Memorial services in Luxeuil, France during World War II. U.S. Army Lieutenant General Alexander M Patch of the Seventh Army and Major General John E Dahlquist of the 36th Infantry Division present at the ceremony. Civilians gather in a street. Buildings along the street sides. French troops and French veterans of World War I parade. Lieutenant General Patch and a French General in front of a plaque commemorating the American forces of the Lafayette Escadrille. An officer addresses the crowd. Major General Dahlquist ties a battle streamer on the 36th Infantry Division flag. Officers and soldiers salute.
U.S. carrier operations in the Pacific Ocean during World War 2. A "jeep carrier" (Escort Carrier) on the horizon. The sun sets in the background. Aircraft being recovered on the Escort Carrier, USS Manila Bay (CVE-61) while underway in the Pacific during World War 2. FM-2 Wildcat fighter number 13, of U.S. Navy Composite Squadron 80 (VC-80) makes a routine landing on the flight deck. Another one approaching is waved off and goes around. FM-2, number 14, makes a routine landing. But it is next seen surrounded by deck crewmen, because it has sustained battle damage. The upper skin on its left wing is seen to be blown away,exposing the internal spars of the wing. The pilot steps from the cockpit and briefly examines the left side of his airplane for other damage.
Statesmen arriving to attend a meeting in Germany in the wake of World War I. German Marshal Paul von Hindenburg reviewing an honor guard of World War 1 veterans. They stand at attention and salute with their rifles at "Present Arms" position. Hindenburg returns their salute by raising his Marshal's baton. General Erich Ludendorff and other senior military officers accompany Hindenburg. Next, Hindenburg poses in front of a gathering of military officers and officials.
A Soviet war memorial in Berlin, Germany. A huge bronze statue of a Soviet soldier at the Soviet war memorial. People look at the statue. Some people enter the base of the monument. Two American soldiers move away from the monument. A stone monument with four symbolic bronze garlands and an anchor. A statue of a kneeling soldier.
Aerial views of Berlin, Germany, 8 years after the end of World War II in Europe. Aerial views of wrecked buildings and cleared areas in Berlin. View of the Soviet War Memorial, the Reichstag, the Brandenburg Gate or Brandenburger Tor, the 1870 monument, a huge bunker, Berlin Victory Column (Siegessäule, Großer Stern, 10557 Berlin, Germany), the destroyed belltower of the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church (Breitscheidplatz, 10789 Berlin, Germany), the Funkturm Berlin in Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf (Hammarskjöldpl., 14055 Berlin, Germany), and the Olympic Stadium (Olympischer Platz 3, 14053 Berlin, Germany).
Map shows border of East Prussia and the Soviet Union. Arrow points to Brest-Litovsk (now Brest, Belarus) one of the first targets in Nazi operation Barbarossa, during World War 2. . German 15cm K39 (15cmKanone39) heavy artillery bombarding the Soviet fortress at Brest. Closeup of gun breech. German troops hunkered down in craters and trenches near buildings. More views of German heavy artillery firing from camouflaged positions. Smoke rising from the German bombardment. German infantry moving forward and approaching Brest Fortress. German soldiers in shell craters, observing as the shelling destroys buildings nearby. View of destroyed and burning structures. Soviet defenders of the garrison standing with hands raised, surrendering under white flags. A surrendered Soviet soldier stands on a hill waving his hat to others telling them it is safe to surrender. Other Soviet soldiers coming foreward from their defensive positions to surrender. Soviet POWs huddled together near a Soviet T-18 light tank (aka MS-1) inside part of the Brest Fortress. German officers surveying the situation. Damaged bridge over the Bug River. Surrendering Soviet troops use a rope to help cross river at bombed out section. Wounded Soviet soldiers with first aid bandages, lying on bank of river. Other Soviet POWs under German guard nearby. A soviet prisoner plays a harmonica. More views of destroyed and burning structures. German infantry running across a road, under fire from Soviet defenders. German troops entering the main part of the Brest Citadel, and fighting against stubborn Soviet snipers. Camera pans across destruction in and around the fortress. A dead Soviet soldier slumped in the seat of a vehicle. Others on the ground near a Soviet Army truck. A long line of Soviet soldiers taken prisoners of war, walking under German guard. The City Hall of Brest With German soldier standing guard. Belarussian citizens of the city going about their everyday activities, under German occupation.
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