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German prisoners of war enter bus in the United Kingdom during World War II
German Nazi prisoners of war detained in the United Kingdom during World War 2. Captured German generals exit the Transient Personnel Entrance of a mess hall. They are joined by the Military Police. Military Policeman checks the bus filled with prisoners before the bus’s departure. The bus drives away. More German prisoners of war crowd outside the mess hall. Two British women pose together, flashing the “Victory” hand sign.
United States troops create a Shanty town made of glider crates in the United Kingdom (WW2)
Bomber towing a glider over an air base in the United Kingdom during World War II. Aerial view of a glider assembly field. Glider crates in assembly field. A soldier stands on the balcony of a “shanty” house made from glider crates. Sign reads “Shanty Town”. Soldiers open a glider crate. Men remove the glider carefully from the crate. Two men take a metal bed frame to the crate. A man stands by the door of a shanty house. “Vine and Hollywood” is written beside the door. Soldiers relaxing inside Shanty houses. Soldier sitting on bunk bed polishes his shoes while another writes letters. A soldier with headset listens to his homemade crystal set radio and reads a magazine. Specially constructed blinds of glider crate tiny house open. Troops lined outside a glider crate barber shop. A sign detailing the rates for a haircut. A barber shop made from scrap. A barber cuts the hair of a soldier inside makeshift barber shop.
General Eisenhower inspects U.S. 9th Air Force in England; Allies battle German aircraft during World War II
Allied forces battle German forces during World War II. Allied soldiers firing artillery under camouflage canopies at Anzio. General Dwight D. Eisenhower inspects a fighter and the bomber aircraft base of 9th Air Force in England. Eisenhower shakes hands with Major Sherman Beaty, commander of the 555th Squadron, and with the crew of B-26 Marauder bomber aircraft with nose art "Son of Satan" (which was downed by flak over Germany on November 18, 1944). Eisenhower sits in a parked fighter aircraft and fires its guns, with instruction from the pilot standing by. Aerial views of American bomber aircraft conducting daylight bombing runs. Point of view (POV) shot through the partially cracked windscreen of an aircraft after it took enemy fire but kept flying. Bombs-away views as American bombers drop bombs over German targets and as U.S. fighter aircraft shoot down German aircraft. Aerial dogfight battles seen. U.S. Army Air Force fighter strafing German aircraft parked on an airfield. A German fighter plane gets hit, setting it on fire. British Royal Air Force (RAF) Avro Lancaster bombers conduct night raids on German targets. A Waco CG-4A glider arrives in England from the United States during World War 2. United States Army soldiers build a Shanty town from glider crates at the base in the United Kingdom. Soldiers enjoy relaxing and recreation inside Shanty houses. A soldier with headset listens to homemade radio and reads a magazine. Soldiers share a meal on a table. Soldiers receive letters from home at mail call time. A barber shop made from scrap where soldiers can get haircuts.
King George VI inspects the Royal Navy Units, the 8th Army and Indian troops in Italy (WW2)
Allied Forces with mechanized units and tanks enter Florence, Italy in World War II. British Army soldiers moving across Tuscan hills and countryside towards Florence. French, Indian, South African, British and Polish Allied soldiers under the command of General Harold Alexander resting and riding on top of tanks to Florence. Italian civilians greet the British and Allied troops in Florence. King George VI of the United Kingdom arrives in Italy and is greeted by General Maitland Wilson. King George VI inspects the Royal Navy Units aboard ships in Naples, Italy on July 23, 1944. Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet Sir Andrew Cunningham accompany King George VI on motorboat inspecting the port of Naples. British Royal Marines and soldiers of the United States 5th Army form a guard of honor for the king’s return. The king boards a British cruiser. King George VI takes a ride in a car with Commander-in-Chief General Alexander. King George VI inspects the 8th Army of United States and Indian troops. He reviews Polish Units with Polish General Władysław Anders and General Oliver Leese. King George VI confers knighthood on General Leese in the field.
General Charles de Gaulle lay a wreath in front of the Arc de Triomphe (WW2)
General Charles de Gaulle lays a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior at the Arc de Triomphe (Paris, France) during World War 2, following the liberation of Paris. Various signs read “1800”, “1793”, “Vive De Gaulle” (“Long live De Gaulle”), “De Gaulle Au Pouvoir” (“De Gaulle in power”), “Vive Les Alliés” (“Long live the Allies”) and “1944” are displayed in front of the Arc de Triomphe (Place Charles de Gaulle, 75008 Paris, France). A man climbs a lamppost to watch a parade. Boy sitting on tree branch watch the man climb a lamppost. Nurses and medics carry with flags of Allied nations (United States, France, United Kingdom). Arrival of General Jacques Philippe Leclerc, holding a walking cane. Leclerc shake hands with an Allied military figure. Charles de Gaulle arrives in Arc de Triomphe with a wreath. General de Gaulle salutes and lays a wreath in front of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Soldiers and journalists surrounding General de Gaulle take photographs using cameras. General de Gaulle walks with Generals Jacques Philippe Leclerc and Marie-Pierre Koenig, and other French officials.
Military vehicles and supplies from the United States arrive in United Kingdom warehouses and bases (WW2)
Trucks arrive at Toddington Manor (Toddington, Cheltenham GL54 5DN, United Kingdom) in Gloucestershire, England. British children playing jump rope as vehicles transport tanks on the road. Rows of aircraft are transported by vehicles into town. The preparations for the D-Day invasion of France by Allied Forces, during World War II. A crane moves boxes. Boxes move in conveyer belts. Sacks, boxes, and crates stored at a distribution point. A man drives a forklift transporting boxes inside a warehouse. Military supplies arriving in Britain from the United States. Piles of tires, barbed wires, concrete tubes stored in docks and warehouses. Cranes move oil barrels into a pile. Military locomotives and freight cars bound for continental Europe at a railway yard. Soldiers open a crate containing a United States Army truck. A crane lowers a tank. A man inspects a row of military trucks. Rows of M3 half-track armored personnel carriers and M4 Tractors in England. A man helps a tank back up. Rows of tanks, artillery, and guns from the United States. Men stocking shells inside an underground storage. Piles of shells outdoors. A truck transports shell. Rows of fighters at an airfield. A man moves a search light at night. Anti-aircraft guns fire at German night bombers attempting to attack bases in the United Kingdom. Barrage balloons fly above warships. A sailor drops an anti-ship mine in the sea. Minesweepers seek and destroy such mines from the sea. Consolidated PBY-5A attacks a German ship.