosecutor from Great Britain, Hartley Shawcross, presents Count No 2, Crimes Against Peace, meaning wars of aggression in violation of international treaties and agreements. Lieutenant Colonel Schumt relates Adolf Hitler's plans to occupy Poland. View of a truck and uniformed Germans marching and agitating in Poland to advocate annexation by Germany (under Albert Forster). On August 23, 1939, Joseph Stalin and Joachim von Ribbentrop sign Russian-German non-aggression pact. Flashback view of convoy of German tanks moving near farm fields toward Poland. View of Pope Pius XII and then Franklin Delano Roosevelt appealling to Germany not to attack Poland or other sovereign nations. Raucous laughter in Reichstag as Hitler addresses German leaders and describes the appeal by Roosevelt. September 1, 1939, scenes of German troops invading Poland as Luftwaffe begins mass bombing raid. Artillery guns fire, troops in jeeps, personnel carriers, and motorcycles stream into Poland. Aerial view of Luftwaffe aircraft in formation approaching Poland and bombing Polish cities. Bombs away view as bombs fall from aircraft to ground and explosions and smoke seen on ground in Poland. City buildings in Poland seen in flames and crumbling to the ground. Line of German Wehrmacht Army forces marching on roadways into invaded territory. German Army seen invading Denmark on April 9, 1940. German sailors aboard fast moving German ship. German army soldiers aiming machine guns. Camera view of German tank as tank gun is lowered directly toward camera. German forces occupy a North Sea dock area of coastal Denmark, German tanks and vehicles drive on streets and sidewalks in Denmark as Danish citizens run and leap out of the way. Danish citizens stand quietly along sides of a road as German Army marches into a city of Denmark.
German invasion of Poland during World War II. Civilians run to save themselves as an air raid siren is sounded in Warsaw. An empty street car on a road. People in a corridor. After effects of bombing depicts damage caused to buildings. Debris and wreckage spread across an area. Wrecked German aircraft. A damaged building of a children's sanatorium. Blood stains on the floor. Dead Polish children.