German Nazi prisoners of war detained in the United Kingdom during World War 2. Captured German generals exit the Transient Personnel Entrance of a mess hall. They are joined by the Military Police. Military Policeman checks the bus filled with prisoners before the bus’s departure. The bus drives away. More German prisoners of war crowd outside the mess hall. Two British women pose together, flashing the “Victory” hand sign.
German Nazi prisoners of war detained in the United Kingdom during World War 2. Military Police guarding outside Nissen huts. A bus full of German prisoners of war arrives. Military policemen disembark first. German prisoners of war disembark from the bus one by one under guard. Military police instruct prisoners to “Leave your luggage!”. Captured German generals crowd in one corner to wait for others to disembark. German prisoners of war are led away. Prisoners of war eating and chatting in German inside a mess hall. A prisoner hands out a soup bowl, receives a tray with food. Captured German generals speaking to each other. British Military Police watch over prisoners of war. One of the captured German generals is still wearing an Iron Cross.
15th Air Force Operation Reunion (Operation Gunn) to rescue Allied prisoners of war in Romania during World War II. The Romanian Ministry of National Economy in Bucharest (now demolished). Sign reads “Ministerul Economiei Nationale Comisariatul General Preturilor”. United States OSS (Office of Strategic Services) Evacuation Party leaders convene outside the Romanian Ministry of National Economy. Captured Allied prisoners of war at a camp near Bucharest. Allied prisoners of war play a card game. Romanian troops raise the Romanian flag on a flagpole. Crowds of Allied prisoners of war waving and cheering. Colonel Krager gives out evacuation instructions to Allied prisoners of war. Some Allied prisoners of war are seen wearing German Stalhelm helmets. A young British prisoner of war looks at the camera. Prisoners of war waiting patiently for their evacuation to Popesti Airfield.
Supreme Allied Commander in Europe General Dwight D. Eisenhower inspects a Ninth Air Force Base in England during World War II. General Eisenhower salutes to men. United States soldiers look outside from a window to watch General Eisenhower’s arrival. Brick layers stop working on a wall to salute to General Eisenhower. General Eisenhower speaks with the M-26 Marauder crewmen. General Eisenhower laughing. General Eisenhower sits on in the cockpit of a fighter plane and fires its machine guns. Crowds of crewmen watch Eisenhower inspecting aircraft. An the airfield control tower, General Eisenhower and other officials watch the take-off of B-26 Marauders for a combat mission. B-26 Marauder bombers take off from the airfield. B-26 Marauder bombers form a formation in flight. B-26 Marauder bombers dodge anti-aircraft fire. Bomber with broken windshield window due to anti-aircraft fire damage. Bombs are dropped above a Nazi aerodrome in France. Aerial view of the Nazi aerodrome, railway switch yard bombings in Normandy. B-26 Marauder bombers heading back to England after bombing important military infrastructure in Normandy. A B-26 bomber lands on the runway. British Royal Air Force (RAF) Avro Lancaster bombers take-off from the Ninth Air Force Base at night. Lancaster bombersdrop bombs over German ammunitions dump and stores depot in France at night. Nighttime view of explosions on the ground.
Men prepare a VB-13 Tarzon missile (also known as ASM-A-1 Tarzon), a freefall vertical guided bomb. The missile contains a British Tallboy 12,000-pound (5,400 kg) bomb.
An Arab shepherd tends his grazing goats as convoy of trucks passes on road behind him. Military trucks transporting World War II European Jewish refugee passengers drive on the road. Jewish women and men climbing down from the back of truck outside a train station. Passengers carry luggage. Crowds of Jews enter the railroad train station. British troops stand on guard. Jewish passengers board a train. Jewish men smiling. Jewish men and women waving good-bye as they leave the station platform. A man waves his hat as he departs the platform. Happy passengers wave their hands inside the train. An officer inspects the papers of a Jewish woman before boarding. A young Jewish girl holding on to wooden half-door. Two photographers use their cameras to take pictures.
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