China-Burma-India Theater during the World War II. A technician checks the working of control systems of an Azon Bomb at a laboratory in Burma. He turns the transmitter filament pilot light switch on, turns antenna, checks frequency. He controls the rudders of the tail with a control lever.
China-Burma-India Theater during World War II. A United States Army Air Force technician checks the working of control systems of an Azon Bomb at a laboratory in Burma. He fills in the 24volts battery, tests gyro, tests tuning receiver. He puts radio receiver, gyro and battery in the fin assembly. He measures the movement of the rudders on a scale.
Victory meeting at the 12th Army Group Headquarters, Bad Wildungen in Germany attended by Generals of the Allied forces post World War II. General Dwight D. Eisenhower, General Omar Bradley, General Courtney Hodges along with other Generals and officials of the Allied army are present. A horse gifted to General Bradley by Russian Marshal Konev.
Generals of the Allied forces attend a Commanders victory celebration meeting at the 12th Army Group Headquarters, Bad Windungen in Germany, three days after the World War II in Europe. American officers of the Allied army step out of the headquarter building and settle for a group photograph. Front row: Lt. Gen. William H. Simpson — Ninth U.S. Army; Gen. George S. Patton Jr. — Third U.S. Army; Gen. Carl A. Spaatz — U.S. Strategic Air Forces in Europe; Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower — Supreme Allied Commander; Gen. Omar N. Bradley — 12th Army Group; Gen. Courtney H. Hodges — First U.S. Army; Lt. Gen. Leonard T. Gerow — Fifteenth U.S. Army. Rear row: Brig. Gen. Ralph F. Stearley — IX Tactical Air Command; Lt. Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg — Ninth Air Force; Lt. Gen. Walter Bedell “Beetle” Smith — SHAEF Chief of Staff; Maj. Gen. Otto P. Weyland — XIX Tactical Air Command; Brig. Gen. Richard E. Nugent — XXIX Tactical Air Command. A smaller version of the group is seen afterward, representing the 12th Army Group's field-army and tactical-air leadership: Seated: Lt. Gen. William H. Simpson — commanding general, U.S. Ninth Army; Gen. George S. Patton Jr. — commanding general, U.S. Third Army; Gen. Omar N. Bradley — commanding general, 12th Army Group; Gen. Courtney H. Hodges — commanding general, U.S. First Army; Lt. Gen. Leonard T. Gerow — commanding general, U.S. Fifteenth Army. Standing: Brig. Gen. Ralph F. Stearley — IX Tactical Air Command; Lt. Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg — Ninth Air Force; Maj. Gen. Otto P. Weyland — XIX Tactical Air Command; Brig. Gen. Richard E. Nugent — XXIX Tactical Air Command. Generals inspect a horse gifted to General Omar Bradley by Russian Marshal Konev.
Troopers of the 28th Constabulary Squad of the United States Army leave a command post at Bad Steben near Hof in Germany. Convoy of jeeps and M-8 armored vehicles moves through the streets of Bad Steben and then to the country side. It moves past a station on dusty roads in Lichtenberg. Jeeps and armored vehicle take position on side of a bridge. Squad reaches the Russian border. A signboard in Russian warns against unauthorized crossing.
Officials of the Allied military at a Nazi concentration camp in Dachau in Germany. A soldiers opens the leakage proof door of a gas chamber. Sign over the door in German 'Shower Bath'. Pile of starved dead bodies in room adjoining the gas chamber. General Alexander Patch of the United States Army and other soldiers at the camp. (World War II period).
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