A United States soldier climbs down into a Japanese Shinyo suicide motorboat found in the Kerama Islands during World War 2. Soldier begins to drive the retrieved Japanese motorboat. Motorboat driven by an American soldier underway circling along the beach of Kerama Islands at high speed. United States soldiers docking Shinyo suicide motorboat after testing.
Various activities of the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Teams in Okinawa, Japan. Stacks of explosives piled in Hiza-Gawa beach. Rust and corrosion on different parts of explosives. Shirtless soldiers piling explosives onto truck. A truck, loaded with bombs and explosives, backing up to landing barge at the waterfront. A soldier stands near the bombs. Soldier helps men unload explosives from the truck after backing it onto the boat. Flag of the United States blowing on the boat’s mast.
The British Navy captures a Haganah immigration ship, Haim Arlozorov, in Palestine. The immigration ship, Haim Arlozorov, off the coast of Bat-Galim, Haifa with 1378 Jewish refugees from Italy and Sweden. The Haim Arlozorov (also formerly the USCGC Unalga (WPG-53) after running aground seen from beach as British soldiers patrol nearby. Some civilians watch the refugee ship near the coast. Jewish immigrants crowd the deck of the Haim Arlozorov. British navy men form a human shield on the deck. Sign in English and Hebrew reads “Haim Arlozorov”. Medics carry a woman on a stretcher. An injured Jewish man with splint is escorted out of the ship. British navy personnel escort Jewish refugees out of the ship. Jewish refugees, mostly female refugees, on the coast of Bat-Galim.
Naval battle between Allied warships and German forces inland at Menton, France during World War II. Aerial view of German shells landing in Menton, near the Italian border. The French battleship Lorraine and United States destroyers are sailing off the French Riviera. Smoke rises from bombardment of German positions in the mountains. Battleships fire their artillery, bombarding German positions. Smoke rises from the coast of Menton. Allied soldiers find two German sneak craft human torpedoes, also known as mini subs, beached in Cape Martin, a headland situated between Monaco and Menton in Southern France.
The Battle of Crete during World War II. German Major General Kurt Student with German officers and soldiers in Crete. General Student meets a man in a field. General Student talks and salutes to some men while walking together. German troops stand behind a wall facing the Mediterranean Sea. View of the Mediterranean Sea from a beach in Crete, Greece. German infantry advance on Crete by foot, walking on rugged village and mountain roads. A German soldier mounts and rides a small horse. Bullet holes near the roundel of a downed British Royal Air Force (RAF) aircraft.
Military vehicles and aircraft on the runway of an airfield shortly after the end of World War II. United States Army Air Force personnel walk around the vehicles. View of 45th AAF Combat Record board and a machine gun in front of it. Tents are seen behind the board on the beach. Ships are seen sailing off the coast from afar. A man walks towards a jeep. Camera pans showing an airfield. Some tents and vehicles are seen from a distance. Men crowd near a Red Cross truck. Some men are sitting on the ground. M3 half-tracks and trucks are parked near a tent. Bulldozers on the move at a construction site. A crane is seen operating near a mound. A Boeing B-29 Superfortress flying as seen from the ground.
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