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United States 182nd Regiment lands and invades city of Cebu in Philippines.
U.S. 182nd Regiment lands on Cebu. U.S. landing crafts approach Cebu beach. Troops wade ashore. Palm trees in the background. Major General William H Arnold mapping the drive to city. Equipment is unloaded by men. U.S. troops advance toward Cebu city and encounter road blocks. They sweep for land mines on their way to city. A Bomb is taken out of a hole. Dead body of American soldier killed by land mine. 4.2 inch mortars are brought forward by the 80th Chemical Mortar Battalion (CMB) on beach. Tanks and troops advance towards a village where first organized enemy resistance is encountered. Troops take cover behind trees and fire rifles at Japanese snipers hiding in houses. Trooper throws grenade in house and moves back. Explosion in house. House is set on fire. Wounded Japanese comes out of house and falls down. Troops advance further. Troops greeted by civilians. Native carriages, tanks and troops advance in village. Japanese prisoners under guard. Troops move through rubble and wreckage of building in village. Troops advance through old military installation Fort San Pedro. Wreckage of building. Troops move along streets of Cebu. (World War II; WWII;World War 2; WW2)
Events of World War 2, and creation of United Nations Organization following the surrender of Germany and Japan
Summary of World War II events and formation of the United Nations Organization. Soviet troops on Eastern Front of Europe fire artillery on German positions in 1944. Russian troops advance. German soldiers come out of buildings and surrender. Allied Forces land in France on D-Day. Allied troops and tanks fight Germans on streets in towns and villages of France. U.S. Army tanks fire at German positions. Various groups of German prisoners of war march along roads and are herded into prison camps operated by American and British forces. In 1945, the Allied leaders meet at Yalta on the Crimean Peninsula to discuss Allied military strategy in the final months of WWII. Leaders included British PM Winston Churchill, U.S. President Franklin D Roosevelt and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin. The meeting of U.S. and Soviet Russian troops at the Elbe River. German Nazi Swastika symbol blown up in explosion atop Zeppelinfeld Nazi party rally grounds in Nuremberg. Aerial view of Berlin in ruins, as seen from low-flying aircraft flying directly over the Unter den Linden boulevard and the Brandenburg Gate. Wrecked and bombed German buildings seen everywhere. German officials signing surrender instrument at Rheims. U.S. President Harry S Truman, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin at Potsdam Conference. U.S. Marines battling on beaches of Pacific Islands. Iconic shot of U.S. Marines raising the American flag on Mount Suribachi at Iwo Jima. Aerial view of bombed and ruined city of Tokyo, Japan. The Japanese surrender to MacArthur aboard the battleship USS Missouri. General MacArthur speaks aboard Missouri. Victory celebrations all across the world, with some scenes from earlier V-E Day (Victory in Europe) day in May 1945, including crowds celebrating in Paris, France, and some scenes on V-J Day (Victory over Japan day) in August 1945. Crowds on streets celebrate. Happy crowds jam streets. Delegates of Nations, among them Andrei Gromyko and Vyascheslav Molotov meet in San Francisco and create a United Nations organization. Truman arrives at signing of UN charter. Various delegates sign charter. U.S. troops disembark troop carrier ships at U.S. ports and are discharged after completing military service in World War 2. Group of U.S. Army soldiers exits a church (the Chapel at Fort Dix, New Jersey), waving their discharge papers in hand.
Emaciated U.S. Navy Sailors liberated from Bilibid prison in Philippines.
United States Navy sailors held prisoners by Japanese in Bilibid, Philippines. Liberated prisoners stand outside the prison building after three years in captivity. Very thin men reduced to living skeletons. Men hold glass jars with daily ration of several ounces of grain. Several men starved to death. View of grave markers at cemetery in the prison camp. Liberated Naval men return to United States. Huge crowd in San Francisco holds a parade and welcomes the heroes of Bataan and Corregidor. Corporal Jolly receives an award. (World War II period).
Blood donated in United States for wounded soldiers in Pacific Theater.
United States troops receive whole blood from home in Pacific Theater. An animated map shows boxes of blood flown from San Francisco to Pearl Harbor, Guam, and Leyte. Vehicles parked outside a Red Cross center. A woman donates blood. A nurse sits near her. Blood is kept in portable refrigerators. 'Human blood' written on the boxes. Plane lands in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The boxes are unloaded. The crew loads the boxes onto another plane. The boxes arrive in planes Guam. The blood boxes arrive at Base Hospital and are kept in refrigerators. Wounded soldier receives blood in Leyte, Philippines. (World War II period).
Pope blesses British Troops (with some Canadian Troops) at Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome, Italy, in World War II
Pope Pius XII meets Allied troops at Saint Peter's Basilica, Rome, Italy during World War 2. Members of the British 8th Army at side of open aisle in St Peter's Basilica (Piazza San Pietro, 00120 Città del Vaticano, Vatican City). A procession led by Swiss Guards. Papal entourage walks down the aisle followed by Pope Pius XII on a gestatorial chair (sedia gestatoria). He blesses the troops as he goes. Pope descends the chair and walks to the throne. He seats himself and addresses the troops. The troops listen to the Pope. Pope Pius XII rises from the chair and bestows blessings on the soldiers.
Pope Pius XII talks to United States troops and British Troops at the Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome, Italy.
Pope Pius XII talks to Allied soldiers at Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome, Italy. United States troops and British Troops at side of open aisle in St Peter's Basilica (Piazza San Pietro, 00120 Città del Vaticano, Vatican City). Pope Pius XII rises from the throne and blesses the soldiers. Soldiers listen to the pope as he talks informally to them. The soldiers surround him. Pope Pius XII walks to the throne and sits. (World War II period).
