The ratification of unconditional surrender by Germany being signed in Berlin, Germany after World War II. Allied officers on the streets of Berlin after the end of World War II. Damaged buildings. A damaged hotel in the city. The Brandenburg Gate. Aircraft lined up at an airfield. Officers including United States Army Air Force General Carl Spaatz and Royal Air Force Air Chief Marshal Arthur Tedder discuss with Soviet officers. German Marshall Wilhelm Keitel arrives for signing the ratification of unconditional surrender. German Army school building where the ratification would be signed. Allied flags outside the building. Officers arrive at the building. Soviet Marshall Georgy Zhukov inside the building. Marshall Zhukov at a table. German representatives Marshall Keitel arrives and takes his place with Commanding Admiral of the Kriegsmarine Hans Georg Von Friedeburg and other officers. Keitel signs the ratification of surrender. Marshal Zhukov also signs for the Allies and shakes hands.
Area being bombed in Germany after the Allied victory in Europe during World War II. A U.S. Army Air Force Major and an Electrician's Mate. The Electrician's Mate looks through binoculars. A U.S. Army Air Force P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft drops bombs and an explosion occurs. P-47 aircraft drop bombs outside a German village as smoke and fire rise. The target area on fire due to the bombings. U.S. Army Air Force Major and the Electrician's Mate as the Major directing the bombing by handheld radio. The Electrician's Mate looks through binoculars. The P-47s drop napalm incendiary bombs over positions near farm land outside a German town. Smoke and fire rise.
U.S. Army Air Services maneuvers of First Provisional Air Brigade at Wilbur Wright field in Dayton , Ohio. Members of U.S. Army Air Services 1st Pursuit group at the airfield. Members of the 3rd Bombardment Group pose in front of a MB-2 aircraft at the Wilbur Wright airfield. Members of the Second Attack group also pose for a picture in front of a A-3 aircraft.
First of three American air attacks on Japanese positions in Hong Kong on 25 Oct 1942, during World War II. U.S. Army Air Forces North American B-25 Mitchell aircraft lined up at an airfield in China. General Claire L. Chennault, of Flying Tigers fame, discusses the missions with Colonel Caleb V. Haynes China Air Task Force (CATF) Bomber Section Commander and Colonel Robert T. Scott (CATF's 23rd Fighter Group Commander) 11th Bomb Squadron B-25 takes off from Ehr Tong Airfield at Kweilin (Guilin), China along with P-40 fighter escort. Formation of escorting Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighters. B-25 bombers in flight over mountain ranges. Bombs being dropped over the Hong Kong headquarters of the Japanese. Bombs impact and smoke rises.
View from inside one of several U.S. Army Air Forces B-24 liberator bomber aircraft attacking Japanese positions on Iwo Jima in World War II. Dim aerial view of Iwo Jima from overflying Navy PB4Y. Smoke rising from isolated explosions on the ground. U.S. Navy warships, including battleships, cruisers, and gunboats, of Task Force 51, commanded by Vice Admiral Richmond Kelly Turner, are visible but not individually identifiable from the air. smoke rising onshore as shells from navy guns explode. Smoke also seen from the barrels of the warships themselves, as they fire barrages. Large white clouds of smoke obscure the beaches of Iwo Jima as the warships begin firing white phosphorus shells. At the same time, large numbers of amphibious landing craft are assembled in lines ready to move toward the beach. Bright images of the battleship, USS Idaho (BB-42) bombarding Iwo Jima with her twelve 14-inch guns. View from the air over Iwo Jima during the naval bombardment.
A training film titled 'Baptism of Fire' about the enemy air attacks during World War II. Deals with themes of soldier nerves, fear, and combat stress. Enactment shows an American soldier in a jungle as he looks up at sky towards enemy aircraft in flight. The soldier reports to the command post over a field phone. The officers at the post sound an air raid alert. The soldier looks at the aircraft as they pass by the area and reports about all clear to the command post. The soldiers look up at the sky and talk about an enemy air attack. A sergeant asks for help from the soldiers. The soldiers push an ambulance out of a ditch. The sergeant checks the patients inside the ambulance. One of the soldiers named Jim sees his old friend in the ambulance. The injured friend with bandage on his eyes speaks to Jim. The sergeant informs Jim that his friend has gone blind.
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