German Wehrmacht troops advance on Kharkov-Rostov front during World War 2. Luftwaffe Junkers Ju 87 Stuka fighter aircraft in flight. A mushroom cloud forms after explosion. Junkers Ju 87 fighters flying over clouds. A fighter flying as seen from below. A group of Stuka fighters flying in unison. Large clouds form from smoke in field. A German officer shouts from the field telephone. 21 cm Nebelwerfer 42 rocket launchers fire Wurfgranate (thrower-shell) rockets at Soviet soldiers. Rockets fire upwards from Nebelwerfer rocket launchers. Smoke covers the battlefield. A dead Soviet soldier lying down. Soviet troops lying face down after being killed. Soviet vehicles and materiel are scattered after the onslaught of German attack. A German soldier inspects a destroyed Soviet tank. Damage in tank body sustained from bombings. Men carrying casualties on stretchers while crossing a makeshift bridge. Men take patients to a clinic. Sign reads “Haupt verbandplatz 51” (“Main first aid station 51” in English). Inside the German first aid station, General Gerhard von Schwerin awards the Iron Cross medal to injured German troops. German patient receives his Iron Cross medal on his bed. General von Schwerin holds the hands of a patient after awarding the medal. German soldier wearing an Iron Cross medal smiles in tank.
Field Marshal Albert Kesselring reviews coastal defense in Italy during World War 2. Map of Italy and neighboring countries (written in German). Field Marshal (Generalfeldmarschall) Albert Kesselring reviews a coastal defense unit in Italy. General Kesselring salutes upon his arrival and walks. General Kesselring waves his baton while speaking. A young Wehrmacht soldier is introduced to General Kesselring. General Kesselring knocks the Stahlhelm helmet of a soldier. General Kesselring boards an SS staff car. Kesselring smiles as the car drives away. A soldier uses binoculars to observe the coast. A German soldier (wearing only white underwear) uses a field telephone. German soldiers (mostly underdressed) resting in a grove of trees. German soldiers prepare and clean artillery guns. Shirtless German soldiers eating grapes in Italy.
German Wehrmacht motorized units arrive in Italy during World War 2. German soldiers in motorcycles with sidecars (BMW R75) and other vehicles moving through an Austria town, passing by a Gasthof (German-style inn). A tracked vehicle moves. Road sign reads “Brenner Stubaital”. German motorized units pass through a bridge near the Brenner Pass, the border between Austria and Italy. Railroad train flat cars loaded with German tanks and soldiers move slowly past a railway station as they proceed to Italy. German soldiers on top of a tank moving through the Brenner Pass. German tanks entering Italy. German soldiers riding a motorcycle in the Brenner Pass. A military vehicle carries German soldiers to the Italian border. An Italian Carabinieri (gendarme) stands in between a “Deutsches Reich” stone post and a border sign “A.A.S.S. ITALIA”. A German boy with goggles rides on a Volkswagen Kübelwagen with soldiers. Another boy with German soldiers. A German soldier smokes cigarette while driving a BMW R75 in Italy. An Italian woman blows a kiss to passing German troops. Italian woman tosses and distributes bread for German soldiers. Italian men and women give bread to German soldiers. An Italian woman express happiness upon the arrival of German troops. A little girl gives bread to German soldiers. Italian townspeople welcome German troops near the Brenner Pass. German soldiers eat bread. German troops drink refreshments. Sonderkraftfahrzeug 251 halftrack pass by a tunnel. German tanks such as the Panzer IV pass through the Brenner Pass.
A United States pilot climbs out of a cockpit of a Vought F4U Corsair in Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, during Pacific warfare in World War 2. A shirtless plane captain hands over the parachute of the pilot from the cockpit. A Marine signals to an aircraft. Shirtless plane captain gives signal for an aircraft to taxi in. An arm tattoo depicting an eagle with a globe and the word “Honolulu”. Two men talking outside a bungalow. Three pilots approach the two men and they started talking.
A Grumman TBF Avenger aircraft landing on a sandy airfield in Espiritu Santo during World War 2. Douglas SBD Dauntless landing. A United States pilot signals to an aircraft taxiing away. A United States Vought F4U Corsair lands, turns to park in airfield. A Vought F4U Corsair taxiing. A man runs ahead of the Vought F4U Corsair and signals to its pilot. Rear view of a group of Vought F4U Corsairs waiting in line for take-off. Group of Vought F4U Corsair aircraft taxis and take off one by one.
United States Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator bombers flying low over Romanian oil refineries in Ploesti during Operation Tidal Wave (World War 2). A group of United States B-24 Liberator bombers in flight. B-24 Liberator airplane flying over farmlands and burning oil refineries. B-24 Liberator plane flies through a thick cloud of smoke. B-24 Liberator in flight. A group of B-24 Liberators flying over farms. Round hay bales on farmland.