Victory Day celebrations in Paris, France soon after World War II. Massive crowd parade along street around Place de l'Opera and Rue de la Paix. U.S. army vehicles and official cars along a street.
Victory Day celebrations in Paris, France after World War II. French civilians including children, young men and women on street during the celebrations. A U.S. officer kisses a French woman. Men parade carrying Russian, American, English, and French Flags.
Polish General Tadeusz Kutrzeba, deputy commander of forces in Warsaw, Poland, walks to a bus in which Nazi German officers await to negotiate a cease fire. They discuss disposition of forces using a map. General Kutrzeba then leaves, returns salute of German officer and returns to his soldier garrison. (World War 2.)
German soldiers keeping watch on a high bluff of the German Westwall (Ziegfried or Siegfried Line) early in World War 2. German soldiers entering fortifications of the Westwall. Fortification or bunker doorway entrance decorated with relief carvings of German soldiers. Camouflaged German heavy artillery guns being elevated on the Westwall (Ziegfried Line) at German standardized bunker Regelbau 35 (R35). Field artillery being fired. French and Germans exchange gunfire on Franco-German border. View of damaged houses in Herbitzheim, Germany, 10 kilometers from the border. View of damaged house where Moroccans lived. German troops using secret types of explosive charges inside buildings, and making their way through French village where they encounter a booby trapped wagon. French prisoners being escorted and processed by German soldiers, and then driven away in trucks.
German soldier handlers train dogs in Germany during World War II. German troops arrive on a field with their dogs. Dogs being trained on a field. Soldiers teach dogs to crawl. A group of pigeons. Troops use dogs and carrier pigeons as military messengers.
Entrance of a memorial with the years 1923 and 1939 posted above the doorway on large wreath. Two German Eagle statues stand on either side. A German military officer is exiting the doorway. Seen are remains of Bürgerbräukeller or Burgerbraukeller Hall, the historic site of the 1923 Beer Hall Putsch in Munich (Rosenheimer Str. 5, 81667 München, Germany) that was destroyed by decapitation strike using a time bomb. The explosion occurred 15 minutes after Hitler departed after giving speech there, marking memory of old veterans of the Nazi movement. Six veterans were killed outright and 60 injured in the blast. The building is a shambles, with steel girders collapsed. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler attends funeral ceremony for 8 victims of the bombing. Soldiers hold Nazi flags. Some of the Nazi veterans are seen bandaged with injuries. Hitler and his Deputy Rudolf Hess honor the dead with a Nazi salute. Hitler talks to relatives of the victims. A large wreath is carried bearing the name Adolf Hitler. Funeral procession moves along a road, as Nazi veterans carry the coffins of their comrades. The funeral procession moves through the Victory Gate (Siegestor 80539 Munich, Germany) in Munich. Hitler and Hess ride in a car and step down in a small plaza. Nazi movement veterans stand, some with bandaged injuries. Crowds in the streets of Munich. Hitler rides standing in open car as he is cheered by crowds. German bombers fly overhead in formation.
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