Chancellor Adolf Hitler and Nazi German foreign minister Joachim Von Ribbentrop greets Miklós Horthy, Regent of Hungary, upon his arrival in Salzburg during World War 2. German officials greet Horthy with a Nazi salute. Next, the conferees are seen within the Schloss Klessheim (Klessheim Palace, Kleßheim 1a, 5071 Wals, Austria) where they would, ostensibly, negotiate the German occupation of Hungary (Operation Margarethe). Discussions commence after dignitaries enter the conference hall. General Döme Sztójay, Hungarian ambassador to Germany is present at the conference.
German troops enter Budapest ( reportedly after Hitler learned of secret Hungarian overtures towards the Allies) in World War 2. Locals watch and cheer the German troops. As German troops enter Budapest, they employ a number of different military vehicles. Among those seen are: Sdkfz.251/7 armored half-tracks; Ausf.D pioneer vehicle; Puma 234/2 8-wheeled armored cars, StuG III tank destroyers,and other military vehicles. Soldiers shake hands with civilians and school boys. Kids climb on military tanks and a BMW military motorcycle. Wehrmacht troops look over river with binoculars in the Buda Castle.
White Russian Cossack Cavalry, who had fought with Germany, against Communist Soviet forces, parade on horseback on a street in central Zagreb, Croatia, during World War 2. They are being honored by Germany. German Cavalry officer, Lieutenant General Helmuth von Pannwitz, in fur hat, standing next to Field Marshal Paul Ludwig von Kleist, salutes the Cossacks as they pass. (He organized Cossack volunteers into the 1st Cossack Cavalry Division.) View of Cossack cavalry soldiers as they parade past the base of the equestrian statue of Josip Jelacic (Ban Josip Jelačić) in Jelacic Square, Zagreb, Croatia. (The statue is in its original north-facing placement in Ban Jelačić Square). Storefront sign in background for Cerjak I Drugovi, manufacturers of knitted goods, located at 6 Jelačić Square (Trg bana Josipa Jelačića 6, Zagreb). Individual White Russian soldiers and some German soldiers are decorated by Field Marshal Von Kleist. Afterwards, in a large field, Cossacks ride past and demonstrate a charge brandishing sabers.
A german soldier beside a 12.8 cm Pak 44 anti tank gun set up to command a road on the Eastern front in World War 2. German troops moving through Pripyat (Pripet) marshes in Ukraine. They slog through trenches containing several inches of water. They move into a wooded area.The ground is snow-covered. They carry rifles and hand grenades. One is seen carrying a StG-44 assault rifle.They all hit the ground and look alert. An officer looks ahead through binoculars. Soldiers in a trench fire a mortar. Its shells are seen striking target nearby. A large formation of German bombers, heading toward Soviet targets, is seen in flight overhead. A flight of German Ju-87 Stuka dive bombers arrives to provide close air support, attacking Soviet positions nearby.
An Italy campaign map shown. Street sign of Cassino appears. View of ruins of Cassino after Allied bombings in World War 2. General Albert Kesselring talks to German troops in Cassino area. Buildings in city are bombed into rubble which make cover for German troops. German soldiers see through wreckage. Artillery fire starts. General Mark Clark is seen in a tank. Allied troops fire artillery and small arms.
Civilian and military officials from Bohemia and Moravia meet Adolf Hitler in Berlin, Germany, during World War 2. The Civilian spokesperson renders a Nazi salute and shakes hands with Hitler, who then greets the accompanying officials. The delegate leader then proceeds to read from a document. He presents Hitler a small certificate, that he hands to an aide.
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