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German Anti-Aircraft Batteries firing at Allied forces aircraft at the Battle of Dunkirk during WW2
German anti-aircraft batteries firing at enemy aircraft, shooting down many Allied forces aircraft around Dunkirk and the English Channel in the Battle of Dunkirk during World War II. A parachuting British soldier. German soldier in anti-aircraft battery fires at an aircraft. Anti-aircraft gun turrets firing, shooting down a fighter. A British Supermarine Spitfire fighter descends and crash-lands in the English Channel.
U.S. officer explains Successful German invasion of France ending with Allies trapped at Dunkirk in World war II
With the help of an animated wall-size map, an American Army Lieutenant Colonel intelligence officer explains details of the German successful breakthough to France during May, 1940, in World War 2. The map depicts the opposing German and Allied lines after the German advances through Belgium and the low countries, and the officer shows their surprise assault through the Ardennes, across the Meuse River and into France, where they shattered the French 9th Army. The map is animated and illustrates as the Officer narrates the events, which end with the successful advance across France to the port of Abbeville, on the Somme River. The subsequent German operations forced British and French forces into an untenable position backed to the English Channel at Dunkirk, France.
President Franklin Roosevelt denounces Italy's entry into the war as Germany invades France; German operations in South America
June 10, 1940, American man, in San Francisco barbershop, reads newspaper report that Italy enters World War 2 as part of Axis and against France and Britain. Barber cuts the mans hair. They both look over at a portable radio on a counter and listen as President Roosevelt denounces Italy's action. American family with a husband, wife, and boy sit in a living room and listen to the radio while William L. Shirer broadcasts from Compiègne as France signs an armistice with Hitler. Views of railroad carriage in clearing surrounded by German troops in formation. Hitler strides with Hermann Goering, Admiral Erich Raeder, and others. Statue of Marshal Foch. French General Huntzinger, and his delegation escorted by German officers. Hitler and his delegation rise as the French delegation enters the rail car. Germans drape Nazi flag over the Glade of the Armistice monument (French: Clairière de l'Armistice). View of the Eiffel Tower. German troops marching through the Arc de Triomphe on the Champs Elysee in Paris. Hitler's railroad train entering Paris station. Hitler taking an early morning tour of Paris in an open car. Hitler and party admiring the Eiffel Tower during German invasion of France and occupation of France. View from Eiffel Tower of German troops marching along street. German rail guns in new positions on coast of France, pointed toward the English Channel and England. The German rail guns moving on tracks and firing. Animated map showing Allies overseas possessions. German residents in Brazil in largely German communities, with German schools, German school children, Nazi textbooks, and Nazi German newspapers in a town in Brazil. A Hermann Goering glider club operating in Brazil, as a glider is prepared for flight. View of Japanese residents in Brazil on behalf of Imperial Japan. SEDTA German airline planes with bomb racks operating in Ecuador, South America. Germans exercising at exclusive German clubs in Argentina, modeled after Hitler Youth. Narrator indicates these operations represented a "Fifth Column" ready to take over.
England and France declare war on Germany; German troops conquer Denmark and Norway during World War II
World War 2. Britain (United Kingdom) and France declare war on Germany. German infantry carrying Panzerschreck antitank weapons. British troops mobilizing for war. Sign reads "A Call to Arms." Groups of new recruit British soldiers marching in large columns, including soldiers from Great Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa. British Queen Elizabeth class battleship with other warships. Animated map showing units of British fleet blockading Germany at Suez, Malta, Gibralter, the English Channel,and the North Sea. Adolf Hitler and German General staff make war plans. Animated map shows European countries around Germany. Ice skaters near Windmills in Holland. Farmers harvest grain. Bicyclists in Netherlands. Radio towers broadcast Nazi propaganda. Joseph Goebbels. Hitler denying intent to harm other countries. German military planners identify Norway as a target. Map shows German U-boats using Norwegian fjords. Map shows British fleet at Scapa Flow, and blockading ships in range from Norway. April 9, 1940, German army enters Copenhagen as Danes watch. German freighters in Norwegian ports smuggle troops and war materiel. German warships proceeding up Norwegian fjords, carrying troops and equipment. German Ju-87 and Ju-88 bombers and Me 109 aircraft in flight. Ju-88 over treetops. Junkers Ju-52 trimotor aircraft carrying German soldiers. Quislings seize power in Norway. View of Vidkun Quisling. Nazi posting up rules for citizen residents of Oslo Norway.
German Luftwaffe bombers drop bombs over Le Havre at night during the Battle of France, World War II.
German invasion of France during the Battle of France in World War II. A fleet of German Luftwaffe aircraft in flight over Le Havre. German bombers drop bombs over the city at night. Nazi pilots in the aircraft. The aircraft drop bombs. Views from cockpit or gun cameras as German aircraft dive toward targets in Le Havre. Explosions on the ground. Burning targets. German aircraft bomb English transport ships in the English Channel off the coast of Le Havre. Explosions in the water. he German fleet in flight. Explosions due to the bombardment.
German Generals plan and execute attack west toward France, penetrating the Maginot line in World War II
Film opens with animated map showing plan to attack to the west against France, employing Heeresgruppe A, commanded by Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt. View of Marshal von Rundstedt in a planning session with staff officers. The animated map shows other German forces in the Westward offensive, including armies under Field Marshals Günther von Kluge; Wilhelm List; and Ernst Busch. It depicts the French defensive Maginot line and the concentration of German forces, under Marshals Von Kluge and List, to pass through it and drive to the coast of the English Channel, cutting off attacking English and French attacking armies. Views of German troops advancing westward. They follow a tank firing rounds. Others are seen carrying large boats to cross rivers and some unloading timbers and other items to repair bridges as they proceed under fire with shells bursting all around. A Panzer I (Panzerkampfwagen I Ausf. A) advances and German infantry gather explosives from rubber boats. Infantry follow a Panzer I tank firing its guns as it moves across a field. German infantry paddle across a river in rubber boats. They uncoil and lay long wires along the ground. Other use prefabricated timbers to cover a pontoon bridge, or barge. . German utility vehicles drive along a shallow river bed. Large numbers of German soldiers along with horses, cross a river in boats and barges. A Panzer I tank drives onto a pontoon barge. German soldiers and a civilian ride atop a Panzer I tank. Scene shifts to Field Marshal Günther von Kluge strolling victoriously to a German headquarters in France, where he exchanges greetings with other officers. Remaining scenes focus on the ordinary German soldiers.They are seen preparing meals; napping; tending to horses; dealing with their equipment and armor, including a Half Track Personnel Carrier (Hanomag Sdkfz 251/1). Brief glimpse of German officers in planning session outdoors.
