United States Infantry troops patrol on streets of Leipzig, Germany during World War II. Sherman tanks advance on streets. Huge German civilian crowd comes out of homes with white flags in hand.
United States Infantry troops patrol in streets of Leipzig, Germany during World War II. Sherman tanks advance on streets. Troops with rifles in hand march on road. German civilians stand with white flags in hand. Empty street in Leipzig.
German civilians forced by U.S. Army soldiers in World War 2 to dig mass graves for Nazi atrocity victims of the Gardelegen Massacre, in Gardelegen, Germany. Bodies of slave laborer political prisoners on the ground, including Russians, Poles, and French, many of whom had come from the Mittelbau-Dora Concentration Camp and the Hannover-Stöcken Concentration Camp . A large barn in the background on the Isenschnibbe estate, showing evidence of fire damage, where many victims were found by the U.S. Army 102nd Infantry Division on April 14, 1945, after having been locked in the barn which was then set on fire on April 13, 1945. German civilians uncover nearby existing hastily dug mass graves containing piled victims. Dead bodies placed in new graves and covered with dirt. Civilians under U.S. Army direction dig long, mass grave trenches to bury the dead.
Aftermath of the Gardelegen Massacre: German civilians dig grave for Nazi atrocity victims in Gardelegen, Germany. Mutilated and burned bodies of one thousand political deportee prisoners, including Russians, Poles and French, in and around a large barn. United States Army Infantry troops view and inspect the bodies, and supervise German civilians being forced to dig mass graves for the victims, who had been transported to the barn from the Mittelbau-Dora Concentration Camp and the Hannover-Stöcken Concentration Camp during World War 2.
From a Japanese propaganda newsreel. Blend of actual and reenactment scenes depicting the sinking of the HMS Prince of Wales and the HMS Repulse off the coast of Singapore. Japanese Mitsubishi-96 bombers overhead in formation. Japanese aircraft drop bombs on the British ships. Large explosion on British battleship as it is struck by a torpedo. British flag on the mast of a ship. Japanese pilot speaks over mouthpiece, seated in cockpit of Mitsubishi-96 bomber. Another pilot looks through binoculars. (World War II period).
British delegation escorted by Japanese guards, carry British flag and a white flag of surrender in hand. They enter a Ford Motor factory building at Bukit Timah, headquarters for the Japanese forces, and are seated around a table. Japanese high ranking officers arrive by car. They enter building and sit across the British soldiers. The British delegation members include Lieutenant General Percival, Brigadier Newbigging, Brigadier Torrance, and Major Wild. The lead officers for the Japanese are Lieutenant General Sugita and Lieutenant General Tomoyuki Yamashita. Scenes of the surrender discussions are shown including discussion between Yamashita and Percival, as Percival examines surrender documents. (World War II period).
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