Military police guard German prisoners of war in vicinity of Periers,France, during World War II. German prisoners rest along wall in courtyard of a building. Some prisoners sleep over ruins of buildings. Military police guard them. Prisoners being marched to trucks and loaded, packed tightly onto open trucks. French women on bicycles stop and make fun of the German prisoners Damaged buildings seen in the background. Sherman tank of 4th Armored Division drives past bomb-damaged church. Road sign points along Route 71 to next town (Coutances) and end of route (coastal city of Granville).
Troops disembark ship in France during World War I. Ship underway at sea. It arrives at harbor. Troops disembark ship. They hold their belongings. The embattled veterans of France and Britain form honor escort to the comrades and march off to war
Japanese prisoners surrender in Okinawa during the Pacific War of World War II. Japanese soldiers move across river and rugged terrain. Allied soldiers fire artillery and attack Japanese installations. Dead Japanese soldiers on field. Attack on ship underway at sea. Japanese prisoner urges surrender and speaks over microphone. Japanese prisoners surrender.
Nazi stormtroopers (SA or Sturmabteilung or brownshirts) parade in Germany. Nazi officers march giving Nazi salute to start the event. The Nazi stormtroopers parade past their leaders.The German soldiers carry flags based on the Imperial War Ensign (World War I) design which had been adopted following the National Socialist Machtergreifung, or “Seizure of Power”, on 30 January 1933. Nazi officers on sidelines give arm salutes, except for one who renders classic hand salute to forhead. He looks around at all the others and jokes about it.
Efforts for additional cultivation in London, England during World War II. Suburb dwellers on their new allotments to produce their own vegetables. The dwellers carry their agricultural equipment and get on a truck. Children get on the truck. Men unload iron scrap from a cart. A pile of scrap. Signs read 'Clear Out Scrap - It All Helps To Win The War' and 'WHO WASTES WASTEPAPER HELPS THE ENEMY'.
Hanging of Nazi war criminals in Bruchal, Germany who was found guilty at U.S. 7th Army court for World War II crimes. Death sentence for the condemned man is read on a scaffold. A hood and rope is placed over condemned man's head and body is dropped through the trap. Chaplain administers prayer. Body is removed from beneath the scaffold and placed in a coffin.
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