The Balkan War . Troops marching. Tsar Ferdinand I of Bulgaria called the 'Fox of the Balkans'. Generals look at a map. Prisoners standing in a group. Men walk in lines on a path in the Balkans. Soldiers in coats with rifles. Montenegro: King Nicholas I surrounded by military and other officials. A man helps the King put on his coat. Italy: The King and Queen with dignitaries at a ceremony to launch battleships. Spain: The young King Alfonso XIII surrounded by military officials. Germany: German troops march on the streets. Soldiers on horses during a parade. Kaiser Wilhelm II inspects troops. The crown Prince is greeted by the people of Germany.
A map shows areas of conflict during the Battle of Cassino in Italy. German antiaircraft guns fire at night as Allied planes attack Cassino. Soldiers with searchlights in action to guide the guns. An Allied plane is hit and falls in flames. Mortar crews and snipers fire. Soldiers fire machine guns. Soldiers in trenches in the forest. They drink refreshments. American and British prisoners seen huddled together. The Allied POWs are marched on a road. Soldiers on the hills in Cassino. German soldiers fire artillery. Tanks and artillery fire amid ruins. Smoke from explosions. (World War II period).
A map shows French Tunisia in North Africa, during World War 2. A ship at a Tunisian port. German and Italian soldiers transfer boxes from the ships to waiting trucks. Soldiers roll and align barrels. German soldiers load and fire an antiaircraft gun. A German fighter plane defends material stockpiled in North Africa. Smoke due to bombardment by the aircraft. A truck on the road. British aircraft is downed and British pilot captured. Axis soldiers folding up the parachute of the British prisoner of war. The captured British pilot near the wrecked British aircraft.
German troops in a Russian village. A field and houses in the village. Flaming debris in the town. Damaged buildings and ruins. Soldiers amidst the ruins. A tram moves along on tracks. Shattered Russian equipment including military tanks, jeeps, artillery and antiaircraft guns lying in the streets. A demolished railroad terminal. Dead soldiers in the streets. Soldier on horse marches prisoners on foot as a military truck passes by. Smoke and fire from explosions in the town. (World War II period).
5 June 1940 during Battle of France: German reserves including trucks, soldiers and tanks enters the French city of Merville. The troops cross a bridge over the River Somme. German tanks and infantry cross the bridge and then fire at French positions. Smoke due to bombardment. A French tank is hit. French soldiers surrender with the tank and are taken prisoner by the Germans. A French tank on fire.
Arnhem: Fleet of Allied planes in flight. The 1st Allied Airborne Corps troops descend and land near Arnhem, Netherlands. Ground forces march ahead. Members of the Allied corps from the American 82nd Airborne Division capture and cross the 2km long bridge over the Waal at Nijmegen. Dead German soldiers on the bridge. Landing of allied paratroopers near the town of Grave, targeting the bridges over the Maas. Scenes of the Glider Pilot Regiment landing in Holland near Arnhem in Operation Market Garden, including point of view shots from glider in flight under rope tow, and of many paratoopers filling sky during drop. Soldier in jeep being unloaded. A wrecked glider. Allied soldiers take German prisoners. Wounded soldiers. Dutch Resistance Movement officers reveal German troop movements to Allies. A member with an 'ORANJE' insignia on his uniform sleeve. View of German Garrison commander Major General Fridriech Kussin, dead, his body half fallen from his Citroen automobile as Allied troops march by. A bungalow used by the resistance as their headquarters. British soldiers attempting to defend their position near the Arnhem road bridge over the Lower Rhine (now the John Frost Bridge, named after the British Commander who led the forces that defended their position there for 9 days, and subject of the 1977 movie "A Bridge Too Far"). Wounded soldiers on stretchers, from fighting against the German 9th SS and 10th SS Panzer divisions. Views of supplies being dropped to the British forces and the soldiers retrieving dropped supplies. Allied Target Indicators go off at dusk. British soldier communicating on radio as they await arrival of British XXX Corps (who never arrive). Remaining British troops withdrawing after 9 days of battle. British Soldiers retire and walk on streets. Soldiers in military jeeps. The Nijmegen bridge over the Waal River protected by the Allied soldiers. In total 10,600 Allied airborne soldiers landed at Arnhem; 1500 were killed and all but 2398 were captured (World War II period).
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