'US Navy speeds fighting planes to war fronts'. Admiral William Halsey inspects sailors and marines lined up on board a ship in Europe during World War II. Deck crew places P 40 fighter planes in formation. Planes taxi along and take off. Planes in flight. 'Eagles quit RAF to fly with Yanks'. Pilots of Eagle Squadron stand in ranks on board a ship. Brigadier General Frank Hunter pins up insignia onto them. Pilot parade and American flag hoisted.
The role of United States 1st Infantry Division in various campaigns during World War II. United States 1st Infantry Division men cross the Ludendorfff bridge at Remagen, over river Rhine in Germany. Smoke rises from the banks of the river. American soldiers move across Germany and enter Czechoslovakia. Closeup of faces of war weary United States Army infantrymen shown. A U.S, Army soldier sleeps.
Allied invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. United States paratroopers from different professions with camouflage make up on their faces they prepare to leave England for the invasion of Normandy. The paratroopers being briefed before the take off. They put on their combat gear. U.S. General of the 9th Air Force Brereton shakes hands with the paratroopers. The paratroopers board an aircraft and take off. U.S. Army Air Forces C-47 aircraft take off from different airfields in England to bombard Normandy, France. Aircraft in flight. A gunner aboard an airborne aircraft. Bombs being released. The bombs explode causing a pillar of smoke to rise up. German coastal defenses being bombed.
Headline reads "Nazi Raid Hits Allied Ships" Three ships are seen on fire with heavy black smoke billowing up. Similar view with PT boat in foreground and then again with an anti aircraft gun in foreground. Fire boats spray water onto ships as they begin to list. Soldiers, possible Italian, dig through rubble of a building. The body of a boy is pulled from the wreckage. View of a single ship on fire.
Nazi Germany during World War II. Members of the Nazi paramilitary unit Hitler Youth train. An officer blows a whistle and supervizes the exercises. The youth at attention hold flags while they sing an anthem. Hitler Youth march. German troops cycle to the front. Hitler Youth members, old men and women dig trenches on the Russian front. The diggers with tools. An aerial view of the long trench.
German SS (Schutzstaffel) troops advance on the Eastern Front during World War II. A map depicts the Eastern Front. A German convoy including trucks, half-tracks, and artillery moves up on the Russian front. Camouflaged trucks, soldiers seated in half-tracks camouflaged with foliage. Panther tanks and infantry of 5.SS Wiking advance as artillery is fired. A German officer gives orders as soldiers load and fire artillery. Russian Prisoners of War (POWs) are marched to the rear. Officers and soldiers strategize using a map. An SS soldier fires an MG42 machine gun that is rested on another's shoulder. Soldiers amidst heavy firing and smoke from explosions. Soldiers in camouflaged helmets. A burning village is captured. Tanks and half-tracks advance into the village. Soldiers with guns cross a field, fire machine guns and artillery. An officer looks through binoculars. Bomb damaged and burning buildings.Soldiers among the ruins and rubble. Soldiers examine burning Russian tanks. Smoking tanks. German troops in discussion, drinking water and resting.