German Wehrmacht troops advance on Kharkov-Rostov front during World War 2. Luftwaffe Junkers Ju 87 Stuka fighter aircraft in flight. A mushroom cloud forms after explosion. Junkers Ju 87 fighters flying over clouds. A fighter flying as seen from below. A group of Stuka fighters flying in unison. Large clouds form from smoke in field. A German officer shouts from the field telephone. 21 cm Nebelwerfer 42 rocket launchers fire Wurfgranate (thrower-shell) rockets at Soviet soldiers. Rockets fire upwards from Nebelwerfer rocket launchers. Smoke covers the battlefield. A dead Soviet soldier lying down. Soviet troops lying face down after being killed. Soviet vehicles and materiel are scattered after the onslaught of German attack. A German soldier inspects a destroyed Soviet tank. Damage in tank body sustained from bombings. Men carrying casualties on stretchers while crossing a makeshift bridge. Men take patients to a clinic. Sign reads “Haupt verbandplatz 51” (“Main first aid station 51” in English). Inside the German first aid station, General Gerhard von Schwerin awards the Iron Cross medal to injured German troops. German patient receives his Iron Cross medal on his bed. General von Schwerin holds the hands of a patient after awarding the medal. German soldier wearing an Iron Cross medal smiles in tank.
Field Marshal Albert Kesselring reviews coastal defense in Italy during World War 2. Map of Italy and neighboring countries (written in German). Field Marshal (Generalfeldmarschall) Albert Kesselring reviews a coastal defense unit in Italy. General Kesselring salutes upon his arrival and walks. General Kesselring waves his baton while speaking. A young Wehrmacht soldier is introduced to General Kesselring. General Kesselring knocks the Stahlhelm helmet of a soldier. General Kesselring boards an SS staff car. Kesselring smiles as the car drives away. A soldier uses binoculars to observe the coast. A German soldier (wearing only white underwear) uses a field telephone. German soldiers (mostly underdressed) resting in a grove of trees. German soldiers prepare and clean artillery guns. Shirtless German soldiers eating grapes in Italy.
German Wehrmacht motorized units arrive in Italy during World War 2. German soldiers in motorcycles with sidecars (BMW R75) and other vehicles moving through an Austria town, passing by a Gasthof (German-style inn). A tracked vehicle moves. Road sign reads “Brenner Stubaital”. German motorized units pass through a bridge near the Brenner Pass, the border between Austria and Italy. Railroad train flat cars loaded with German tanks and soldiers move slowly past a railway station as they proceed to Italy. German soldiers on top of a tank moving through the Brenner Pass. German tanks entering Italy. German soldiers riding a motorcycle in the Brenner Pass. A military vehicle carries German soldiers to the Italian border. An Italian Carabinieri (gendarme) stands in between a “Deutsches Reich” stone post and a border sign “A.A.S.S. ITALIA”. A German boy with goggles rides on a Volkswagen Kübelwagen with soldiers. Another boy with German soldiers. A German soldier smokes cigarette while driving a BMW R75 in Italy. An Italian woman blows a kiss to passing German troops. Italian woman tosses and distributes bread for German soldiers. Italian men and women give bread to German soldiers. An Italian woman express happiness upon the arrival of German troops. A little girl gives bread to German soldiers. Italian townspeople welcome German troops near the Brenner Pass. German soldiers eat bread. German troops drink refreshments. Sonderkraftfahrzeug 251 halftrack pass by a tunnel. German tanks such as the Panzer IV pass through the Brenner Pass.
United States Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator bombers flying low over Romanian oil refineries in Ploesti during Operation Tidal Wave (World War 2). A group of United States B-24 Liberator bombers in flight. B-24 Liberator airplane flying over farmlands and burning oil refineries. B-24 Liberator plane flies through a thick cloud of smoke. B-24 Liberator in flight. A group of B-24 Liberators flying over farms. Round hay bales on farmland.
U.S. Army Air Force bomber aircraft dropping bombs over Germany during World War 2. A group of USAAF B-24 Liberator bombers in flight. A bombardier reloading machine gun in flight. Machine gun holder is written “Wrench”. A bomber flying past as seen from the ground. Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighters of the Jagdgeschwader 26 (JG 26) in flight. Pilots in parachutes descending. A United States gunner onboard fires with machine gun at German fighters. Bullet belt of machine gun. A German fighter explodes after being hit by USAAF machine gun fire. USAAF B-24 Liberator bombers flying. Aerial view of a shipbuilding yard in Kiel, Germany. Aerial view of Kiel and surrounding areas. Incendiaries being dropped from B-24 Liberator bombers over Kiel. Smoke covers Kiel after bombing by United States Army. B-24 Liberator bombers with contrails flying as seen from an aircraft above. Incendiary bombs falling over Germany. Aircraft contrails form over bombs. A bomber’s wing. Aerial view of a German town with river. Bombardier with mask helmet holding a machine gun.
U.S. Army Air Force aircraft dropping bombs over German-occupied cities in Europe during World War 2. USAAF B-24 Liberator bombers in flight. A bombardier prepares to drop bombs. Bomb bay of B-24 Liberator opens. A bombardier pushes a button to drop bombs. B-24 Liberator dropping bombs. Bombs fall into German-occupied city in Europe. Smoke forms over bomb site. Propeller of bomber engine moving. Multiple bombs are released from a bomber. Three B-24 Liberator bombers flying over thick winter clouds. Smoke forms from anti-aircraft firing. Thick clouds of smoke forms over Calais, France. A B-24 Liberator bomber flying over clouds.
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