King Boris III of Bulgaria arrives at Rastenburg, East Prussia (present day Kętrzyn, Poland) to meet with Adolf Hitler during World War 2. This would be the last meeting between the Bulgarian king and Adolf Hitler. Adolf Hitler and Nazi officials walk on the Rastenburg Airfield tarmac upon a plane’s landing. The King of Bulgaria climbs down from the aircraft. Nazi officials, pilot and other men perform the Nazi salute. King Boris salutes to Hitler upon arrival. King Boris and Hitler shake hands. A Nazi officer uses a camera to take a photograph of the two figures. King Boris shake hands with other German officials. Hitler performs the Nazi salute to officers. Hitler smiles. King Boris and Hitler board a Horch 951 Pullman Cabriolet, made by Auto Union AG. Car arrives in Hitler’s headquarter called the Wolf’s Lair (Gierłoż 5, 11-400 Gierłoż, Poland). Nazi officers open car door and greet the King of Bulgaria. King Boris gets off from the car. Adolf Hitler greets King Boris with a salute. King Boris shake hands with a Nazi staff. King Boris III and Adolf Hitler together. A Nazi staff car arrives at Rastenburg Airfield. Officers open car door for King Boris. King Boris salutes and shake hands with German officials. King Boris speaking with Hitler before his flight back to Sofia. King Boris says his good-bye, shakes hands with Hitler. Hitler performs the Nazi salute as King Boris salutes back. King Boris climbs the airstair. King Boris waving from plane door before flight.
German Kriegsmarine auxiliary battle cruiser Thor (HSK 4) docks in Japan during World War 2. A Kriegsmarine sailor uses a camera. Two naval officers climbing stairs. A German Kriegsmarine sailor stands on guard. The auxiliary cruiser’s captain, KzS Günther Gumprich, meets with Japanese naval officers in Yokohama. A portrait of Adolf Hitler is hanging on the wall behind Captain Gumprich. German and Japanese naval officers raising their beer glasses. Flags of Japan and Nazi Germany. A simple wooden Torii gate. Kriegsmarine officers, including Captain Gumprich, tour Japan while the cruiser Thor is being refitted. A stone tōrō lantern in a Japanese Shinto shrine. German officers inspect walking canes and observing souvenirs for sale. A rest house for German officers in Japan, with the Nazi swastika flag hanging on a flagpole in front of the property. Kriegsmarine officers resting inside a rest house and rowing boats on a lake. A Kriegsmarine sailor points to Mount Fuji (Fujisan) in Shizuoka Prefecture, near Tokyo. Mount Fuji covered with snow on top. The flags of Nazi Germany and Japan are waving in front of Mount Fuji.
Map of the Eastern Front and the USSR in German during World War 2. Trucks transport Wehrmacht infantry soldiers to the Eastern Front. Soldiers in trucks waving. A soldier drives a truck through a muddy road. A truck full of soldiers drives through muddy road. German trucks are parked, and soldiers disembark. German soldier carrying an MG34 Machine Gun. Soldiers carrying their supplies. German soldiers marching on foot. A young German soldier smiles while marching. German troops digging trenches. An injured German soldier cuts a melon using a pocketknife. German troops eat melons. German soldier smiles as he eats a slice of melon. Soldiers pour fruits into a helmet. German troops eat from their mess kits. A group of German soldiers watch two kittens rough playing during their rest time. A kitten runs as amused German soldiers laugh. Sign reads “Villa Waldkater”. A dugout with sign that reads “Eintritt” (“Entry” in English). A soldier exits through a door.
United States General Dwight D. Eisenhower, General Omar Bradley and French General Jacques Philippe Leclerc mingle with French citizens near the Arc de Triomphe after the Liberation of Paris in World War 2. General Eisenhower salutes as he approaches a crowd. A French 2nd Armored Division Jeep is parked nearby. French men and women clapping near Generals Eisenhower, Bradley, and Leclerc. Crowds gathered as the three generals stand in front of the Arc de Triomphe (Place Charles de Gaulle, 75008 Paris, France). General Eisenhower board a staff car. Staff car with General Eisenhower drives through the Avenue des Champs-Élysées, being escorted by trucks of soldiers following behind. General Omar Bradley waves and smiles while sitting on the passenger seat of a U.S. Army Jeep. Staff car with Allied flags convoy with military vehicles. General Bradley alights from Jeep. General Eisenhower meets Generals Bradley and Leclerc and more military officers on the sidewalk. A sign reads “Montrouge Radio” can be read behind General Bradley. General Eisenhower boards the staff car. Staff car drives away.
Allied victory parade in Paris during World War 2, following liberation of Paris. Nurses and medics with American, French and Red Cross flags sitting and standing on top of a moving Red Cross ambulance during the parade. A medic with cigarette waving at camera. A well-dressed man with a Red Cross arm band stands in front of guards forming a human barricade to control heavy crowds. Guards holding each other’s arms to push back crowds. A little boy peering in between two guards. More guards reinforce human barrier to control crowd. An African man with arm sling raises his left arm as a soldier, man and woman lead him away from the crowd. French crowds waving behind guards. Allied military officials salute. French leader General Charles de Gaulle salutes with French military officers. Guards saluting, with flags of Allied nations (United States, France, United Kingdom) behind them. A nurse salutes as other Red Cross nurses sing. A female Red Cross medic singing. French woman waving her handkerchief as a man takes a photograph of parade using camera.
General Charles de Gaulle lays a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior at the Arc de Triomphe (Paris, France) during World War 2, following the liberation of Paris. Various signs read “1800”, “1793”, “Vive De Gaulle” (“Long live De Gaulle”), “De Gaulle Au Pouvoir” (“De Gaulle in power”), “Vive Les Alliés” (“Long live the Allies”) and “1944” are displayed in front of the Arc de Triomphe (Place Charles de Gaulle, 75008 Paris, France). A man climbs a lamppost to watch a parade. Boy sitting on tree branch watch the man climb a lamppost. Nurses and medics carry with flags of Allied nations (United States, France, United Kingdom). Arrival of General Jacques Philippe Leclerc, holding a walking cane. Leclerc shake hands with an Allied military figure. Charles de Gaulle arrives in Arc de Triomphe with a wreath. General de Gaulle salutes and lays a wreath in front of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Soldiers and journalists surrounding General de Gaulle take photographs using cameras. General de Gaulle walks with Generals Jacques Philippe Leclerc and Marie-Pierre Koenig, and other French officials.
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