Italian troops mobilize during World War 2. Italian soldiers pack their back packs and prepare to march forward. The troops begin to march to trains bound for Russia. The military band plays as they march. A huge crowd of civilians on the streets. Men, women, and children watch as the troops march towards the trains. People hold miniature Italian flags and cheer the soldiers. Civilians gather on either side of the road as the soldiers move ahead.
German troops in France during World War 2. A map depicts Frankreich (France). A sign at a line of demarcation reads 'Demarkationslinie'. A soldier checks the time in his watch. German tanks, trucks, and motorized infantry enter the former "Zone libre," effectively ending its free status and militarily occupying it. They roll through French villages toward the South Coast of France. The convoy crosses a check post. The convoy on a long winding road through hills. German forces enter the city of Narbonne. Soldiers and tanks on the city streets. Shops on a sidewalk. Civilians including children watch the Germans. Soldiers sit, read and rest. Military vehicles on a tree flanked path. Children look around. Soldiers seated in a line on a railing. Military equipment in rail carriages. A sign for Marseille. The convoy enters the city. Civilians watch the convoy. Tanks on the streets. Soldiers on tanks as they cross the triumphal arch Porte d'Aix (Porte Royale) in the city.
During World War 2, young German women are trained as telephone and teletype operators in Athens, Greece. Operators put on their uniforms. Women seated at desks, wearing headphones, and practicing telephone and teletype operations. Women operate telephones and teletype machines. They plug and unplug switchboard cables. The instructor supervises. The trainees run up stairs in swim wear to a rooftop area or terrace. They do group callisthenic exercises together. The girls swim. The trainees visit The Acropolis. They tour the monument.
Naval warfare in the Mediterranean during World War II. An Italian submarine surfaces off the Barbary Coast. A crew member sights a small United States freighter underway. He goes down below into the submarine and informs the crew. The alarm is sounded. Italian sailors man their respective posts. The Captain looks through the periscope. The sailors take aim and shell the freighter. A sailor surveys the damage using binoculars. The hit ship sinks.
Repair of German-controlled railroads and bridges in occupied France during World War II. French laborers (slave labor) rebuild railroads. Laborers lay tracks. Stationary rail cars on tracks. Laborers dig and excavate near tracks. Reconstruction of railway bridges. French laborers work on a bridge. They weld and assemble parts. The bridge pillars under construction. Aerial cranes used for construction. An armored German train moves across a reconstructed bridge. A Nazi Swastika flag on the engine. The train steams into Paris' Gare du Nord. German officers and soldiers in the rail cars. German officers greet the soldiers on arrival.
France under German occupation during World War II. Vichy French fascist militia (under Joseph Darnand) round up FFI (French Forces of the Interior) members. They march FFI members out of a building. German soldiers search French civilians. They stop and check civilians on bicycles and in cars. The bullet ridden windshield of a car used by FFI. A soldier with a revolver talks to a French farmer. Soldiers check an elderly farmer. A man gives a 5 Francs note. Close up view of the French currency bill. Smiling German soldiers march towards Normandy. They take cover from while under aerial attack by U.S. aircraft. Antiaircraft guns fired at the aircraft. Soldiers load and fire artillery. Aircraft drop bombs over target areas. A plane is hit, descends and crashes. Soldiers in camouflaged trucks and cars pass by cheering troops. German officers greet each other. Officers and soldiers keep watch through shrubs. Soldiers on guard with guns. German General Günther von Kluge discusses strategy, reviewing a map with his soldiers. A damaged sign post reads 'Caution. Enemy in Sight!'
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