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German troops planning and launching May 1940 attacks across Luxembourg, Belgium, and Holland; Rotterdam blitz scenes (WW2)
Hermann Goering, Benito Mussolini, Adolf Hitler and others as Italy joins Germany in declaring war against Britain and France June 10, 1940 (World War II). Animated map illustrates possible Axis war plans. Aerial view of Maginot line. Fire burning from German bombing in Scandinavia. Windmill turning in Holland.Map outlines Allied strategy for defense. Views of the Ardennes Forest. French Generals examining map. British Field Marshal John Vereker (Viscount Gort) studying map with two Generals.Narrator states they dismissed German attack through the Ardennes. May 9, 1940 - News headline reports German troops on move. Netherlands and French recruit troops mobilizing. French army soldiers standing at train station platform and loading into passenger railroad trains. Exterior of the Basilique du Sacre-Coeur (Basilica of the Sacred Heart) at Montmartre, Paris. People lighting candles. Statue of Madonna and Child. Views of several churches. A Catholic Bishop blessing people. People kneeling in prayer. Hitler and other Nazi leaders, including Himmler, Goebbels, Bormann, Hess and Rohm, haranguing crowds. Hermann Goering leading crowd in salutes. Ludwig Muller, Reichsbischof, Hitler supporter. Many views of Germans shouting Sieg Heil. German troops moving out on May 10, 1940. Hermann Goering, chief of Luftwaffe, in uniform. German pilots run to airplanes. Ju-87 Stukas take off. D0-17 bombers take off. German tanks, motorcycle troops, armor and infantry cross borders of Luxembourg, Belgium, and Holland. Map depicts action. German forces destroy obstacles at border crossings and move past windmill in Holland.He-111 bombers in flight. German paratroops jump from Ju-52 transport over Rotterdam. They capture key facilities. Troops riding on tanks. Dutch General Henri Gerard Winkelman walks with German officer over Maas-bridges in Rotterdam. He and delegation enter building at Rijsoord to sign surrender on May 15, 1940. German bombers destroy Rotterdam. View of German bomber bomb bay doors open and bombs away toward targets. The city in flames, with sound. Remains of the city. Numerous dead civilians.
Fuhrer Adolf Hitler addresses the Reichstag in Berlin and German troops advance in the European Theater of World War II.
Adolf Hitler as Fuhrer of Nazi Germany. Hitler and other German officers in cars pass by through the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin as crowds line the streets with Nazi salutes. German Nazi flags on the Brandenburg Gate. Civilians greet the Fuhrer as his car passes by. Hitler greets Nazi officers in the Reichstag building and shakes hands with several German officials. Officers give the Nazi salute and Hitler salutes the group. Hitler addresses the Nazi gathering. The Parteiadler Nazi party symbol and the Swastika in the Reichstag hall. German troops gathered for the Nuremberg Rally at the Nazi Party grounds in Nuremberg. Montage of scenes featuring German soldiers and armament: Close up view of face of young German soldier; German soldiers march in formation and on roads. German tanks rolling and closeup of tank tread. During battle, German soldiersy take cover in trench and then advance using flame thrower during attack amidst shelling. Very large formation of German soldiers marching around Nazi flags during the Nuremberg Rally. Thousands of German soldiers. The German Nazi eagle symbol. German soldiers with hands raised in "Schwurhand" as they take an oath, possibly the Hitler Oath.
The Berlin Wall and Checkpoint Charlie, both during wall construction and in years after
Checkpoint Charlie (Friedrichstraße 43-45, 10117 Berlin, Germany) separating Western and Eastern Berlin. A large Soviet flag at the entrance to the eastern side, and a Checkpoint Charlie sign reads "You are leaving the American sector." A watchtower with military personnel inside watching all movement. Historical footage of the Berlin Wall being built circa 1961, with Soviet troops stringing barbed wire when the wall was first constructed. Views of a wreath, flowers, and makeshift memorial, presumably for someone killed while attempting to cross the Berlin Wall. A watch tower high above the Berlin Wall, and views of the Berlin Wall separating West Berlin from East Germany, constructed of large flat, grey bricks and blocks of varying sizes.
Soviet Union officially transfers control of the American sector of Berlin, to the United States, in a ceremony after end of World War II in Europe
Ceremony in Berlin, Germany, marking official transfer of American Sector of Berlin to U.S. Authorities, following end of World War 2, in Europe. Troops of the U.S. 41st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Armored Division, stand in formation as a U.S Army band plays the American National Anthem (Star Spangled Banner) on the esplanade of the Adolf Hitler Barracks, in Berlin. This is followed by a 48-gun salute fired by "RC" battery of the U.S. 78th Field Artillery Battalion, as all troops assembled render hand salute. Scene shifts to U.S. General Omar Bradley, Commanding General, Twelfth United States Army Group, standing at a microphone. He states that "this ceremony marks the meeting of the United Nations, here, in Berlin and a complete defeat of Germany." He continues with other remarks. Among allied senior officers seen with him are: U.S. Major General Floyd Parks, Commander of the U.S. Sector in Berlin; French Major General Duschesne, Commanding General of French troops in Berlin; and Soviet Major General Nicholei Nicholeiovitch Barinov, Deputy Commander of the Soviet troops in Berlin. Following Bradley's remarks, he, Parks, Duschesne, and Barinov, walk side-by-side across the esplanade, followed by the other military leaders as the Army band plays. Scene shifts to a formation of soldiers from the Soviet 5th Army. Following commands heard, The formation executes a right face,left shoulder arms, and marches off as the band plays.s.
Protesters march to a memorial to protest the resurgence of Neo-Nazism in West Berlin
Protesters rally against Neo-Nazism in West Berlin. Tens of thousands of young Berliners rally to denounce resurgence of Neo-Nazism, following a rash of swastika-smearing incidents in Germany and the West. A marching band play drums in Berlin Charlottenburg. Rallyists carry a sign “Gegen Rassenhass” (“Against racial hatred” in English) near the Berliner Bank. Germans carrying banners and marching on the way to a memorial for victims of Nazism. Men and women holding torches during the march. The memorial for victims of Nazism, “Gedenkstein für die Opfer des Nationalsozialismus”, at the Steinplatz park (Steinpl. 3, 10623 Berlin, Germany) in Charlottenburg, West Berlin. Flowers and candles are left on the first memorial for victims of Nazism in Berlin. Crowds surround a torch with flame. A man speaks out against Neo-Nazism during a rally in Steinplatz park.
Battle of Berlin scenes, and German civilians loot stores for goods and fire in buildings in Berlin, Germany.
Fall of Berlin, Germany. Russian Army attacks Germany during Battle of Berlin near end of World War 2 in Europe. Soviet Russian forces firing rockets into Berlin at night. Explosions and fire at night in Germany. Past events show Adolf Hitler at a torchlight parade. Nazi soldiers in the parade. Scene returns again to Battle of Berlin and rubble on streets of Berlin. Wrecked and damaged buildings. Flames and smoke rising up from the buildings. German civilians loot stores for food and goods. Desperate men and women rush out of the store with the goods amidst rubble in city.
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