The United States Army enters St. Lo, France during World War II. Soldiers among hedgerows as they hunt for German snipers. The soldiers walk along a dusty road leading to St. Lo. Heavy firing takes place. Captured German nurses march after being released. American and British soldiers receive medical aid. The soldiers walk through a mined area. A U.S. Army truck on fire. The soldiers hunt for the German snipers. They enter a building. A damaged building. A sign reads ' Refugee camp off limits'. French refugees at a camp as children play and women look on. View of flag draped body of U.S. Army Major Thomas D. Howie, of the 29th Infantry Division, on a pile of rubble beside the Saint-Croix Church in the Bascule District of St Lo.
Activities of the Allied forces in the China Burma India Theater of World War II. Chinese Premier Chiang Kai Shek and his wife arrive to review troops in ChungKing, China. Chinese nurses and soldiers march as General Chinag Kai Shek reviews the United Nations troops. Troops carry portraits of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin. Commander of China Burma India Theater General Joseph Stilwell arrives after attending a conference in Washington D.C. Reinforcements arrive in India as soldiers carry bags. Allied soldiers smoke with Indian soldiers. A soldier buys bananas from a vendor. In Indian state of Bengal mule pack trains cross Tibet as they carry supplies for China. Mule packs pass through the Himalayas.
Saint Patrick's Day being celebrated at Cassino front in Italy during World War II. General Alexander, who served with the Regiment in WW1, celebrates St. Patrick's Day with the 1st Battalion Irish Guards. He presents the Shamrock as well as gallantry awards to the Guardsmen who had fought at Anzio. Later they march past while General Alexander takes the salute. [?Allied troops pass in review before the Allied Supreme Commander General Dwight D. Eisenhower.] British Anzio rocket guns being fired.
The Germans sign unconditional surrender in Berlin, Germany on May 8, 1945 during World War II, signing a document similar to the one signed at Reims the day before. People gathered outside a German Army Engineering School. Soviet General Georgi Zhukov and British Air Chief Marshal Arthur Tedder at a desk as they represent the Allies. Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel and other officers representing Germany arrive. Keitel puts his signature on the document of unconditional surrender. Zhukov and Tedder also put their signatures as they take over Germany. The two officers shake hands. Allied officers tour the city of Berlin. Damaged buildings in the city due to Allied bombings. The Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. The heavilly damaged Hotel Adlon. Aerial views of the damage caused due to Allied bombings in Hamburg. Damaged buildings and shipyards in Hamburg.
Wrecked Allied equipment in Anzio, Italy during world War II. A shell strafed ambulance as a soldier points at shell marks on the vehicle. A burned out ammunition truck. A soldier puts his fingers in a shrapnel hole in a wrecked British jeep.
Wrecked Allied equipment in Anzio, Italy during world War II. Hood of an Allied Army jeep with an insignia and bullet holes in it. Much of the jeep has been stripped for parts. An overturned Bren gun carrier with large holes in the bottom, again stripped of usable parts. A wrecked gun carrier. A British soldier with a tire that was torn by a shrapnel.
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