U.S. 29th Marines advance toward and into Naha in Okinawa. Marines embark into LVT (Landing Vehicle, Tracked) on beach. Marines climbing out over bows of LVT-3s moored up against breakwater. Marines move further inland. Grenade is thrown into Japanese emplacement. Wounded Japanese soldiers are dragged out of emplacement. Dead Japanese soldier is taken out of emplacement. (World War II period).
Invasion of Okinawa. Animated map shows Aka, Tokashiki, Geruma, Hokachi and Okinawa Island. After six days of U.S. troops landing on Kerama Island, 10th Army attacks south west coast of Okinawa. Heavy naval shelling of Okinawa. U.S. fleet shelling coasts of Okinawa. Heavy explosions in Okinawa throw billows of smoke in air. U.S. fleet underway at sea approaching Okinawa. Rocket ships firing rockets on enemy positions on coastline. U.S. amphibious landing on beaches after heavy shelling. (World War II period).
Okinawan civilians surrender to U.S. soldiers of 32nd Infantry, 7th Division in Okinawa. Soldiers on edge of cliff. A soldier speaks through microphone attached to a loudspeaker. Beach in the background. Okinawan civilians come in over mountain path to surrender. (World War II period).
Okinawan civilians surrender to U.S. soldiers of 32nd Infantry, 7th Division in Okinawa. Soldiers seated around tank on hillside. One soldier speaks into microphone attached to a loudspeaker. Mouth of cave on hillside. Japanese-American soldier urges civilians to come out of caves. Civilians walk along beach. (World War II period).
Summary of World War II events and formation of the United Nations Organization. Soviet troops on Eastern Front of Europe fire artillery on German positions in 1944. Russian troops advance. German soldiers come out of buildings and surrender. Allied Forces land in France on D-Day. Allied troops and tanks fight Germans on streets in towns and villages of France. U.S. Army tanks fire at German positions. Various groups of German prisoners of war march along roads and are herded into prison camps operated by American and British forces. In 1945, the Allied leaders meet at Yalta on the Crimean Peninsula to discuss Allied military strategy in the final months of WWII. Leaders included British PM Winston Churchill, U.S. President Franklin D Roosevelt and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin. The meeting of U.S. and Soviet Russian troops at the Elbe River. German Nazi Swastika symbol blown up in explosion atop Zeppelinfeld Nazi party rally grounds in Nuremberg. Aerial view of Berlin in ruins, as seen from low-flying aircraft flying directly over the Unter den Linden boulevard and the Brandenburg Gate. Wrecked and bombed German buildings seen everywhere. German officials signing surrender instrument at Rheims. U.S. President Harry S Truman, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin at Potsdam Conference. U.S. Marines battling on beaches of Pacific Islands. Iconic shot of U.S. Marines raising the American flag on Mount Suribachi at Iwo Jima. Aerial view of bombed and ruined city of Tokyo, Japan. The Japanese surrender to MacArthur aboard the battleship USS Missouri. General MacArthur speaks aboard Missouri. Victory celebrations all across the world, with some scenes from earlier V-E Day (Victory in Europe) day in May 1945, including crowds celebrating in Paris, France, and some scenes on V-J Day (Victory over Japan day) in August 1945. Crowds on streets celebrate. Happy crowds jam streets. Delegates of Nations, among them Andrei Gromyko and Vyascheslav Molotov meet in San Francisco and create a United Nations organization. Truman arrives at signing of UN charter. Various delegates sign charter. U.S. troops disembark troop carrier ships at U.S. ports and are discharged after completing military service in World War 2. Group of U.S. Army soldiers exits a church (the Chapel at Fort Dix, New Jersey), waving their discharge papers in hand.
A float plane in flight over water. USS Duluth (CL-87) underway. Boats pass by the USS Duluth. Men on USS Duluth. High cliffs in the beach area. View of USS Pittsburgh (CA-72) coming into a harbor, with Its bow broken by a typhoon. Other ships underway in background. USS Pittsburgh from port beam shows damage. Small craft cluster around USS Pittsburgh bow. Other ships in anchorage.
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