Germany invades Poland. The view of a bridge with a damaged railway track in Poland. Ruins in the city after bombing. German soldiers on horse carts. Troops load and fire artillery. Rifles kept on snow covered surface. German ski troops advance in winter clothing. Soldiers load and fire artillery at Polish enemy on hillside. British and Polish prisoners of war march on street.
German troops advance in Poland during Battle of Westerplatte at start of World War II invasion of Poland. People gathered on a river bank. German soldiers fire artillery on a field. Heavy foliage in the background. Germans advance on the battlefield. Explosions occur on road. Column of horse drawn carts on a road. Polish prisoners march through streets and on a field. Mechanized troops on the move. Tanks move on road. Germans lift border barrier and soldiers march through. Some soldiers on horses. Cavalry units move through woods. Machine gun units work on guns. Trucks and men advance.
German battleships fire shells in Poland during Battle of Westerplatte of World War II. German battleship fires shells at Westerplatte. Shells explodes. Smoke column rises up. Commander looks through binoculars. Bridge of battleship. (Start of invasion of Poland, WW2)
Invasion of Poland: German troops advance in Poland during Battle of Westerplatte of World War II. German soldiers loaded in trucks and carts enter a village. Civilians cheer the soldiers as they arrive. Bomb damaged rail road. Mechanized troops advance through streets. Damaged bridge. Trees in the background. Soldiers cross a bridge. Civilians wave at the advancing soldiers.
A procession of German troops composed of armed infantry, horse-drawn artillery and supply vehicles, and some mounted cavalry walk through rural Poland at the beginning of the German invasion of Poland during World War II. Large plumes of smoke can be seen rising in the distance. Low tight shots focus on horse-drawn guns, particularly a caravan containing a Howitzer gun. German soldiers fire what appears to be long range 15cm sFH 18 artillery. Skirmish lines of German soldiers push forwards, with wide shots of troops running across large open fields. Heavy artillery fires at trees. A tight shot focuses on a horse-drawn wagon driven by two soldiers and lead by a bicyclist.
German ground support crews pull refueling apparatus from hiding in woods at edge of airfield in Poland, during World War 2. They set up to receive and service arriving German Heinkel HE-111 bombers. A squadron of bombers lands. Ground crews assist them in parking. As flight crews leave their aircraft, ground crews load the planes with bombs. A German Henschel Hs 126 observation plane arrives at the field and rear-seater delivers a reconnaissance camera to waiting ground crewman. View of a rustic field photo intelligence operation in the woods. Technicians wind developed photograph strips using a large cylinder of wooden slats. Photo interpreters study the pictures to glean information about enemy installations and movements. Group of German soldiers working at a large table, outdoors in the woods