First scene shows a German sentry walking past Heinkel He-111 bombers parked on an airfield. German soldiers stripped to their waists leave their tents on sandy soil and carry bombs over their shoulders. Other soldiers grapple with a heavy wooden box of ammunition. Camera pans over a line of parked Junkers Ju 87 (Stuka) dive bombers. Closeup of bomb mounted under a Ju-87. German airmen look over maps before departing on a bombing mission. Line of parked He-111 bombers in background. German airmen don flying gear and proceed to their aircraft. They enter through hatch in botton of the fuselage. Ground crewmen crank an engine on a bomber to start it. It then taxis out for takeoff. Several Stuka dive bombers take off in a loose formation. View from beneath as an He-111 bomber flies over the camera position. More Stuka dive bombers flying in formation above the airfield. Formation of He-111 bombers in formation overhead. View of pilot inside a bomber as it flies over a river. Large formation of bombers overhead. View from cockpit of aircraft engine and propeller during flight. View of bombardier inside a bomber, looking through his bomb sight. Downward view through his canopy. View through window in one bomber of another beside it in formation. Downward view from bottom canopy of land below a bomber. Some bombers in flight in mist. Smoke rising from bomb strike. More He-111s in flight. More smoke rising from bombings. Smoke beginning to obscure everything.
Coat of arms of the city of Warsaw, the capital of Poland. Aerial bombing of Warsaw by German Luftwaffe during the invasion of Poland in World War 2. German soldiers fire artillery. People run for safety in devastated streets of Warsaw. A building in Warsaw lay in ruins. Soldiers and tanks rolling through country after Dunkirk. Warsaw in smoke during aerial bombings by German Luftwaffe. A burned car on street in Warsaw. Polish citizens evacuating as streets of Warsaw in smoke from German aerial bombings. Dead horses in Warsaw street. Polish man cuts horse carcass for meat. Horse skeleton after being scavenged by hungry Poles. People evacuate from burning Warsaw Radio building. German occupying forces enter Warsaw. In Rakow, near Warsaw, Polish and German officers, including Polish officer Kutrzwea and Colonel Aleksander Praglowski along with General Johannes von Blaskowitz sign the surrender of Warsaw in a railroad car on 29 September 1939
German invasion of Poland during World War II. German cavalry and infantry units advance across Bromberg, Poland (Bydgoszcz Poland). Soldiers on motorcycles advance. Soldiers crawl on the ground in a wooded area. Tanks roll across an area. German troops enter a city. German population welcome them. A man removes a Polish sign from a wall. Tanks and troops advance across an area. Damaged bridges across a river. German soldiers rebuild wrecked bridges. German soldiers in carts and tanks move across a bridge.
Germany invades Poland. German soldiers on streets in Gdynia, Poland. The Mayor of Gdynia surrenders to the Commander of the German troop. Soldiers stand in front of food grain sacs. Troops march in the city with rifles in their hands. German battleships fire at Polish enemy and clear the bay of Danzig, Poland.
Trial of Nazi leaders for war crimes in Nuremberg, Germany soon after the end of World War 2. British Chief Prosecutor Hartly W Shawcross presents count no 2, crimes against peace involving wars of aggression in violation of international treaties and agreements. A document reveals Adolf Hitler's plans to occupy Poland. Footage showing Soviet Leader Joseph Stalin and Germany's Joachim Von Ribbentrop as they sign non-aggression pact between Russia and Germany on August 23, 1939 (also called the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact). Germany prepares to occupy Poland as Pope Pius XII and President Franklin D Roosevelt appeal for peace just before start of World War II.
The first phase of German assault on France and the Low Countries during World War II. Animated maps illustrate Czechoslovakia and Poland defenses against Germany, and the East Prussian Corridor. Civilians including children flee war violence. German troops and tanks parade. England: UK Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain addresses a gathering. Britain's Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax (Edward Fredrick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax), Winston Churchill, Leon Blum, and other officials. Germany: Hitler arrives at the Reichstag in Berlin. He addresses the Nazi officers and officials. A sign for the custom border district at Kreis. Bullet ridden walls and bomb damaged buildings. German troops load and fire artillery. German Panzer tank units invade Poland in 1939. Hitler looks through an artillery periscope. Black smoke rises due to numerous explosions.