The Germans sign unconditional surrender in Berlin, Germany on May 8, 1945 during World War II, signing a document similar to the one signed at Reims the day before. People gathered outside a German Army Engineering School. Soviet General Georgi Zhukov and British Air Chief Marshal Arthur Tedder at a desk as they represent the Allies. Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel and other officers representing Germany arrive. Keitel puts his signature on the document of unconditional surrender. Zhukov and Tedder also put their signatures as they take over Germany. The two officers shake hands. Allied officers tour the city of Berlin. Damaged buildings in the city due to Allied bombings. The Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. The heavilly damaged Hotel Adlon. Aerial views of the damage caused due to Allied bombings in Hamburg. Damaged buildings and shipyards in Hamburg.
U.S. Army Air Forces P-47s drop napalm incendiary bombs on German military fortifications and military site in Germany a month after the Allied victory in Europe during World War II. P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft drops bombs over a pillbox and an explosion occurs. Bright orange flames and black smoke arise from the bombing.
The German invasion of France during World War II. German soldiers advance in an area. Damaged equipment on a field. Allied paratroopers being taken as prisoners. Prisoners being made to march. A landing field where a number of aircraft were strafed. A wrecked United States Army Air Force transport aircraft. Interiors of a damaged aircraft. German soldiers in a jeep on a field. An arm insignia of a prisoner reads ' 1st Canadian parachute battalion'. The prisoners being questioned by German officers.
German air attack on Poland during World War II. Smoke rises from an area in Warsaw, Poland. German aircraft in flight over the city. An aircraft dives and bombards a building. Smoke rises as a bomb impacts. Billows of smoke rise due to an explosion.
An air raid over Anzio, Italy during World War II. American soldiers load shells in a 40 mm anti aircraft gun. An officer looks through binoculars. The anti aircraft gun being fired. Flaks burst in the sky and smoke rises from behind a building.
' A Fifth Army report from beachhead' about United States amphibious ladings in Anzio, Italy during World War II. A U.S. convoy in Naples Harbor. U.S. 5th Army supply trucks and equipment leave for Anzio. Soldiers loaded in trucks. An invasion fleet in the harbor. Equipment and troops being loaded onto vessels. LSTs ( Landing Ship Tanks) underway for Anzio. Barrage balloons in flight over the convoy. Troops and equipment aboard a ship. Soldiers aboard the vessels. A captain checks a navigational compass. Officers look at a map. A soldier carries a dog. Naval guns being fired at German airplanes during an air raid. Bombs explode in water. U.S. 5th Army equipment being unloaded from the vessels at a beach in Anzio.
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