German trucks, German Panzer Pz.III tanks, motorcycles and armored cars advance into Libyan territory, North Africa during World War II. Scenes near Bengazi Libya. German pilots and Italian pilots in conversation near Axis aircraft on an airfield. Italian soldiers carrying rifles ride on motorcycles. Natives on camels watch them. Convoy of Axis military vehicles and many trucks on roads. A post of Soldiers of Army of Italy in desert. Italian air force pilots in collaboration with German forces discuss prior to take off for a mission. Italian biplane aircraft taking off. Barb wired border lines in desert guarded by Italian soldier. Italian troops on the move on motorcyles. Nazi planes bomb British positions in desert. Gun camera footage of German Luftwaffe Messerschmitt Bf 110 (Me 110) aircraft attacking and firing on British targets on the ground in the desert.
Formal surrender of the German army before the Allies at headquarters of the 15th Army Group in Italy during World War II. Four star General Mark W. Clark flanked by Major General Benjamin W, Chidlaw, Lieutenant General R. L. McCreery and Lieutenant General Lucian Truscott in a war room. Motorcade of surrendering German Generals arrives and enter War Room. U.S. and German military officials on a table for signing surrender. U.S. staff officer addresses the surrender party. German officers leave in sedan after signing surrender.
United States Ambassador to France Jefferson Caffery arrives in Augsburg, Germany during World War II. A C-47 plane of the United States Army Air Force lands on a runway strip. Jefferson Caffery descends from the plane. He is greeted by Lieutenant General Alexander M. Patch at the airfield. They sit in their cars.
Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin addresses the people of the Soviet Union during World War II. Men, women, and children listen to the speakers broadcasting the speech made by Stalin. “This war is not an ordinary war! It is the war of the entire Russian people.” the narrator translates Stalin’s speech. A printing press prints Russian newspapers. Man distributes newspapers. Russian men riding horses. Patriotic Russian men marching into a town to enlist in the war effort. Women plastering Soviet propaganda posters. Women and children trained for military tactics. A short-haired Russian woman tests a rifle. Boys use pickaxes in mining. A woman joins the Soviet Army. A female factory worker works with a lathe. An elderly Russian man harvesting wheat. A locomotive train driving. A woman piloting a ship. Women driving tractors. Women carry large sacks on their backs. Russian soldiers taking a metal bedframe. Farmers raising cattle. Houses, factories, and other infrastructure destroyed by fire and dynamite by Russians themselves. View of the Dniepropetrovsk dam in Ukraine. Russians blow up the Dniepropetrovsk Hydroelectric Station to prevent it from falling to Nazi hands. A woman torches her house. Farmers produce in fields. An old man with rifle watches sky for Nazi bombers. Burning houses and villages due to Soviet scorched earth policies. Guerrilla units trained and they march. Guerrilla soldiers with rifles. Men and women Soviet guerrilla soldiers talking. Soviet men hide in the bush. Guerrilla soldiers push down a telegraph post. A burning train. Guerrilla fighters shoot down German soldier. A burning oil depot. Exploding Nazi installations such as bridges, buildings, and warehouses. Russian guerrilla soldiers fire with machine guns. Animated map depicting Nazi German forces stopping outside Moscow. The Kremlin in Moscow. Fresh reserves of the Soviet Red Army march in Moscow.
Fall of Hong Kong to the hands of Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) troops during World War II. A map of Hong Kong and Guangzhou province, China. Artillery fires and warships in sea fire at British bases in Hong Kong. Japanese soldiers inside a ship wait for landing on shore at dawn. Japanese airplanes in formation to the British Crown Colony of Hong Kong. A British oil tanker destroyed by a Japanese bomber. Japanese soldier fires machine gun. Immense smoke and flames off a bombed oil tank. Infantrymen and snipers fight in Kowloon peninsula. Snipers fire from inside a house. Anti-aircraft gunners fire at planes.
Film executives accompanied by U.S. Army officers, visit Bastogne, Belgium during World War II. The destruction from battles in and around the town are evident in destroyed and broken buildings. The film producers, who wear Army uniforms without rank insignia, listen to military officers while standing on a main street. Several little girls stand on the sidewalk with their families, near the officers, and smile. One film producer hands cigarettes to a little girl to give to her father. Other local men accept cigarettes. Officers stand near their cars and talk. Some pedestrians and horse carts on the road. Civilians watch the meeting from balcony of their house.
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