U.S. Marine Corps struggle during Battle of Tarawa, in the Pacific, during World War II. Marines of the United States 2nd Marine Division Corps move carefully and stay low as they advance on the island and fire at Japanese well-entrenched in bunkers and hiding in trees.Marines employ grenades, flame throwers and mortars against the Japanese and occupy some Japanese bunkers. Marine casualties being carried on stretchers. Several Japanese soldiers break out of their fortification and run for safety as marines fire at them. Marines check for snipers and throw grenades, as they advance very cautiously toward abandoned Japanese positions on the Tarawa beach.
U.S. Marine Corps during Battle of Tarawa in World War II. Marines of United States 2nd Marine Division advance on a Japanese bunker and use hand grenades and flame throwers. Smoke column rises from explosions. Many dead Japanese dead seen lying on the other side of the bunker. U.S. marine runs with machine gun to set up in a fortified position.
U.S. Marines during the Battle of Tarawa in World War II. Wounded United States marines of the 2nd Marine Division being given first aid in the field. They are carried by stretchers to boats. Navy doctors and corpsmen tend the wounded. They are being taken to hospital ships. View of the beach covered with dead U.S. marines.
Battle of Tarawa in Pacific during World War II. British Vickers coastal guns, captured by the Japanese in Singapore, silenced by U.S. Navy bombardments. Damaged Japanese tank and Command Post.
Belgians living under German occupation in Brussels during World War II. Women and men ride bicycles in the streets of Brussels, Belgium. People walking in a crowded street, likely near the Great Place or Bourse de Bruxelles. A woman in an elaborate hat walks past people in the street. Trams move along the city roads. Civilians and military personnel dining at a street café. A view of the ‘Maison du Roi’ or King's House and the Guildhalls at the Grand Place (Grote Markt, 1000 Brussel, Belgium), the central square of Brussels. View of the Great Place and its square. Soldiers look at birds in cages. Vendors selling various foods and vegetables. A woman vendor slicing cheese. German Luftwaffe airmen taste the cheese as civilians look on.
Admiral Johann Albert Raeder visiting coastal defenses at the Atlantic Wall in World War 2. German Grossadmiral (Grand Admiral) Erich Johann Albert Raeder steps from a Junkers 52 transport plane and exchanges salutes and handshakes with the Vizeadmiral (Rear admiral upper half) who is welcoming him. Closeup of sailors shouting greetings of "Heil." Next, Raeder is seen walking swiftly, accompanied by a Navy Captain and an Army officer. They climb an embankment along the French coastline, where German heavy guns are installed. Closeup of Admiral Raeder standing in front of sandbagged bunker. Next scene shows him, in the company of several Army officers, examining a chart depicting the disposition and status of the coastal defenses. He and the Captain walk past a huge hardened and sandbagged coastal gun, as an accompanying Army officer points out its features. Next a coastal gun under camouflage netting is seen elevating its barrel. From a position next to another gun, the camera displays a broad view of the coastal defenses, including obstacles stretching down the hill to the sand and waterfront below. Gunners helmets and packs are arranged in readiness to be accessed instantly. A German warship is seen offshore. Scene shifts to nearby French village where effects of British bombing are seen. Local people pose, looking at the damage to their homes. Several men are clearing up debris near garages containing automobiles.
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