Slovakian President Monsignor Jozef Tiso in Presov, Slovakia. Monsignor Jozef Tiso addresses a gathering during the opening of the Palace of Justice (Námestie legionárov 4, 080 01 Prešov, Slovakia). Officers and dignitaries seated during the ceremony. Soldiers and civilians present. Exteriors of the Palace of Justice. (World War II period).
Spanish Head of State Regent of the Kingdom Francisco Franco in Spain during World War II. Francisco Franco reviews Spanish Army maneuvers. Francisco Franco arrives with other officers. He see as soldiers load a boat. The soldiers construct a pontoon bridge. They march in review.
German and Romanian forces of the 17th Army, evacuate Kuban Bridgehead, at Taman, in Caucuses, and cross the Kerch Strait to Crimea, in World War Two. German and Romanian Officers study a map. S-mines aka 'Bouncing Betty' and Teller Mines are laid and barbed wire strung to impede the Russians. A convoy of trucks carries supplies. Some of local population evacuate along with the military. People carry their belongings in horse pulled carts. Many depart on railroad trains. Romanian troops set off charges that destroy sections of railroad behind them as they depart. Supplies are carried to ships at Port Kavkaz on the Russian shore of the Kerch Strait. Men roll drums in a dock area. Supplies are also transferred on the German-built aerial tramway, capable of transporting 1 thousand tons a day across the Kerch Strait.
German troops land in Japan during World War II. German cruiser Thor in the Pacific Ocean. Sailors on rail. The sailors stand at attention. Seaplanes are catapulted from the ship. A seaplane taxis on water. An Allied freighter underway in the Pacific Ocean. The cruiser captures the freighter and later docks in a Japanese port. Japanese naval officers come aboard. German and Japanese flags. German crew visits military graves near Mount Fuji.
Spanish General Emilio Esteban Infantes, commander of the Wehrmacht 205th Infantry Division (the "Blue Division"). Infantes seen greeting and speaking to other German Wehrmacht or Spanish Felangist officers. His Blue Division was comprised primarily of Spanish falangist volunteers who fought for the German Army on the eastern front during World War II.
Spanish Head of State Regent of the Kingdom Francisco Franco attends a Falangist ceremony in Fuenterrabia, Spain. Francisco Franco with other officials followed by women walk to review troops. Cavalry troops followed by other troops marching. Women watch standing in a balcony. General Franco reviews the parade. People gathered to honor dead. Soldiers place wreaths on a memorial. (World War II period).
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