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Actions of Axis and Allied powers on brink of World War II in period 1937-1939.
Japanese troops parade for Emperor Hirohito, mounted upon a white horse. Italian troops goosestep and German troops goosestep on parade. View of an Austrian town with snow-covered Alps mountains in background as German troops enter Austria on March 13, 1938 during the Anschluss. Local citizens welcome them, displaying swastika flags and giving Nazi straight arm salutes. Troops, military vehicles, tanks, motorcycles, and horse-drawn artillery comprise the German invading force. Shifts to Spain, where war torn buildings reflect effects of German and Italian intervention during the Spanish Civil War. A donkey standing near field artillery piece. Artillery being fired from an urban park in Spain. Artilleryman using a range finder. German gun crew with heavy artillery piece. Soldiers wearing Adrian steel helmets, firing a two-wheeled water-cooled machine gun. Spanish carrying wounded on stretcher. Spanish civilians inadvertently slain during civil war conflict. Starving dog walking in street. Huge poster of Francisco Franco and view of him on reviewing stand saluting marching Nationalist troops. Repeat of Hirohito reviewing troops and Italian and German troops goosestep. Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini stand together in open car heading to Fuhrerbau in Munich, Germany, for signing of Agreement between Germany, Italy, Britain, and France in 1938. Neville Chamberlain, and Edouard Daladier riding in car to Fuhrerbau. Views of the principals signing the accords. First is Adolf Hitler, followed by Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, Benito Mussolini, and Edouard Daladier. After the signing, the principals, plus Hermann Goering, mingle and converse. Change of scene to nighttime in Rome, Italy, where Benito Mussolini addresses a huge throng gathered near the Victor Emmanuel Memorial to cheer him after his return from Munich. Next, German troops are seen entering Sudetenland (Czechoslovakia) greeted by joyous ethnic German inhabitants. Banners are stretched across a street. One gives thanks to the Fuhrer. Several scenes of cheering population. A woman strews flowers in a roadway. Hitler arrives, standing in an open car, and is met with cheers of adulation. A military brass band plays from the open beds of two moving army trucks. Signpost points to Prag (Prague), Eger (Cheb), Joachimstal (Jáchymov), and Komotau (Chomutov) after German annexation. Scene shifts to Prague, where German troops are seen occupying the city. High ranking German officers in a car are seen coming through the gateway from the Court d´honneur of the Prague Castle into the Hradčany Square. The next sequence shows an Italian Freccia-Class destroyer in the Albanian Port of Durrës. An Italian L3/35 Tankette is driven off a large cargo ship. Italian troops on bicycles ride in a city street. A German 88mm antiaircraft (flak) gun is shown, mounted at a fort overlooking a river and city. Final scene shows Adolf Hitler addressing a meeting of the Bundestag in the Kroll Opera House (alternate meeting place after burning of the Reichstag). He reads, contemptuously from an April 14, 1939 letter sent to him by U.S. President Roosevelt, asking him to give "assurance that your armed forces will not attack or invade the territory or possessions of the following independent nations: Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, The Netherlands, Belgium, Great Britain and Ireland, France, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Poland, Hungary, Rumania, Yugoslavia, Russia, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Iraq, the Arabias, Syria, Palestine, Egypt and Iran." As Hitler reads through the litany of nations, the Bundestag erupts in laughter.
Duce Benito Mussolini addresses the crowds from his balcony at the Palazzo Venetia in Rome, Italy
Benito Mussolini along with other officials sign some papers. Mussolini addresses the people from a balcony of the Palazzo Venezia in Rome, Italy (Piazza di S. Marco, 49, 00186 Roma RM, Italy). King Victor Emmanuel III is also seen watching Mussolini’s speech. Pope Pius XI addresses the people from Saint Peter's Square in Vatican City. The pope is wearing the Papal Tiara. Pope Pius XI gives his blessings to the cheering crowds. Troops and cavalry in a parade in the streets of Rome as people cheer them on.
Men inspect the Roman Colosseum to repair its walls in Rome, Italy.
Men repair the Roman Colosseum in Rome, Italy. The Roman Colosseum (Piazza del Colosseo, 1, 00184 Roma RM, Italy). Men walk around the Colosseum for inspection. Two men get down with the help of a rope. Men at work and repair the walls of the Colosseum. A man climbs up a wall.
Adolf Hitler meets King Victor Emmanuel III, Benito Mussolini, and Foreign Minister Count Galeazzo Ciano during visit to Rome, Italy
Adolf Hitler arrives by train in Roma Ostiense station in Rome, Italy (Partigiani Square, - 00161 Rome). King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy greets Adolf Hitler with a military salute. Italian Premier Benito Mussolini and Foreign Minister Count Galeazzo Ciano greet Adolf Hitler with Roman Salute upon arrival. Adolf Hitler shakes hands with King Victor Emmanuel III, Benito Mussolini and Count Ciano. Adolf Hitler addresses cheering Italian crowds from the Bernini balcony of the Quirinial Palace, the royal residence of the King of Italy (Piazza del Quirinale - 00187 Roma (RM)). In Rome’s Roma Termini Station (Piazza dei Cinquecento - 00185 Rome), Adolf Hitler says goodbye to Benito Mussolini and Count Ciano before he boards the train heading for Florence and Germany. Adolf Hitler waves at crowd from train window.
Benito Mussolini and King Victor Emmanuel III welcomes the arrival of Italian patriot Anita Garibaldi’s remains in Rome, Italy
Italian Prime Minister and Duce Benito Mussolini and King Victor Emmanuel III attend the ceremony to welcome the remains of Anita Garibaldi, the wife of Italian patriot Giuseppe Garibaldi, at the Janiculum Hill (Passeggiata del Gianicolo, 10, 00165 Roma RM, Italy). Mussolini, Donna Rachele Mussolini and King Victor Emmanuel III approach the Anita Garibaldi Monument. Soldiers carry a casket with the remains of Anita Garibaldi as Italians perform the Roman Salute. Mussolini addresses the crowds.
Mass gymnastics display for Benito Mussolini at the Stadio dei Cipressi ( Stadio Olimpico ) in Rome
Athletes assemble for a mass gymnastics display at the Stadio dei Cipressi , later to be called the Stadio Olimpico, in Rome, Italy. Italian Fascist leader, Benito Mussolini, and key fascist officers give a “Roman salute” to crowd from the grandstand. Flags of the Kingdom of Italy wave from behind as Benito Mussolini gives a “Roman salute”. Female athletes perform mass gymnastics display. Benito Mussolini watches mass gymnastics performance.