U.S. Forces shoot down enemy airplanes and submarines in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. U.S. Task Force underway at sea off the coast of Saipan. Three Japanese aircraft attack ships. Naval guns being fired at the airplanes. The airplanes being shot down. An aircraft bursts into flames and falls into sea. A U.S. aircraft attacks a German U-boat in the Atlantic Ocean. The U boat being strafed and sinks into the sea.
Area being bombed in Germany after the Allied victory in Europe during World War II. A U.S. Army Air Force Major and an Electrician's Mate. The Electrician's Mate looks through binoculars. A U.S. Army Air Force P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft drops bombs and an explosion occurs. P-47 aircraft drop bombs outside a German village as smoke and fire rise. The target area on fire due to the bombings. U.S. Army Air Force Major and the Electrician's Mate as the Major directing the bombing by handheld radio. The Electrician's Mate looks through binoculars. The P-47s drop napalm incendiary bombs over positions near farm land outside a German town. Smoke and fire rise.
' A Fifth Army report from beachhead' about United States amphibious ladings in Anzio, Italy during World War II. A U.S. convoy in Naples Harbor. U.S. 5th Army supply trucks and equipment leave for Anzio. Soldiers loaded in trucks. An invasion fleet in the harbor. Equipment and troops being loaded onto vessels. LSTs ( Landing Ship Tanks) underway for Anzio. Barrage balloons in flight over the convoy. Troops and equipment aboard a ship. Soldiers aboard the vessels. A captain checks a navigational compass. Officers look at a map. A soldier carries a dog. Naval guns being fired at German airplanes during an air raid. Bombs explode in water. U.S. 5th Army equipment being unloaded from the vessels at a beach in Anzio.
The Allied Campaign in Italy during World War II. The campaign begins on September 23,1943. British 8th Army troops get onto ships . British 8th Army Commander General Bernard Montgomery. British soldiers land in Calabria, Italy. 8th Army troops advance. Supreme Allied Commander General Dwight D. Eisenhower aboard a ship. The Italian fleet surrenders. U.S. 5th Army soldiers loaded in a ship under the command of U.S. Army General Mark Clark as they head for Salerno, Italy. Allied aircraft provide a cover to the convoy underway at sea. German soldiers and equipment in Salerno. Allied troops land at a beach as the Germans open a heavy fire. Explosions occur at the beach. Allied naval guns are fired at German positions. Nazi aircraft attack to disrupt Allied landings. Royal Air Force and B-17s of the U.S. 9th Air Force aircraft in flight. Aerial view of bombs exploding on German positions. Dead soldiers at the beach. 8th Army soldiers advance inland. Artillery being fired. General Mark Clark with the soldiers after gaining the beachhead. 8th and 5th Army soldiers advance into Italy. A map depicts the position of Foggia, an Allied stronghold.
Liberated Allied prisoners of war in Moosburg, Germany during World War II. Two liberated U.S. soldiers drink wine from a bottle as they stand beside a U.S. Army jeep. One of them smiles and drinks from the bottle. A group of liberated 8th Air Force officers and bomber crew pose as they cheer after being liberated. Four U.S. soldiers walk and smile after being set free.
German prisoners in Normandy, France during World War II. A German prisoner opens his watch as a U.S. soldier looks on. A U.S. Military Police officer lights up a cigarette for an elderly civilian seated with German prisoners on a field. German prisoners lying on the field as they relax. A U.S. soldier searches a German prisoner.
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