French and United States soldiers on the streets in Paris, France after the Liberation of Paris during World War II. Civilians gathered around a statue. They cheer and applaud. An army truck in the center of the crowd. A French soldier kisses a girl. Civilians and soldiers gather in front of a church with the flag of France in the foreground.
French General Charles De Gaulle marches on the streets in Paris, France after the Liberation of Paris during World War II . A huge crowd cheers as the procession moves ahead. People watch the procession from the balconies of their houses. French and United States soldiers drive past in army vehicles. The crowd waves at them. German snipers open fire from a building near by. People on the street run for shelter. They hide behind cars. French soldiers try to put the situation under control by directing the crowd.
Plans and preparations made by the Germans for the campaign in North Africa during World War II. Animated map shows the territories occupied by the Allies and the Axis powers during the war. German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel along with his troops establishes new forward positions. The troops working to build a canal to transport water. A number of ships in harbor of Tobruk, Libya. German war supplies being loaded on rail cars. Camels crossing a railroad track. Rommel and Marshal Kesselring shown in discussion in North Africa. Animated map showing routes controlled by Axis forces. Scene shift to active battle footage with the British Eighth Army attacking German positions. Night battle with artillery fire. Aerial view of a formation of United States bomber aircraft in flight. They drop bombs over German positions on the ground in North Africa. Explosions on the ground with British tanks and soldiers advancing. A British soldier stands in front of signboards at a former German encampment captured by British forces. Low aerial view of convoy of German army trucks on a road, which narrator implies were captured by Allied forces. Destroyed German airplanes parked on an airfield. Captured German troops walking on a desert road, along with their General Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma.
Plans and preparations made by the Germans during World War II. United States troops arrive at a beachhead on landing crafts. A soldier with the American flag. Scottish troops play bagpipes. A map shows the Allied and the Axis territories. The French flag flutters on a pole. French troops marching with rifles in hand. They join hands with the Americans. The map shows the French, the British and the Americans on one side fighting against the Germans.
Animated map shows the Japan Sea. Military Police at the Omori Prisoner of War Camp after Japanese surrender in World War II. Views of Japanese war criminals in Omori Prisoner of War Camp. Among those seen are Hideki Tojo, Colonel Hashimoto, General Koki Hirota, General Kuroda, General Homma, and others. They are seen eating inside the prison. But Tojo is shunned by the others (because of his blundered suicide attempt) and eats alone. Hideki Tojo eating alone in prison cafeteria. United States soldiers hunt for valuable Japanese treasure in a Japanese barnyard. They find bricks of silver in an underground sealed room. Valuable metal worth millions of dollars are found from defeated Japanese. A pile of silver bricks.
Japanese troops and leaders surrender to the Allies after their defeat in World War II. Tanks being demolished during disarmament in Japan. United States troops advance with tanks. Imperial Japanese Army officers surrender their swords and salute to the British forces in Malaya (Malaysia). A Japanese officer surrenders his guntÅ or military sword. Captured Japanese soldiers march on a dirt road amongst a heavy rainfall.
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