Animated map shows Germany and bordering states of Slovakia, the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, and the area of Memel (Klaipeda) in Lithuania, during advent of World War 2, Under duress, Lithuania ceded Memel to Germany by a treaty, effective 23 March 1939. It was immediately reincorporated into East Prussia. Newspapers being thrown to people gathered in a square. They carry headline: "Memel is Free."Nazi flags flying. Banner reads "We are swept home."border gates are thrown open and people rush through. Trucks full of German troops are welcomed. Formation of German Heinkel He-51 biplane aircraft flies overhead. View from under triple 11 inch guns at stern of the German Cruiser ship Deutschland. Adolf Hitler standing behind canvas at railing on the deck with officers. A German destroyer coming into port. Hitler transferring from the Deutschland to a pier at Memel. He reviews troops in formation on the pier. The Deutschland in background with her crew lined up on deck. Hitler stands in an open car as it moves off the wharf to streets where people line the sidewalks to wave and salute him. He reviews German troops drawn up in a city square. Police control crowds. Hitler stands at a podium and exchanges Nazi salute with the crowd.
Review of air raids in Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II. United States Army Air Forces Major General Curtis LeMay and General Thomas S. Power discuss the bombing mission on Kobe, Japan with other officers. Colonels Blanchard, Roberts, Warren and Muehleisen read maps and orders.
Bombing of the White Cloud airdrome at Canton (Guangzhou), China during World War II. Animated map shows Canton as a target. Aerial views of an airfield and countryside near Canton in Guangdong Province. Bombs are dropped on targets United States Army Air Forces B-24 Liberators.
Different types of military and civil aircraft of the U.S. at Tan Son Nhut Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A Pan American World Airways 707 (cargo version) aircraft taxis followed by U.S. Army C-7A Caribou aircraft . Traffic lights at the intersection of a road and a runway. C-7A aircraft, Beaver U-6A utility transport aircraft , United States Air Force AC-47 Spooky and USAF RF-101C Voodoo aircraft wait for takeoff. C-46 Commando, U-6A aircraft , USAF PC-6A Turbo Porter, C-7A, Pan American 707 (cargo version) and C-123K Provider aircraft taxi past the traffic light at the road and runway intersection. A C-130B Hercules transport aircraft axis followed by a A-1H Skyraider.
Different types of American and Vietnamese aircraft at Tan Son Nhut Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Cathay Pacific Airways Convair 880 aircraft, Air Vietnam DC-6s, DC-3s, and C-46s Commando parked. A U.S. Air Force Martin B-57D Canberra taxis. Two B-57Ds and United States Air Force Douglas F-4C Phantom II wait for takeoff. USAF C-123K Provider and C-130B Hercules taxi past the intersection of a road and a runway. Pan American 707 (cargo version) aircraft taxi and are parked near Cathay Pacific Airways Convair 880 and Air Vietnam DC-6 aircraft. USAF AC-47 Spooky, C-47 Skytain and DC-3 transport aircraft wait for takeoff.
Different types of aircraft at Tan Son Nhut Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Most ot them are civilian aircraft. An Airlift International Airways Boeing 727 parked and then taxiing. Pan American Boeing 707 (cargo version) aircraft, Numerous Douglas DC-3s and one civilian Curtiss C-46 Commando transport aircraft parked. A Thai Airways Caravelle jet taxiing. A Douglas DC-6 with "United States of America" painted on its side. A DHC-4 (C-7A) Caribou aircraft crosses the intersection of a road and taxiway. DC-3s and U-1A Otter aircraft taxi past the intersection. Yellow fuel truck and several vehicles holding short, waiting to cross active runway. Vortac transmitter in grass field beside them.
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