The Germans sign unconditional surrender in Berlin, Germany on May 8, 1945 during World War II, signing a document similar to the one signed at Reims the day before. People gathered outside a German Army Engineering School. Soviet General Georgi Zhukov and British Air Chief Marshal Arthur Tedder at a desk as they represent the Allies. Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel and other officers representing Germany arrive. Keitel puts his signature on the document of unconditional surrender. Zhukov and Tedder also put their signatures as they take over Germany. The two officers shake hands. Allied officers tour the city of Berlin. Damaged buildings in the city due to Allied bombings. The Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. The heavilly damaged Hotel Adlon. Aerial views of the damage caused due to Allied bombings in Hamburg. Damaged buildings and shipyards in Hamburg.
German air attack on Poland during World War II. Smoke rises from an area in Warsaw, Poland. German aircraft in flight over the city. An aircraft dives and bombards a building. Smoke rises as a bomb impacts. Billows of smoke rise due to an explosion.
An air raid over Anzio, Italy during World War II. American soldiers load shells in a 40 mm anti aircraft gun. An officer looks through binoculars. The anti aircraft gun being fired. Flaks burst in the sky and smoke rises from behind a building.
' A Fifth Army report from beachhead' about United States amphibious ladings in Anzio, Italy during World War II. A U.S. convoy in Naples Harbor. U.S. 5th Army supply trucks and equipment leave for Anzio. Soldiers loaded in trucks. An invasion fleet in the harbor. Equipment and troops being loaded onto vessels. LSTs ( Landing Ship Tanks) underway for Anzio. Barrage balloons in flight over the convoy. Troops and equipment aboard a ship. Soldiers aboard the vessels. A captain checks a navigational compass. Officers look at a map. A soldier carries a dog. Naval guns being fired at German airplanes during an air raid. Bombs explode in water. U.S. 5th Army equipment being unloaded from the vessels at a beach in Anzio.
A film titled 'Liberation of Rome' shows the arrival of Allied troops in Rome, Italy and the end of Fascist rule during World War II. On June 4, 1944: Allied 5th Army soldiers on the streets of Rome as people celebrate their liberation. Soldiers loaded on M4 Sherman tanks move past large crowds. The American flag. A Scots pipe band plays as they march through the throng. Allied soldiers march toward the Colosseum. Views of the Roman Forum, the Victor Emmanuel Memorial and the Piazza Venezia. British pipers marching through the crowd. U.S. troops in trucks towing artillery. People gathered in large numbers on the streets to celebrate the liberation of Rome. A sign reads ' War staff room Combined chiefs of staff '. Past events depict Chiefs of Staff of the U.S. at a meeting as they discuss the plan to liberate Italy from Fascist control. Animated map depicts Allied operations in North Africa and the invasion of Sicily. But highlights continued Axis air threat from Italian mainland. Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini reviews troops. Nazi Junkers Ju-87 Stuka dive bombers taxing on an airfield at Foggia, Italy. A German Heinkel He 111 bomber takes off. German troops transported on an armored railroad train. View of German quad Flak 30 anti-aircraft gun aboard the train. German StuG III Assault Guns and Panzer III & Panzer IV tanks being transported on railroad flatcars.
D-Day operations during Allied invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. Allied troops disembark from an LCI ( Landing Craft Infantry) at Normandy beach. A man on a megaphone up on the bridge of a ship. Troops wade through surf to land at the beach. Bullets hit the water around the soldiers as they continue to unload from the LCI. LST ( Landing Ship Tank) -282 at the beach. Vehicles move along the beach. A U.S. Army 6X truck burns on the beach. The LCI ties up to the side of a transport. Allied troops disembark from the transport to the LCI along side. Vehicles off load from the LST to a smaller craft. A barge loaded with supplies heads towards the beach. The troops loaded in the LCU ( Landing Craft Utility) as it nears the beach. An officer talks over a phone next to a jeep. Vehicles leave the LCU into water with a beach in the background. The troops walk over the beach. Amphibious jeeps move through the surf. A 6X truck moves through the surf towards the beach. An amphibious jeep moves over a beach. German prisoners with their hands behind their heads. A barbed wire fence in the foreground. Prisoners duck downwards to escape an air raid.
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