Results of air assaults by the British Royal and U.S. Eighth Air Forces over industrial areas in German-occupied France during Wolrd War II. A storage depot for the German V-1 (flying bomb) and munitions dispersed over an area of 3 square kilometers in the forest near L'Isle-Adam. Walls of not more than half a dozen buildings left standing. Tracks of narrow gauge that ran between the buildings appear occasionally from heaps of rubble. Cradle carts for moving bombs and robots rust by the road way. French work men with picks and shovels carve a path through the rubble. French Forces of the Interior (FFI) soldiers lift a mine while others stand guard with captured Mausers, alert for snipers still hiding in the forest.
Results of air assaults by the British Royal and U.S. Eighth Air Forces over areas around German-occupied Paris during Wolrd War II. The Orly Airfield near Paris attacked by the U.S. Eighth Air Force bombers. Damaged runways and dispersed areas at the airfield. Bomb craters, 30 feet in diameter. Wrecked gigantic dirigible hangars and installations. Collapsed roofs and fire-twisted steel skeletons. Large erect structures. Allied soldiers amidst the ruins. Officers survey the damage.
A huge aircraft graveyard at Gennevilliers towards the end of World War II. Thousansd of wrecked aircraft dumped at the graveyard. Wrecked German, French, American and British aircraft downed in the Paris vicinity. The aircraft stripped of engines, propellers, instruments and ball bearings. French children prowl among the wreckage and pluck aircraft parts to keep as souvenirs.
U.S. and Japanese forces battle during the Bougainville Campaign of World War II. A U.S. Army Air Forces Grasshopper light aircraft takes off to conduct a reconnaissance mission against Japanase forces who hold part of Bougainville, New Guinea. The aircraft in flight over difficult terrain, flying slowly at tree-top height. The pilot spots Japanese positions and radios the ground forces. U.S. artillery is positioned and fired. They blast revealed Japanese positions. Infantry units land near the Jaba River and progress to clean up isolated Japanese troops. A Grasshopper in flight overhead.
The Allies advance after amphibious landings in France during World War II. Allied tanks blast a German pillbox. Nazi gun crews surrender. A nazi soldier with a white flag. The prisoners marched by the Allied soldiers. Allied soldiers search German prisoners and confiscate their belongings. FFI (French Forces of the Interior) soldiers greet and talk to Allied soldiers. The men with the FFI sleeve patches. Allies advance further inland. Citizens of the town of Frejus come out to welcome the Allied troops. They greet and cheer the soldiers. Soldiers on tanks greet the civilians.
U.S. OSS (Office of Strategic Services) officers train Burmese recruits in Burma during World War II. An OSS officer instructs Burmese students on ambush and traps. Students seated on benches outside a hut. The instructor uses a black board. He explains the written matter and diagrams on the board. A Burmese instructor translates the information. A student stands up and asks a question. The instructor responds.
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