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An Allied convoy underway as soldiers eat and play aboard ships in the Mediterranean Sea during World War II.
An Allied invasion convoy underway in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Italy during World War II. Allied soldiers aboard LSTs ( Landing Ship Tanks) and LCIs ( Landing Crafts Infantry) underway at sea. Barrage balloons in flight overhead. The coast of Capri in the background. Soldiers from Sudan: The Sudanese soldiers aboard ship play checkers and write letters. British soldiers eat chow on a ship's deck. A convoy of Allied vessels underway at sea.
Allied troops liberate Rome, Italy; actions earlier during World War II leading toward the liberation.
A film titled 'Liberation of Rome' shows the arrival of Allied troops in Rome, Italy and the end of Fascist rule during World War II. On June 4, 1944: Allied 5th Army soldiers on the streets of Rome as people celebrate their liberation. Soldiers loaded on M4 Sherman tanks move past large crowds. The American flag. A Scots pipe band plays as they march through the throng. Allied soldiers march toward the Colosseum. Views of the Roman Forum, the Victor Emmanuel Memorial and the Piazza Venezia. British pipers marching through the crowd. U.S. troops in trucks towing artillery. People gathered in large numbers on the streets to celebrate the liberation of Rome. A sign reads ' War staff room Combined chiefs of staff '. Past events depict Chiefs of Staff of the U.S. at a meeting as they discuss the plan to liberate Italy from Fascist control. Animated map depicts Allied operations in North Africa and the invasion of Sicily. But highlights continued Axis air threat from Italian mainland. Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini reviews troops in an undated scene. Nazi Junkers Ju-87 Stuka dive bombers taxing on an airfield at Foggia, Italy, earlier in the war. A German Heinkel He 111 bomber takes off. German troops and equipment transported on an armored railroad train. View of German quad Flak 30 anti-aircraft gun aboard the train. German StuG III Assault Guns and Panzer III & Panzer IV tanks being transported on railroad flatcars.
Wounded being taken aboard landing crafts and ships in Normandy, France during World War II.
Allied invasion of Normandy, France on D-Day during World War II. A patrol boat underway with men aboard it. A tattered American flag flaps in breeze aboard the patrol boat. A dead soldier floats in water. A landing craft approaches to pick up the dead. British hospital ship Prague (#61) and an amphibious ship underway off the coast of Normandy. A Red Cross on the beam of the hospital ship. Wounded on litters being taken aboard an LCM ( Landing Craft, Mechanized) . A wounded soldier being taken aboard an LCI ( Landing Craft Infantry). A wounded on a stretcher being taken aboard a ship in a sling. Four wounded men on a pallet being lifted up over the deck of a ship as crewmen look on. Four wounded men on a litter being lowered to the deck.
U.S. Brigadier General Ira Eaker leads B-17 raid on Rouen, France, during World War 2
U.S. Army Air Force armorers ride atop bombs on trolleys, being pulled by a tug on an airfield in England during World War 2. Airmen gather around a bomb as one writes in chalk, "To Schicky (referring to Hitler family, Schickelgruber) this is only the start, Love, L.E.Z." Views of Airmen rolling bombs on carts under a B-17E aircraft. View from inside a B-17 as ground crews look up through open bomb bay doors. B-17 combat crewmen walking and riding bicycles, to attend a mission briefing. Inside the assembled aircrews are briefed by a British RAF officer, who says, "We're going to work. The target is XZ 462." He goes on providing details to be followed by aircrews. The crews leave the briefing room. Next, B-17s are seen taxiing out for takeoff. The lead aircraft is "Yankee Doodle" piloted by Brigadier General Ira Eaker. Another is "Stinky." Next is "Little Skunk Face."And the last one "Berlin Sleeper." Ground crews watch as the B-17 bombers take off and assemble into formation overhead. Views from inside a B-17 as bombs fall and its gunners fight off German fighter planes. Bombs seen falling and exploding on the ground and raising clouds of smoke. Glimpse of gunners firing at attacking German aircraft. Narrator states there is anti-aircraft fire all around them, that jolts the aircraft. The B-17s assemble in formation for the flight home. Back at the base, some wait atop the tower for the returning aircraft. General Ira Eaker, Chief of the U.S. VIII Bomber Command, steps from a returning aircraft, and greets Major General Carl Spaatz, Commander of the 8th Air Force. Final scene shows Brigadier General Eaker, smoking a cigar and surrounded by civilian and military reporters. ( Note: Reportedly, the B-17 "Stinky" crash landed in Athenry Co Galway Ireland on the 15th January 1943 with General Jacob Devers and a party of other Generals onboard, but none were injured and and all arrived safely at 2AM the same day, in Belleek, Northern Ireland.)
A pilot comes aboard PBM Mariner during air sea rescue work in the Pacific Ocean during World War II .
U.S. Navy air sea rescue in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. A pilot in a life raft and green dye marker on the water surface. Pilot in raft paddles as he approaches toward a U.S. Navy PBM Mariner aircraft. Pilot being assisted by men into the PBM aircraft. Three men in a life raft off the British aircraft carrier, HMS Formidable. Men being picked up. Men stand on the deck of the ship.
An aircraft flies over bomb scarred farms and Allied cemeteries in Europe during World War II.
Aerial views of Italy and France during World War II. Aerial view of a battle scarred farmland. Flares dropped over the farmland. An American cemetery at Anzio. A battle scarred farmland, flares dropped. A British cemetery in Anzio, Italy. The sun's reflection over water. An aircraft flies over a battle scarred farmland and tank traps. Corsican coastline. A mountain ridge and a waterfall. Buildings in a town.
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