Dunkirk during World War II. British destroyer underway at full steam. German plane flying near barrage balloons. Smoke can be seen on shore due to bombing by Germans. Dozens of rescue boats containing crewmen and soldiers sail out to safety. Destroyer passes ship that has sunk. British soldiers wading in water towards ship. British soldiers climb onboard a ship. Exhausted British navy personnel rest on deck of ship. British navy personnel, some inadequately dressed, pose for the camera. Some soldiers are even barefoot. Ship blows out dark smoke as it sails near the Dunkirk harbor. British soldiers onboard a ship prepare ammunition and ropes to fight the Germans. British soldier grabs a rifle. A soldier throws a rope over the side of a ship. British soldiers on board ship are wearing life jackets. British ships sail near Dunkirk.
View of a bunker overlooking a river in Germany, likely the Saar river, before World War 2. A ship can be seen sailing in the river. Many other pillboxes along the river. Low angle view of “Dragon’s teeth” tank barriers found in the Siegfried Line, the defense fortification line in western Nazi Germany use during WWII. Aerial view of long water filled trench on the Siegfried Line running through forest and farmland.
View of a semi-underground bunker located in the western Nazi German defense fortification line called the “Siegfried Line” before World War 2. View of farmlands near the Siegfried Line. Snow covered bunkers and pillboxes in the Siegfried Line as seen in aerial view.
Nazi German soldiers march alongside row of steel “Dragon’s Teeth” anti-tank obstacles (similar to Czech hedgehogs) along the Siegfried Line, the defense fortification located in western Germany and used later during World War II. German soldiers marching in farmland. Farmers work outside bared wire fence as soldiers march nearby. German soldiers enter a bunker entrance below a sign that reads “Werkgruppe Scharnhorst Panzerwerk 1238” (“Scharnhorst Work Group Panzerwork 1238” in German). Gate grill automatically opens as soldiers enter. German soldiers enter gate of semi-underground bunker. German soldiers march inside bunker tunnels. Camera pans from one bunker tunnel to another as soldiers march through.
German Nazi soldiers ride underground railroad small gauge train cars inside bunker tunnel in the Siegfried Line in western Germany before World War II. Other German soldiers march alongside soldiers in rail cars. Soldiers enter an elevator while others take stairs alongside. Elevator door closes and soldiers seen rising to upper bunker areas. POV inside bunker elevator as it passes German troops on stairs. Bunker door sign reads “Unterk. Räume," which is German for "sub spaces," German soldiers smoke cigarettes and socialize together inside a dormitory room in the bunker.
Rows of “Dragon’s teeth” tank barriers found in forest, meadow and farmland along the “Siegfried Line” fortification along western Germany before World War 2. Woman farmers till the soil in farmland near “Dragon’s teeth” tank barriers. Two farmers till the soil on a farm. A farmer leads his oxen to till the land in farm with “Dragon’s teeth” tank barriers. Rows of “Toblerone”-shaped “Dragon’s teeth” tank barriers in between a farm. A shepherd tends to his sheep in meadow with “Dragon’s teeth” anti-tank barriers.
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