U.S. Coast Guard (CG) enlisted men engaged in vessel maintenance during World War 2. Men wearing jeans use a scraper, a chipping hammer, and an electric wire wheel to prepare the deck for new paint on the stern of a Landing Ship Tank (LST). Another enlisted man welds a cleat to the deck of the LST while underway.
German invasion and occupation of Denmark and Norway (Operation Weserubung) in the second World War (WW2). A German naval task force underway at sea. Crew assembled on deck of the German battleship Schleswig-Holstein, are ordered to their duty stations. As first step in the operation, German forces invade Denmark. A line of German troop ships tied up at port in Copenhagen, Denmark. German troops disembark and proceed into the city.
German invasion of Norway (Operation Weserubung) during the World War Two. German Junkers Ju-52 transport aircraft in flight over snow-covered rocky terrain. Navigator at his station in Ju-52. German soldiers and bicycles inside cabin of a Ju-52. Harbor and seaplanes seen below. Ju-52 lands at airfield. Many other Ju-52s parked. German troops offload personal gear and weapons, and then march across the field. A sentry posted at Oslo Air Base building. Explosions just outside the perimeter of airfield. A squadron of German Me-109 aircraft fly overhead. German antiaircraft batteries protecting the airfield. German Heinkel He-111s bombing a Norwegian island. Close view as bombs are released from bomb bay. German Luftwaffe Pilot in cockpit.
U.S. Navy nurses arrive in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. The nurses on the deck of a transport ship underway at sea. They discuss amongst themselves. A man watches through binoculars. The nurses disembark in a dinghy. They arrive at the coast. A nurse poses near a tree. A man takes her photograph.
Russian soldiers fight the Germans on the Russian Front during World War II. Russian soldiers fire guns from a trench. A soldier watches enemy actions through binoculars. Russian soldiers fire artillery, bazookas and machine guns at the Germans. Smoke rises due to the firing in the foreground. Russian anti-aircraft guns fire at German airplanes. The airplanes dive towards the earth, crash and burn.
Activities of Chinese troops in China during World War II. Chinese combat troops march on a street. An officer watches through binoculars. Soldiers work with picks and shovels while constructing a road. A man places dynamite in a hole. He turns a detonator. An explosion on the road. Chinese soldiers advance. They fire rifles and Bren guns. A Chinese woman nurses and bandages the hand of a casualty on a litter. Chinese soldiers fire rifles at the Japanese from a trench.
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