Soviet troops march at a victory parade in Red Square after the Allied victory over Germany in World War II. Joseph Stalin, Vyacheslav Molotov, Nikita Khrushchev, General Semen Budennyi and other officials atop Lenin's tomb as they review the victory parade. Nazi German flags and banners thrown at the foot of Lenin's tomb. High ranking Soviet military officers are seen watching the parade.
'Eve of Battle' depicts the Allied invasion of Europe during World War II. Slave labor from Nazi Germany-invaded countries construct Atlantic Wall. German artillery and fortifications in the Atlantic Wall. Nazi German soldiers marching in groups. Nazi leader Adolf Hitler shake hands with Italian fascist leader Benito Mussolini. Allied leaders Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin sit together during the Tehran Conference in December 1943. Exiled Allied leaders such as General Charles de Gaulle of France, Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands and Dr. Edvard Beneš of Czechoslovakia inspect Allied troops. Various Allied troops from Poland, Norway, England, United States, and Czechoslovakia prepare to launch an invasion in France. Eisenhower along with other officers plans the European invasion. Allied ships and aircraft on their way to Europe. Allied bombers drop bombs over Nazi German U-boats. Naval battle begins and explosions occur, smoky docks. In England war supplies unloaded. Supplies include weapons, military equipment, and food. A tank and locomotive trains being loaded into a ship bound for Europe. Allied aircraft take off at night. A man directs an aircraft taking off. Allied bombers bombard German targets resulting into fiery flare in Europe. British children playing jump rope as a supply train pass by in the background. Tanks and fighter planes transported by train. Supply boxes unloaded and stacked for transport to the battle front.
Croatian officers return to Zagreb, Yugoslavia from Germany. A train pulls up at a station in Zagreb, Yugoslavia. Croatian officers get off the train as a jubilant crowd cheers and welcomes them in a warm manner. Officers review troops, hear a speech by an officer. Officer shakes hands with the soldiers. Soldiers march on the street as people cheer them. Officers parade with the Chief of State Ante Pavelic. (World War II period).
Clear aerial views of midtown and lower Manhattan, New York City 1930, but with smoke coming from Hudson River pier of New York Harbor where the North German Lloyd liner Munchen (sometimes Muenchen or München) is seen on fire, shortly after docking in New York after the voyage from Bremen, Germany. Ship emits smoke and fire at the pier. Firefighters spray water to extinguish fire. Views of the piers and slips and dock areas on the Hudson River at New York City and close up views of the firefighters battling the blaze on the Muenchen. The ship subsequently sank at dock. She was raised later in 1930, repaired in dry dock, and returned to service under the new name SS General von Steuben. The ship was sunk in 1945 by the S-13 submarine of the Soviet Union.
Aftermath of London bombings by Nazi Germany during World War II. Buildings wrecked and rubble on ground as a result of bombings. Men clear rubble. Injured helped out of the buildings.
Aftermath of London bombings by Nazi Germany during World War II. A car pulls away from a building. Men carry a wounded to the ambulance. Bomb raid victim carried on litters.
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