United States General Bradley and Lieutenant General George S. Patton Jr. exit 3rd Army Corps Command in Luxembourg during World War II. (Today the Jean-Pierre Pescatore Foundation, 13 Av. Jean-Pierre Pescatore, 2324 Luxembourg City) General Bradley sits on the passenger seat of a Jeep. It is winter, and snow is on the ground. General Patton stands beside the Jeep, talking to General Bradley. Military Police personnel board Bradley’s Jeep before it departs. The Jeep drives away. Omar Bradley arrives at the headquarters building of the U.S. 12th Army Group Tactical Air Command in Luxembourg (today Spuerkeess Financial Center at Place de Metz 2 Pl. de Metz, 2954 Luxembourg City) Bradley jumps out of Jeep, salutes guard, and walks quickly inside. Staff car drives in the snow and stops at 3rd Army Corps Command checkpoint. A Military Police uses a telephone at ‘Dismount Point’. Soldiers exiting a building at 3rd Army Corps Command as snow falls.
Defense against German V-1 rocket attacks on Antwerp, Belgium during World War II. Allied artillery crew shoots down a V-1 rocket at night. V-1 rocket explodes mid-air. Dark puffs of smoke and explosion from anti-V-1 rocket defense is scattered over the sky. A V-1 rocket evades artillery fire. Belgian civilians and children watch artillery fire at V-1 rocket. United States gunners load shells into anti-aircraft gun. A V-1 rocket spins downwards after getting hit by anti-aircraft gun.
A German V-1 rocket in flight heading towards Antwerp. United States anti-aircraft guns fire at incoming V-1 rockets Belgium during World War II. Gunners load more shells into the howitzer. Smoke rises from anti-aircraft gun fire. Dark puffs of smoke and explosion from anti-V-1 rocket defense is scattered over the sky. A V-1 rocket explodes mid-air after being shot by anti-aircraft gun. Diagram shows the effectiveness of anti-aircraft guns in preventing V-1 rockets from hitting their targets. A soldier neatly arranges empty spent anti-aircraft shells on the ground.
Early civilian air travel with Junkers passenger aircraft in Northern Europe. A Junkers plane in flight. View of Rival or Reval (present-day Tallinn, Estonia). A Junkers F 13 seaplane landing and skimming across the water. The Brick Gothic Tallinn Town Hall (Tallinna raekoda 10146 Tallinn, Estonia) and the market square. View of road through gate in Tallinn’s medieval City Wall.
Early civilian air travel in Northern Europe. Aerial view of a strait and island (probably Suomenlinna) near Helsingfors or Helsingford (present-day Helsinki), Finland. Boats docked in Helsingin satama (Port of Helsinki) with Uspenski Cathedral (Kanavakatu 1, 00160 Helsinki, Finland) in background. View of Market Square (Eteläranta, 00170 Helsinki, Finland) with Uspenski Cathedral and Tsarina's Stone in background.
Tourists visit Lake Balaton (German name: Plattensee), Hungary. Hungary Air Express Co. Junkers F-13 seaplane skimming across Lake Balaton. Tourists in swimsuits swim and relax in Lake Balaton. Smokestacks and buildings are seen from nearby town. Women in one-piece swimsuits and umbrellas walk together on the pool and along Lake Balaton. Waiters in white suits work at a café at the Thermal Lake Spa at Hévíz, Hungary near Lake Balaton. Hungarian holidaymakers wade in swimming pools. Junkers F 13 seaplane skimming on Lake Balaton while other boats row nearby.
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