The German assault on France during the Battle of France in World War II. A map depicts the German advance into the Chemin des Dames sector and across the Aisne River in France. German officers confer underground. An officer briefs others using a map on a wall. Soldiers seated in candlelight. German soldiers work in a field. Allied aircraft in flight overhead. Bombs dropped causing explosions. A wrecked aircraft on the ground. Soldiers load and fire artillery and antiaircraft guns. Officers give orders to fire the guns. A few officers observe the events. Machine guns fired.
Adolf Hitler as Fuhrer of Nazi Germany. Hitler and other German officers in cars pass by through the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin as crowds line the streets with Nazi salutes. German Nazi flags on the Brandenburg Gate. Civilians greet the Fuhrer as his car passes by. Hitler greets Nazi officers in the Reichstag building and shakes hands with several German officials. Officers give the Nazi salute and Hitler salutes the group. Hitler addresses the Nazi gathering. The Parteiadler Nazi party symbol and the Swastika in the Reichstag hall. German troops gathered for the Nuremberg Rally at the Nazi Party grounds in Nuremberg. Montage of scenes featuring German soldiers and armament: Close up view of face of young German soldier; German soldiers march in formation and on roads. German tanks rolling and closeup of tank tread. During battle, German soldiersy take cover in trench and then advance using flame thrower during attack amidst shelling. Very large formation of German soldiers marching around Nazi flags during the Nuremberg Rally. Thousands of German soldiers. The German Nazi eagle symbol. German soldiers with hands raised in "Schwurhand" as they take an oath, possibly the Hitler Oath.
Pictures taken by military and news cameramen during World War II. North African Campaign: The British Eighth Army enters Tripoli in Libya. Allied soldiers on tanks. Civilians and children watch as the troops move into the city. A British flag. British Army Field Marshal Harold Alexander (1st Earl Alexander of Tunis) stands in a car and greets the troops and civilians as it moves along. Allied invasion of Sicily, 1943: Field Marshal Alexander's British Dominion and U.S. forces advance. The task force underway off the Sicily coast. Soldiers get off landing ships and crafts. They wade through shallow water and advance inward on the beach. Germany: Allied aircraft in flight. The airplanes bomb Nazi industries. The aircraft bay doors open, bombs away as bombs are released, and they descend towards the target area. Smoke due to the explosions.
German SS (Schutzstaffel) troops advance on the Eastern Front during World War II. A map depicts the Eastern Front. A German convoy including trucks, half-tracks, and artillery moves up on the Russian front. Camouflaged trucks, soldiers seated in half-tracks camouflaged with foliage. Panther tanks and infantry of 5.SS Wiking advance as artillery is fired. A German officer gives orders as soldiers load and fire artillery. Russian Prisoners of War (POWs) are marched to the rear. Officers and soldiers strategize using a map. An SS soldier fires an MG42 machine gun that is rested on another's shoulder. Soldiers amidst heavy firing and smoke from explosions. Soldiers in camouflaged helmets. A burning village is captured. Tanks and half-tracks advance into the village. Soldiers with guns cross a field, fire machine guns and artillery. An officer looks through binoculars. Bomb damaged and burning buildings.Soldiers among the ruins and rubble. Soldiers examine burning Russian tanks. Smoking tanks. German troops in discussion, drinking water and resting.
A German sculptor at work in Germany during World War 2. Nude sculptures in a studio. The German artist works on a sculpture of a nude woman. The nude model poses for the sculptor. The sculptor uses tools to chisel and smooths the surface. Huge horse sculptures in the studio. The sculptor works on a horse sculpture. A man holds the model horse. Gigantic horse sculptures in the studio, and other art works typical of the third Reich emphasis on Romantic Realism.
Repair of German-controlled railroads and bridges in occupied France during World War II. French laborers (slave labor) rebuild railroads. Laborers lay tracks. Stationary rail cars on tracks. Laborers dig and excavate near tracks. Reconstruction of railway bridges. French laborers work on a bridge. They weld and assemble parts. The bridge pillars under construction. Aerial cranes used for construction. An armored German train moves across a reconstructed bridge. A Nazi Swastika flag on the engine. The train steams into Paris' Gare du Nord. German officers and soldiers in the rail cars. German officers greet the soldiers on arrival.
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