Naval bombardment of Iwo Jima, preceding the amphibious assault during World War 2. Animation shows a map which locates Iwo Jima. Animation shows the defensive positions of Japanese defenders on Iwo Jima at various dates. U.S. Warships firing naval guns. Other ships in the background. Cruiser USS Salt Lake City (CA-25) seen at time codes 2:18-2:21.
World War 2 invasion of Iwo Jima by U.S. amphibious forces. U.S. warships continue bombardment of Japanese fortifications on Iwo Jima, but cease temorarily, allowing U.S. air strikes. U.S. dive bombers attacking Japanese positions.The Cruiser USS Indianapolis (CA-35) is seen maneuvering close to shore. U.S. gunboats firing barrages of rockets that saturate the beach with explosions. Diagram illustrates the way heavy naval gunfire overhead is coordinated with advancing amphibious craft. Views of landing craft and battleships firing overhead in a moving barrage. Landing craft arriving at the beach.
Post-invasion views of Japanese fortifications destroyed by U.S. Naval gunfire prior to the U.S. amphibious assault on Iwo Jima in World War 2. Remains of Japanese defensive positions on Iwo Jima. Steel-reinforced concrete fortifications, including pill boxes, heavy gun emplacements, and block houses, destroyed by U.S. naval heavy guns. A marine stands near destroyed concrete bunker. U.S. Flag flies high above the scene. U.S. battleships underway at sea.
People gather outside the Feldherrnhalle (Residenzstraße 1, 80333 München, Germany) in Munich, Germany near the end of World War II. On the Feldherrnhalle, carefully painted in giant letters in German: "Dachau, Velden, Buchenwald - I am ashamed to be a German." A poster pasted on the wall of the hall. German civilians look at the poster with heading: "Wessen Schuld?" ("Who's to blame?" in English). Names of concentration camps where atrocities took place - Dachau, Velden (likely Belsen), Buchenwald- chalked alongside the poster.
Senator Burton K Wheeler and party including United States officers come out of the Paris transmitter station in France. Officers talk amongst themselves. They get into car and the car passes on the street.
U.S. aircraft carriers in the Sea of Japan. Launch of carrier-based missions to attack Japanese shipping and airfields in World War II. Aircraft readying on carrier deck including F6F Hellcats, TBF Avenger, and SB2C Helldivers. Scenes of attacks by U.S. aircraft on Japanese targets in Tokyo Bay, seen via gun camera footage. U.S. Navy fighter aircraft returning to land on carrier have accidents. One lands but overshoots and runs off the end of the deck and into the ocean, striking another aircraft on the way. Another fighter aircraft is seen landing on a carrier deck but the supplemental fuel tank beneath it detaches and explodes and the plane erupts into flames. The burned pilot is rushed to safety by crews and firefighting crews battle the blaze. Scenes of dead American sailors and airmen being buried at sea.
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