The occupation of the remainder of Czechoslovakia on 15th March, 1939 by Nazi German forces in World War 2. Newspaper headlines announcing the occupation. Nazi soldiers on motorcycles and bicycles on a village road in a late Winter snowstorm. Officers converse. They arrive in Prague with military vehicles. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler's car exits the Prague Castle gates. The car moves through a crowded street. Hitler walks and talks with Nazi officials on the street and reviews wounded men. German military forces goose step in parade with flags and a band. German goosestepping troops march past equestrian statue of St. Wenceslas, in Wenceslas Square. Civilians watch. German Luftwaffe aircraft fly overhead in formation. German tanks parade through city streets.
German Chancellor Adolf Hitler stands in a parade car driving in Prague, Czechoslovakia after the establishment of the German Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, prior to World War II. Chancellor Hitler's motorcade drives past a cheering crowd in Mala Strana, Prague. He stands in a Mercedes-Benz 770K parade car. Petřín Lookout Tower is seen in the background. The motorcade comes to a halt, to allow aides to present two baby girls to Hitler, who greets them. Then the motorcade continues. Many German language signs are seen. (One third of Bohemians are Sudeten Germans)
Dignitaries in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia Milan Hodza gets out of a car at the Alcron hotel. Czechoslovak general Jan Syrovy,Major General Ludvik Krejci and Minister of Defense Frantisek Machnik look at a map. Officer opens shutter and looks at map. Officers enter a hall and sit while discussing a map. They stand in front of a map and discuss.
German civilians in a field in Prague, Czechoslovakia. They climb into United States trucks. The trucks parked beside a street. A large crowd stands near the trucks. The civilians carry luggage. (During period of forced expulsion of German citizens from Czechoslovakia.)
Map of Czechoslovakia showing the four sections of Sudetenland annexed by Nazi Germany as part of the Munich Agreement with arrows pointing towards Prague. Sudeten Germans perform the Nazi salute as the German Army enters a Liberec, Czechoslovakia prior to World War II. Girls performing the Hitler salute while holding Nazi Germany flags. Tanks, trucks, and various armored vehicles enter town. Civilians greet the Wehrmacht soldiers as they goose step march into town. Sudeten German women in the crowd cheer and hold bouquet of flowers. Liberec civilian men perform the Nazi salute. Wehrmacht soldiers marching with Nazi standards. A saluting cavalryman leads a parade of infantry troops. Military band plays music beside civilian crowds and young boys. Hand attaches a pin of the Sudeten German Party (Sudetendeutsche Partei or SdP). Standard of the Sudeten German Party in Czechoslovakia.
Czech Prime Minister Klement Gottwald at an airfield in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Prime Minister Klement followed by military officials walks on the airfield. Prime Minister Gottwald shakes hands with Russian Ambassador to Czechoslovakia Valerian Zorin. Gottwald boards an aircraft for Moscow. Russia. The aircraft takes off.