A Japanese submarine in a German harbor on September 30, 1942 during World War II. A German ship in the foreground and the Japanese submarine in the background. Nazi naval officers lined up on the deck of the ship as they salute the Japanese crew on the deck of the submarine. Nazi officers come aboard the submarine and review the Japanese crew. German and Japanese officers pose. A girl presents flowers to a Japanese officer. Japanese officers talk to a German Naval officer.
Benito Mussolini arrives in a German Junkers Ju-52 aircraft, at an airport serving Adolf Hitler's Eastern Front headquarters (Wolf's Lair) near Rastenburg, Poland, a month after being rescued by German commandos from imprisonment in the Campo Imperatore Hotel, high in the Italian Apennine Mountains, during World War 2. He is warmly greeted by Adolf Hitler (who personally ordered the rescue mission). Mussolini's son, Vittorio, also greets him. Hitler escorts Mussolini to a staff car bearing both the Italian and German (Swastika) flags. The car arrives at the Wolf's Lair, and German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop greets Mussolini as he steps from the car. Hitler escorts Mussolini into the building. Next, Reichmarshal Hermann Goering is seen pointing out something to Mussolini. Change of scene shows Mussolini in hat and overcoat being escorted by Hitler, out to their waiting staff car. Back at the airport, Mussolini says his goodbyes to German officers and Hitler. He boards the Junkers Ju-52 trimotor aircraft which taxis out as Hitler waves goodbye.
German Army troops along the Finnish-Soviet Front during World War II. A map of Finland and the surrounding regions. German ski soldiers and horse pack trains move through snow along the Soviet-Finnish Front. Ski troops stand at attention and then advance. Horses being fed. The soldiers fire at Soviet positions. The soldiers in trenches. They advance as they pull small sleds along.
The Distinguished Service Medal being presented to U.S. Army Major General Albert C. Wedemeyer, South East Command Asia during World War II. A general formation of U.S. officers as U.S. Army General Joseph Stilwell pins up the medal on Major General Wdemeyer. General Stilwell talks to staff officers. An officer reads a citation. The group of U.S. offices at attention as General Stilwell pins a medal on General Lord Louis Mountbatten and shakes hands with Wedemeyer. Major General Wedemeyer with the Distinguished Service Medal.
Meeting of Generals in North African Theater of World War II. U.S. Army Brigadier General James Wilson Holsinger and U.S. Army Lieutenant General Jacob Devers meet at the Allied Forces headquarters. Brigadier General Wilson at a desk. The two officers look at a map of the Mediterranean Theater as they confer.
Chinese soldiers being decorated in China-Burma Theater during World War II. Formations of Chinese soldiers. A Chinese officer reads out a citation. U.S. Army General Joseph Stilwell and staff. General Stilwell pins up medals onto Chinese soldiers.
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