Adolf Hitler addresses the Reichstag in Berlin on December 11, 1941 declaring war operations against the United Kingdom, Soviet Union, and United States. Marshall Hermann Goering, Sharp and other Nazi leaders listen to him. A map shows eastern front with Nazi German Armies advance in Soviet Union. Battle scenes between German and Soviet armies. German soldiers capture a Soviet prisoner of war. German soldiers fire artillery during a battle. View of German tanks advancing and firing on a battlefield. Ruins of a wrecked, smoking Soviet tank. Scene shifts to United States President Franklin Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill at Atlantic Conference aboard ship "Prince of Wales" for signing of Atlantic Charter. The Allied leaders are seen singing "Onward Christian Soldiers" during a service.
Allied forces battle German forces during World War II. Allied soldiers firing artillery under camouflage canopies at Anzio. General Dwight D. Eisenhower inspects a fighter and the bomber aircraft base of 9th Air Force in England. Eisenhower shakes hands with Major Sherman Beaty, commander of the 555th Squadron, and with the crew of B-26 Marauder bomber aircraft with nose art "Son of Satan" (which was downed by flak over Germany on November 18, 1944). Eisenhower sits in a parked fighter aircraft and fires its guns, with instruction from the pilot standing by. Aerial views of American bomber aircraft conducting daylight bombing runs. Point of view (POV) shot through the partially cracked windscreen of an aircraft after it took enemy fire but kept flying. Bombs-away views as American bombers drop bombs over German targets and as U.S. fighter aircraft shoot down German aircraft. Aerial dogfight battles seen. U.S. Army Air Force fighter strafing German aircraft parked on an airfield. A German fighter plane gets hit, setting it on fire. British Royal Air Force (RAF) Avro Lancaster bombers conduct night raids on German targets. A Waco CG-4A glider arrives in England from the United States during World War 2. United States Army soldiers build a Shanty town from glider crates at the base in the United Kingdom. Soldiers enjoy relaxing and recreation inside Shanty houses. A soldier with headset listens to homemade radio and reads a magazine. Soldiers share a meal on a table. Soldiers receive letters from home at mail call time. A barber shop made from scrap where soldiers can get haircuts.
Soviet tanks and other military weapons being displayed at a parade in Moscow. Flags of Soviet Union, United States, and United Kingdom fly outside the site of the Potsdam conference. President Harry S. Truman of United States greeted by Andrei Vishinsky, along with British Prime Minister Clement Attlee. Charles Bohlen is seen. Truman shakes hands with Stalin. Attlee, Truman, and Stalin pose for picture. View of Soviet newsstand showing "New Times" publication in various languages, including English. Poster of Stalin at the newsstand.
A film titled 'D-Day' shows General Dwight D. Eisenhower and his aides planning the Normandy invasion by looking at a map of Europe. Animated map showing Northern Europe. Slave labor building "West Wall" defense system, according to narrator, but scenes appear to show coastal gun emplacements and defenses more consistent with the Atlantic Wall. Hitler and Nazi German officials. Construction sites as defenses are built by slave labor workers under German guard. German coastal defense in Western Europe showing Howitzers, fortifications, and Nazi German guards. Allied tanks, guns, locomotives and other military equipment is massed on beaches in the United Kingdom before D-Day. Fighter planes in airfield. Men unload supplies and war materiel from the United States. Allied locomotives, brake cars, tank cars, and an armada of Naval ships and landing crafts for D-Day. Assault boats and invasion barges are launched from ships in England. A man smokes a pipe. Barrage balloons flying over ships. Troops, transport, artillery, and materiel are loaded into ships bound for Normandy. A fleet of ships move across the English Channel. United States paratroopers land in Normandy. Firing and bombardment between the Allied forces and Nazi Germany. Bomb explodes off the coast of Normandy. Soldiers in landing craft on the way to Normandy. First landings in Normandy on D-Day during World War II. Soldiers rush to the beachhead, climb cliffs, and put out fires. A soldier rolls in the ground. Soldiers disembark from landing crafts and ships. Barrage balloons over the Normandy beachhead.
From a film titled 'Tank Mission World War II'. Eiffel tower in Paris and scenes on quiet streets of Paris during German occupation. German troops in Paris in 1941. United States tanks maneuver during planning phases and drills for invasion of Europe. Tank fires flamethrower. Various U.S. tanks fitted with different attachment for bulldozing practice demolishing beach blockades and erecting landing areas. Infantry troops practice maneuvering behind tanks. German bunkers and fortifications on the French coast. United States infantry and tank units land at Normandy on D-Day and the days following. U.S. troops fire. Smoke rises due to explosion. Many hedges in the way. Tanks fitted with hedgerow cutters (the idea of a Sergeant) for cutting through the hedges. Tank fitted with hedge row cutter cuts through a hedge.
United States Army soldiers during the Korean War. United States Army soldiers ambushed in South Korea. People stand and see the bullet ridden jeep turned over besides the road. Two U.S. soldiers were killed in this ambush. Holes in the wind screen of jeep due to bullets shot. U.S. soldiers stand. Tag reads 'Mine'. United Nations Command Information officer Colonel George Creel gives information to the journalists about the incident. U.S. military trucks loaded with American soldiers pull away.
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