German occupation of Austria (Anschluss) prior to World War II. People cheer and applaud. German motorized infantry crosses the Austro-German border. Cars arrive in the area. Men wave. Soldiers on motorcycles and trucks arrive. Buildings along street sides. Exterior of a building. A large crowd gathers on a street. The people cheer and applaud. Men march. Soldiers march holding rifles. Aerial view of the large crowd. People hold German flags and cheer. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler arrives in a car. Officers seated in the car. A motorcade moves along a street. People cheer and applaud. They wave. Soldiers stand at attention. Hitler gets off the car. The crowd hails him. Hitler stands at a platform. People cheer and salute him. Hitler in the balcony of a building with officials.
German Anschluss occupation of Austria prior to World War II. A newspaper's headline about the occupation. A large crowd gathers on a street. A motorcade moves past. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler rides through streets in the motorcade. A crowd cheers and hails Hitler. Hitler mounts a podium and addresses the crowd. Buildings in the area. The crowd cheers. Aerial view of the large crowd. Soldiers stand holding rifles.
Anschluss, or German occupation of Austria prior to World War II. Soldiers and a large crowd of Austrian citizens gather on in the streets of Vienna Austria for a parade. JU 88 bomber aircraft of the German Luftwaffe in formation flight overhead. Men seated on branches of a tree. A band plays. The crowd cheers. German Army tanks and artillery move along the street. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler reviews the parade with officials. Cavalry units move past. People wave and cheer.
The German occupation of Austria (Anschluss) prior to World War II. Heldengedenktag or Heroes' Memorial Day in Berlin, Germany on March 13,1938. View of the Neue Wache (Unter den Linden 4 10117 Berlin) along Unter den Linden. A cross, flowers, and a flame burns next to it. A guard stands outside. View of the equestrian statue of Frederick the Great. Camera pans back across the front of the Neue Wache or New Guard building showing soldiers in formation on either side. Accompanied by two officers, Hermann Goering in uniform, including steel helmet, walks behind soldiers as they carry a large floral wreath across the square and into the New Guard building. View from inside as they enter and place the wreath. Closeup of the wreath shows a ribbon with words: "Adolf Hitler." Officers salute. War song, "Ich hatt' einen Kameraden," is softly played in the background. Scene shifts to Vienna, Austria, as Goering gives a speech. View of St. Stephen's Cathedral (Stephansdom, Stephansplatz 3, 1010 Wien, Austria) and scenes from several days prior, as crowds cheer in Heldenplatz square (Heldenplatz, 1010 Vienna) about the Anschluss. Animated map showing the annexation territory. Slate displaying the slogan: "Ein Volk; Ein Reich; Ein Fuhrer" (One people; one nation; one leader.)
German occupation of Austria (Anschluss) prior to World War II. “Bundestaat Österreich” (“State of Austria”) sign at the German-Austrian border. German soldiers and cavalry march past the state border (“Staatsgrenze”) sign. The Commander of Kufstein, Tyrol, Austria shake hands with the German military official. A crowd gathers on a street and cheers. Soldiers seated on horsebacks move along the street. Soldiers march. An officer reviews the parade. Buildings along street sides. The crowd cheers. Soldiers march in formation. Exterior of a building.
German soldiers march into Passau, Germany on their way to occupy Austria (Anschluss) prior to World War II. German soldiers and horses walk on a bridge over the Danube River in Passau, Germany. Cavalry units and vehicles also move across the bridge. People gather on a street. They cheer and wave. Soldiers march in formation. Children cheer. Civilians perform the Nazi Salute and chant “Sieg Heil” repeatedly.
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