Bombardment of Mount Suribachi in Iwo Jima, Japan as seen from the deck of an American destroyer underway off the Iwo Jima Coast. Large smoke columns obscure island and Mount Suribachi. Gun flashes in the foreground. Turrets of USS Wiley fires. Mount Suribachi under bombardment. Gun flashes and tracer fire in the foreground. U.S. battleships and destroyer off Iwo Jima bombard the coast. (World War II period).
88-mm antiaircraft guns (flake guns) aboard USS Indiana (BB-58) fired at Japanese Kamikaze (suicide dive bomber) off the Japanese coast. Kamikaze flies through heavy flake fire. One of the Kamikaze hit and crashes in water. Quad 40 mounts with expended shell casing in open mounts aboard the battleship. Row of single 20mm guns on the deck. Gun crew members stand aboard. Kamikaze flies through heavy flake fire. It dives into water after being hit. (World War II period).
A U.S. F-6F lands on the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Bataan (CLV-29) underway off the Japanese coast. USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) burns and emits heavy black smoke. Antiaircraft flak guns fired at Japanese Kamikaze (suicide dive bomber). Kamikaze crashes in water after being hit. Another Japanese aircraft under heavy flak fire. It gets hit and crashes in water. (World War II period).
Kehlsteinhaus, Adolf Hitler's Eagle's Nest retreat at Berchtesgaden (German municipality) located on Mount Watzmann in Bavaria, Germany after World War II. U.S. Army forces inspecting the retreat, including General Omar Bradley and Major General Maxwell D. Taylor. A board reads ' Hitler's Home'. U.S. troops look out at the Bavarian Alps.
Two weeks after its capture by the U.S.3rd Infantry Division, 7th Infantry Regiment, at the end of World war 2, in Europe, U.S. soldiers explore Obersalzberg air raid shelter tunnels connecting Hotel zum Turken and Hitler's residence at the Berghof, Berchtesgaden, Bavaria, Germany. U.S. Army soldier browses through Adolf Hitler's sacked offices and musical recording collection. Major General Maxwell Taylor, Commanding General, 101st Airborne Division, is seen descending a long stairway into the tunnel complex that was one of Hitler's bunkers.
A fallen lamp, some old books and a broken frame lie on a table inside Adolf Hitler's "Eagle's Nest" office of Kehlsteinhaus at Berchtesgaden (municipality) in Bavaria, Germany. It is being examined by U.S. Army troops after German surrender in World War II.
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