'Eve of Battle' depicts the Allied invasion of Europe during World War II. Slave labor from Nazi Germany-invaded countries construct Atlantic Wall. German artillery and fortifications in the Atlantic Wall. Nazi German soldiers marching in groups. Nazi leader Adolf Hitler shake hands with Italian fascist leader Benito Mussolini. Allied leaders Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin sit together during the Tehran Conference in December 1943. Exiled Allied leaders such as General Charles de Gaulle of France, Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands and Dr. Edvard Beneš of Czechoslovakia inspect Allied troops. Various Allied troops from Poland, Norway, England, United States, and Czechoslovakia prepare to launch an invasion in France. Eisenhower along with other officers plans the European invasion. Allied ships and aircraft on their way to Europe. Allied bombers drop bombs over Nazi German U-boats. Naval battle begins and explosions occur, smoky docks. In England war supplies unloaded. Supplies include weapons, military equipment, and food. A tank and locomotive trains being loaded into a ship bound for Europe. Allied aircraft take off at night. A man directs an aircraft taking off. Allied bombers bombard German targets resulting into fiery flare in Europe. British children playing jump rope as a supply train pass by in the background. Tanks and fighter planes transported by train. Supply boxes unloaded and stacked for transport to the battle front.
Wreckage and rubble after the Japanese air raid on Canton (Guangzhou), China during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Chinese women soldiers move up a pile of rubble and march to the war front. They climb up a hill and fire at Japanese positions. Girls assembled as an officer instructs them.
Neville Chamberlain before meeting with his war cabinet in London, England. King George VI, Queen Elizabeth and their children arrive at Scottish games in Braemer, Scotland. Royal family enjoy as participants compete in various events like shot put. Men perform a Scottish dance. People gathered outside the building where the war cabinet meets in London, England. A barrage balloon takes off and in flight.
Events prior to World War II. German troops march towards Czechoslovakian border in Germany. In Italy Prime Minister Benito Mussolini delivers a speech. He declares that Italy is allied with Germany in times of war and peace. His followers cheer after the declaration is made.
Events prior to World War II. A German ship at the New York harbor. A man aboard the ship. Ships underway at sea return to home ports as the threat of World War II looms large.
Film showing protective measures in case of a gas attack. American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) soldiers in deep trenches reinforced by woven wooden sticks. Soldiers put on their gas masks during a gas attack. Gas drifts over their positions. View from trench, what slate describes as what a sentry would see. Barbed wires in the foreground, snow on the ground, and gas mist covering the no-man's land outside the trench. (World War i; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
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