U.S. soldiers of 3rd Section, Battery C, 228th Field Artillery Battalion in Aldenhoven, Germany during World War II. A mail orderly comes out of a dugout and distributes mail to soldiers. The soldiers read their mail. A soldier in the front of a dugout watches an airplane flying overhead. A soldier shares a fruit cake from a package with others.
U.S. Army Air Force Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses in flight for bombing Hamburg in Germany during World War II. B-17 Flying Fortresses in formation flight over thick clouds. A B-17 in flight over thick clouds.
U.S. Army Air Force Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses bomb Hamburg, Germany during World War II. View of Heligoland island and its coastline. The B-17s in flight. Aerial views of target island. On Hamburg: Thick smoke rises from burning oil storage tanks and a refinery on fire. Coastal installations on islands. Smoke and fire from a coastal oil depot.
Launching of German V2 rockets (guided missiles) from Peenemunde, Usedom island, Germany, during World War 2. German V-2 in launching position, technicians and equipment in area are preparing to launch the missile. Two civilian technicians and a uniformed German military officer walk across launch area toward V-2 rocket. Workers and technicians gathered around the V-2 base. The missile about to be launched. Smoke emitted from the exhaust section. Launching of V-2. Launching pit at Peenemunde showing a V-2 prior to launching. Rocket engine starts, rocket begins to rise slightly, and then the V2 rocket topples over and explodes in the launching pit. Another scene showing the successful launching of a German V-2 guided ballistic missile. Brief view of a street in England showing results of a V-2 impact on surrounding buildings. Scene of devastation and rubble from V-2 rocket explosion. Two British boys hand a chair to one another across rubble. Another V-2 impact site in England, United Kingdom, showing a row of houses with one or two completely destroyed a rocket.
American tanks and soldiers advance in Grosshau,Germany during World War II. United States Army Sherman M-4 tanks and American soldiers advance in outskirts of the city. Soldiers load and fire M-4 tank guns from position along a wooded area. Explosions rise. Large stacks of empty shell cases nearby.
U.S. soldiers of 29th Division Replacement Training Center at an obstacle course near Alsdorf, Germany during World War II. The soldiers advance across an open field in an attack formation.