Invasion of Poland by Germany during World War II. German troops fire field artillery at targets in Polish port city of Gdynia (Gdingen, in German). Smoke rises from shell fire on buildings. A Polish steamship sunk in the harbor. German battleship SMS Schleswig Holstein fires guns. Black smoke billows rise up from shore.
German Chancellor, Adolf Hitler, visits Gdansk (Danzig), Poland during German invasion and occupation in World War II. Nazi flags fly near Neptune's Fountain of the Long Market. Hitler rides in a car along a street and waves to the crowd. Crowd cheers him.
Polish General Tadeusz Kutrzeba, deputy commander of forces in Warsaw, Poland, walks to a bus in which Nazi German officers await to negotiate a cease fire. They discuss disposition of forces using a map. General Kutrzeba then leaves, returns salute of German officer and returns to his soldier garrison. (World War 2.)
German workers build a replacement for damaged bridge over Vistula River, in Dirschau (Tczew), Poland, during World War II. View of original 19th century bridge destroyed by Polish sappers. Construction of an alternate bridge. Germans weld parts of the new bridge. Workers work on the by-pass bridge. Tower of original bridge seen in background.
Aerial view flying over Krakow, Poland following the invasion of the city by German troops during World War II. Out the window, a German Junkers Ju 52-3mg7e airplane is visible flying just ahead. The camera operator pans to show the pilot of their own plane. Aerial views of Krakow show the Tadeusz Kościuszko mound as well as the outskirts of Krakow. On the ground, German army soldiers march through the streets of Krakow. A military vehicle drives alongside them. Polish civilians, including a man with a bicycle, look on at the troops from a corner. The Kościuszko mound is shown from just outside its gates. The exterior of Wawel Cathedral, the burial place of Jozef Pilsudski, is shown. A "German guard of honor" for Pilsudski takes position outside the cathedral. Inside the crypt, gates open to show the coffin of Pilsudski as well as a large crest with a crossed sword and rifle and the Polish eagle.
German commander of the Luftwaffe General Hermann Goering discusses the invasion of Poland. Various planes of the Luftwaffe, alone and in formation above the clouds. Planes fly over a river.