With the 82nd Airborne Division in the days following D-Day. Dead bodies of the German soldiers at a field in France. Location is vicinity of Amfreville-Gourbesville, and west of the Merderet River. U.S. Army soldiers talk among themselves. Dead bodies of German soldiers lie near abandoned gun. French civilians load bodies into a truck, including the body of a U.S. Army soldier. United States Army soldiers in jeeps, trucks and motorbikes pass on the street. Civilians pick up a dead body beside a road. (World War II period).
Map of Italy showing major cities. During a battlefield lull,in World War 2, in Italy, a German soldier reads a newpaper called the "Southern Front." View of Monte Cassino,Italy, with German troops taking cover amongst war debris. Fencing and signs identify minefields. German soldiers with their weapons, hidden in foliage. German soldier looks through binoculars as American forces bombard the town of Monte Cassino. German soldier, seeking cover, jumps over a stone wall. Smoke rises from the U.S. bombardment. German officers consult in a dugout. German soldiers move stealthily across a stream and through battle scarred landscape. Some take up positions and fire machine guns, rifles, and rifle grenades toward American lines. They advance from their trenches and come across fallen American soldiers on the field. They encounter one crawling, and several others from the U.S. 34th Division, whom they take prisoner. They remove their equipment and weapons, and smoke the American cigarettes. Behind the lines, a man in civilian clothes questions the captured American soldiers. A German soldier uses periscopic binoculars to spot targets for German artillerymen firing heavy weapons. Explosions seen in valley below as shells burst.
Japanese Nakajima airplanes take off from an airfield on Japanese-held island in Pacific. Soldiers and people stand on the airfield. People watch the planes take off. Soldiers wave flags. Japanese officer waves hat on the platform. People in the background. Civilians wave at departing Japanese planes. (World War II period).
View from deck of a Japanese battleship looking back at three Japanese aircraft carriers underway. during World War 2. Interior view of compartment in Japanese aircraft carrier Zuikaku Ship's intercom loudspeaker calls pilots to a mission. Airplanes with engines running on the flight deck of the carrier. The planes ready for take off. Pilot prays at shinto shrine below decks, before mission briefing. Japanese flight commander briefs the pilots before take off. Pilots in cockpits. Nakajima B6n1 torpedo planes take off carrying torpedoes underneath (these B6N aircraft were called "Jill" by the Allies). Japanese Imperial Navy sailors watch the planes.
Japanese group leader makes speech to pilots on an airfield. Japanese Mitsubishi G4M bombers parked in the background. Airmen gather in the field. Bombers and hangars in the background. Religious flag flies on the field. Planes take off from airstrip. Ground crew waves towards the planes. Formation of 27 bombers in flights of 3 each. Pilot, copilot and third crew member in cockpit of a bomber. Radio operator comes forward, salutes the pilot, and gives him written orders which the pilot reads. He then folds his arms and expresses a look of resignation.
View looking out from cockpit of a Japanese torpedo bomber flying just above thin cloud layer over water. Thin spit of land visible in distance. Several warships seen below. Closeup of the pilot, speaking into intercom. Formation of Nakajima Nakajima torpedo bombers in flight. Allied ships underway. The Japanese torpedo bombers attack, flying through a hail of intense antiaircraft fire from the U.S. warships. Around them other airplanes are engaged in dog fights. One pilot is seen as his airplane is struck by gunfire and begins to smoke. Another torpedo bomber continues and successfully releases his torpedo, which strikes a ship, which explodes. Clip is a mix of dramatized and actual footage.
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