Animated map showing the Rhineland region in Germany, Strasbourg (Strassburg), the Ardennes, and Netherlands in World War II. Night scene of rockets being fired as the German Army launched a major offensive through the Ardennes, starting the Battle of the Bulge. German Army fire Nebelwerfer rockets at night. Rockets hit enemy targets. German officer signals the artillery to fire. A heavy gun barrel is seen recoiling as it fires. German artillery crew firing field pieces. German soldiers in trench watch Allied positions being shelled. German troops firing an anti-aircraft gun hidden under branches of foliage. German soldier with camouflaged helmet. Captured United States Army soldiers walking by the Siegfred Line. Dragons Teeth antitank barriers are seen in the background. German soldiers riding on Stug III Ausf. F tank destroyers and half tracked vehicle (Sd.Kfz.251) pass by on muddy road. The captured American prisoners of war are made to march with their hands over their heads. German soldiers carrying Panzerfaust anti-tank weapons while marching in mud up to their ankles. Others carry MG 42 machine guns and belt ammunition. American helmets scattered on the ground. Dead Allied soldiers after the surprise German attack in the Ardennes.
A Grumman J2F Duck seaplane (amphibious biplane) is shown flying overhead in a diving run during World War 2. View of fighter airplanes flying from right to left in front of a large mountain. Closeup of U.S. Navy Douglas TBD Devastator torpedo bomber aircraft making a low pass and dropping a Mk XIII torpedo during practice runs. Several views of Mark 13 aerial torpedoes being dropped from aircraft, as seen from a U.S. ship in the Pacific.
View from aircraft-mounted camera. Aircraft approaches airfield where multiple enemy German aircraft lie. The aircraft strafes one of the planes on the ground. Scene changes to second pass over the field, where the previous target aircraft is seen destroyed and smoking. Aircraft fires on a second and third aircraft. Third pass over an industrial building, a second USAAF aircraft flies ahead, also firing at the building. Damaged buildings in the background. Additional passes are made to strafe enemy German bomber aircraft parked on the ground. Taken from aircraft of First Lieutenant H. F. Grenning, 434th Squadron, 479th Fighter Group, VIII Fighter Command, during WW2 in Europe.
Secretary of Defense Joint Civil Orientation Conference at sea. United States NavyF4U aircraft being catapulted off flight deck of the United States aircraft carrier USS Wright (CVL-49) during a Joint Civil Orientation Conference. An aircraft being lowered on an elevator. Members of Joint Orientation Conference on the catwalk as they watch the flight deck operations. Members along with officers on the catwalk.
U.S. Navy Admiral Chester William Nimitz visits fKwajalein Island, Marshall Islands, in World War 2. . Admiral Nimitz and his party casually visit various places on the island, Remnants of Japanese barracks and fortifications are seen. Tents and palm trees in the background. The party in jeeps. They inspect debris and remnants of Japanese flags.
Shopping at Grands Magasins du Louvre (Louvre Department Store) on Rue de Marengo and Rue de Rivoli in Paris (2 Place du Palais-Royal, Paris, IdF 75001) circa WWI. Porters unload deliveries from a Grands Magasins du Louvre delivery van (also known as a “Camionette” in French). Men and women browsing through accessories and women’s corsets in a gallery. Parisian shoppers look at mannequins from a shop window. Parisians shopping for imported textiles such as “Japanese Twill (Twill Japonais)” and satin inside the Grands Magasins du Louvre department store.
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