Air raid by the United States 9th Air Force B-26 Marauder bomber aircraft in the European Theater during World war II. Pilot in the cockpit of the United States Army Air Forces B-26 Marauder bomber aircraft. B-26 aircraft fly in formation. Bombardier releases bombs over target area from the aircraft. Bombs descend on the target area. Flak bursts. View of bomb racks as bombs are released. B-26s drop bombs. Bombs descend toward the target area. Bombs burst over the target area.
Operation "Rutter,"(aka Operation Jubilee) the ill-fated Allied raid on Dieppe, France, conducted by the Canadian 2nd Infantry Division and British Commandos plus some Inter-allied commandos, during World War 2. Map highlighting Dieppe. Low-flying British Royal Air Force Spitfire aircraft attacking German positions. German gunners firing heavy field gun from a grove of trees. Batteries of German antiaircraft guns firing from positions in hillsides. Explosions close to the camera. Fortified German gunners firing quad 2 cm Flakvierling 38 antiaircraft gun. A German 8.8 cm Flak 18 antiaircraft gun in operation. Explosions on the beachhead. German soldiers at roadside, one with a hand grenade. Another huge explosion near the camera. View from inside fortified German position, as soldier fires MG42 machine gun. View through window of building as bomb or shell explodes close by. View of Allied beachhead in disarray as Allied raiders are taken prisoners of war. Several are ambulatory wounded and another is carried on a stretcher. A German Junkers Ju 88 bomber overhead, bombs an allied ship at the waterfront. Wounded Allied soldiers lying on the beach with knocked out Churchill tank and a burning landing craft behind them. Abandoned landing craft on the beach. A larger ship afire. Allied soldiers being gathered up by German soldiers. One gives a drink to an Allied soldier in a landing craft. Remnants of Allied forces being escorted as prisoners of war along a road with seaside Church of Notre-dame-de-bon-secours in the background. Some prisoners are barefoot. One is carried on a litter. Burning landing craft on the beach. Canadian soldiers march with hands raised. Views of damage to buildings in Dieppe, from bombing and shelling. Canadian prisoners of war being escorted by German guards through town. View from high point overlooking Dieppe, showing the town, with smoke rising in places, and the beach with Allied boats and equipment strewn on it.
German and British soldiers in France during the Dieppe Raid of World War II. Dead troops lying on beach in a long barbed wire entanglement. Canadian and British troops. Damaged amphibious tanks stranded on beach. British soldiers' damaged helmets lying around tanks. Damaged Royal Air Force Supermarine Spitfire fighter aircraft on field. Germans march captured Commandos through the streets. Some Commandos in uniform. Scenes of German prisoners camp: food rationed out to prisoners. Street scenes: civilians walk around. Buildings seen on either side of the streets. German soldier stands guard at the beach with machine gun in front of him. Platoons of German troops in uniform march on beach. German soldier mans a machine gun. Men stand around it.
Destroyed and damaged buildings in Hiroshima, Japan soon after World War II. Aerial view of the buildings in the city of Hiroshima destroyed by the atomic bomb. View of bridge over river. Mountains seen in the background.
Activities of civilians in Hiroshima, Japan soon after the end of World War II. Atomic bomb damaged Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall (later the site of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial) along river bank, with Motoyasu Bridge in far background. Crowded Japanese streetcar underway on bridge. View of bridge over river. Men ride bicycle on streets. Another view of the crowded streetcar or trolley.
Activities of civilians in Hiroshima, Japan soon after end of World War II Civilians stand on a high floor of the Meji Life Insurance building, and look out over the atomic bomb devastated city of Hiroshima. Elevated view of the damaged buildings along riverbank. Mountains seen in the background.
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