American robot bombs, America's answer to the German V-1 buzzbomb, being prepared in Dearborn, Michigan during World War 2. Workers weld bomb casing at Ford robot bomb factory. The workers move long tube like bombs with jet engines. They are known by nickname "Flying Chimney". The bombs on wheels. Men with ear protection in a testing area as the engines are fired during testing. Buildings in the background. Flame shooting from the jet engines. Workers including some women assemble the bombs at a plant in Toledo, Ohio, where wings and warheads are also built. A woman war production worker lying inside the body of a robot bomb and working on its assembly. The bombs take off from a launch pad in a gully at an Army Air Force test site. A booster cuts loose from the American Robot Bomb and hits water at a distance as the buzz bomb flies through the air, with an estimate 200 mile range. The bombs in flight. The booster hits water.
Wreckage in an area near the Sele River in Eboli, Italy during World War 2. A sign on a wall reads 'Campagna'. A man shovels amongst ruins in the foreground. Men clear debris. A discarded picture of Mussolini lying on a heap of rubble. A bullet ridden sign on a highway reads 'Eboli'. Wrecked city of Eboli.
A daylight raid by joint US-Canadian commandos on suspected German operation post in Anzio, Italy during World War 2. Soldiers of the First Special Service Force (called "Black Devils" by the Germans) fire rifle grenades on the building and move towards it. Other "Black Devils" give covering fire with Browning automatic rifles and Johnson machine guns for soldiers moving towards the German position. Troops use a drainage ditch to move towards the operation post. They fire bazookas, .30 caliber rifles and machine guns. A soldier fires a bazooka from behind a fence barrier.
Elements of Joint US-Canadian First Special Service Force conduct a daylight raid on a German operation post at beach in Anzio, Italy during World War 2. German prisoners walking under guard on a road. The prisoners carry a wounded on a litter past a burning M4 Sherman tank. Burning U.S. tanks, knocked out by German teller mines.
A daylight raid by troops of the Joint US-Canadian 1st Special Service Force, on a German operation post at a beach in Anzio, Italy during World War 2. Brigadier General Robert Tryon Frederick, Commander of the 1st Special Service Force (Black Devils Brigade) speaks to Commanding Officer 2nd Battalion, 2nd Regiment of 1st Special Service Force, Lieutenant Colonel Robert S. Moore alongside a burning tank. A tank moves on a road. Battle worn troops on a road. The troops cross the Mussolini Canal. An officer near a burning tank. A tank moves past a burning tank. Troops walk in a line. (Note: the U.S. tanks were knocked out by German teller mines.)
A daylight raid by Commandos of the US-Canadian 1st Special Service Forces on a German Outpost in Anzio, Italy during World War II. German prisoners of war march on a road. Allied troops around a disabled M4 Sherman tank in a water filled shell crater. The troops dig around the tank.
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