Occupation of Memel on 22th March, 1939. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler and his troops are cheered in Memel, Lithuania. The troops enter Memel and are greeted by the civilians. The troops march on a street. A banner across the street reads (in German): This land remains forever German. Soldiers on tanks enter the town. People stand on either side of the street and greet them. Aircraft fly in formation. Hitler and his party members disembark from the German Battleship, Deutschland. German soldiers at the port greet him. Hitler in a car and people cheer and greet him. A flag on a building. Hitler making a speech in Klaipeda. People gather in large number.
On 28th April, 1939 Hitler replies to Roosevelt's plea to avoid aggression. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler addresses the Reichstag meeting in the Kroll Opera House. The insignia of the National Socialist German Workers Party. Hitler mocks and ridicules U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt's plea to avoid aggression. He recites a long list of nations that FDR ostensibly sought to protect from Nazi aggression. The members in the hall laugh. People cheer after he finishes his speech.
The signing of the European Axis Pact (called, by Mussolini, the Pact of Steel) in Germany on 22th May, 1939. Italian Foreign Minister, Count Galeazzo Ciano arrives in Berlin by train and is met by his German counterpart, Joachim von Ribbentrop. Ciano reviews honor guards as a band plays. Then he and von Ribbentrop drive in a car through throngs of cheering Berliners. Later, when the principals and German and Italian officials are assembled for the signing, Adolf Hitler enters the hall and walks over to greet Ciano and Goering and several German and Italian officials present. He then sits down at the table and is flanked by the two foreign ministers who sign the pact. Hitler says farewell to Ciano and leaves the hall. Von Ribbentrop publicly explains the pact.
On 6th June,1939 German legion returns from the Spanish Civil War and is welcomed in Germany. People crowd on the streets. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler at a podium. The soldiers who have returned from the Spanish Civil War parade holding guns. Hitler reviews the troops. People watch the soldiers parading. A close up of Hitler.
Inspection of the Westwall fortifications, Germany in August 1939. An animated map shows various places. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler in a car. People crowd and cheer as Hitler arrives. Hitler salutes. He talks to an official. He stands with his party members in a balcony and comes down. Hitler along with his party members enters a tunnel. The soldiers in a squad enter the tunnel.
Invasion of Danzig by the Germans on 1st September, 1939 during World War II. Citizens of Danzig read poster proclaiming Danzig a part of the Greater German Realm. People crowd outside a building. Nazi troops use field artillery and Steyr ADGZ M35 Armored car to attack Polish defenders housed in the Post Office Building at Heveliunsplatz. Sudetenland written on an armored vehicle. The building is severely damaged from German shelling. Hitler arrives at the Kroll Opera House, where the Reichstag is meeting. He steps from his car and walks very rapidly into the building. Some members of his entourage stumble to keep up with him. View of Hitler addressing the Reichstag about Danzig and Poland. German troops driving into Danzig in SD Kfz 7 half-tracks are greeted enthusiastically by the crowds.
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