German soldiers being encouraged to surrender during World War 2. A German commanding Officer riding on the hood of an American jeep moving along a road among the trees. Several American soldiers among the trees. The German officer at the window of a house, telliing his troops they should surrender. A few American officers beside the German officer. The German officer and some U.S. soldiers move up a small hill. Gradually German soldiers come out of hiding and surrender to the Americans. A German prisoner removes his weapon belt. Large numbers of German soldiers assembled in an open field.
German troops enter a Belgian port city on motorized vehicles and wagons during the First World War. German infantry march into a Belgian city behind a military marching band. German artillery pieces being moved into the city. Refugees flee from the city. People carrying their belongings as they move away in wagons and on foot.
German invading forces during early engagements in France and Flanders during World War I. German troops advancing through a culvert under a bridge. German troops move to positions in front of a building. German soldiers scurry to safety as a nearby shed collapses from artillery strike. German soldiers walk across a battlefield as fires burn in distant background. Austrian or Austro-Hungarian troops struggle to move a heavy artillery piece. German troops set up a battery of field artillery. German soldiers near a Austro-Hungarian Škoda 30.5 cm Mörser M.11 seige howitzer, with one of its 305 mm shells on cart in foreground. German field artillery firing. German Marine Corps Flanders (Marinenkorps Flandern) in defensive position and several of them help a wounded comrade. Troops emerge from trench and advance, attacking across a battle field in World War 1.
U.S. Paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division, en route to Camp Mourmelon, France, after Operation Market Garden,in Holland, during World War 2. They stop briefly near Borg Leopold, a former Belgian Army Depot, East of Brussels, where they receive coffee and doughnuts from a Red Cross Clubmobile. The troopers line up with their personal mess cups and receive hot coffee and donuts. Various views of the troopers receiving their refreshments and mingling together as they enjoy them. One view from inside the clubmobile, looking out at the troopers.
Scenes from German occupied Brussels, Belgium during World War II. Trams on the street in area of Place de Brouckère (Pl. De Brouckère, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium). German occupation troops and civilians at a sidewalk café. Various buildings in downtown Brussels. German soldiers and civilians in a busy marketplace. German soldiers admire the birds in birdcages on display. German soldiers and Belgian civilians survey and buy goods at stalls of a food market. Various food items for sale. German soldiers eat samples of Belgian cheese.
Events during the Paris Peace Conference. United States President Woodrow Wilson and the members of the American delegation seen near the trenches in Nieuport. Mrs. Edith Bolling Wilson and Queen Elisabeth of Belgium seen with the umbrellas. President Wilson is accompanied by King Albert I of Belgium. French soldiers stand with the rifles on the other side of the trenches.
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