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Destruction in Poland from German Luftwaffe bombing campaign in World War II
Animated map shows German Luftwaffe bombing locations all over Poland as it pursued a relentless air campaign during Poland invasion in World War 2, September, 1939. Gradually, the core of Polish military resistance is seen to shrink in size. In the aftermath, German ground troops inspect a huge bomb crater. Various scenes of destruction: destroyed buildings, torn rail lines, skeleton remains of gas tanks, destroyed and damaged rail cars, water-filled bomb craters. German soldiers walking in destroyed railroad yard. Wing of an airplane in a destroyed Polish air base. Skeletal remains of polish aircraft and hangars. Several Polish airplanes, damaged, but still recognizable. Sign on a hangar reads: "Aeroklub-Bydgoski" (Aero club of Bydgoszcz, or, in German: Bromberg). German soldiers occupying the hangar clean their rifles. They handle supplies and camp on the grounds. (One soldier shaves outdoors, next to stacked rifles.) A soldier at a field stove. German troops with shovels, fill in bomb craters and repair surface of airfield. Aerial view of the airfield with German planes parked. German soldiers march in formation in front of airplanes.
Aftermath of German bombing and shelling during invasion of Poland in World War II
Fires burning uncontrolled from German bombing and shelling of towns in Poland during World War II. German tanks and troops moving slowly along smoke filled street. Warehouses on fire. Team of horses pulling refugees and wagon load of belongings. German soldiers restringing utility wires in midst of smoke. It appears that everything except stone and concrete is on fire. Numerous Polish refugees, including some former soldiers,leaving the burning towns with belongings in wagons pulled by horses and oxen. Vehicles in the bottoms of bomb craters. Abandoned wagons and vehicles clutter a country road. A dead horse. Polish artillery pieces scattered about in a creek. Polish civilians digging makeshift graves and burying shrouded dead. A woman stands alone, arms akimbo, silhouetted next to chimney, which is all that remains of her cottage, as refugees pass in horse-drawn wagons. Polish people trying to resume their lives during World War 2 in the midst of ruins. A church building still standing. German troops preparing to load a wounded soldier into a waiting airplane, for medical evacuation.
German Luftwaffe (Air Force) undertakes bombing campaign to overcome Polish resistance in Warsaw, during World War II
German aircraft drop leaflets all over the city of Warsaw, during World War 2 invasion of Poland. They contain the following message (translated from the German): "Soldiers and inhabitants of Warsaw! Poland is occupied. Only the Modlin fortress is resisting. Warsaw is surrounded by German troops.The suburbs are already in our hands. You will be committing a crime if you open this megacity to the fortress." Polish troops still holding out,reject a call to capitulate. Under white flags, foreign diplomats and such are seen leaving Warsaw, past a German barricade. The Warsaw Citadel and surrounding Polish military defenses (Fortress Warsaw) are seen in an aerial reconnaissance photograph. German officers walk in a group along a railway in Poland. Hermann Goering, head of the German Air Forces, consults with his Generals about a bombing campaign against the Polish defense positions during the invasion of Poland. Goering and Adolf Hitler seated in a railroad car with staff officers. Slate alludes to the Polish military commanders making Warsaw into a virtual fortress including an armed civilian population; and if it is not surrendered, the resistance must be broken. September 25, 1939, shows German fliers readying warplanes for air campaign against Poland. A German pilot in his cockpit. View from German airplane flying over Poland. Beautiful cloud formations in background.
German Luftwaffe (Air Force) steps up bombing campaign over Warsaw and environs, in World War II
German aircrews walk from their aircraft after returning from bombing mission during invasion of Poland, during World War 2. They join other aircrews sitting around a fire. Fuel trucks are busy servicing the bombers. Numerous Junkers Ju-52 bombers are seen parked on the field, and they are seen taking off continually in the background. View from airborne German bomber flying with dramatic clouds in background. Beneath clouds smoke from burning targets is seen.
German Luftwaffe (Air Force) employs mix of aircraft during intensified bombing campaign over Poland in World War II
Numerous German Ju-87 Stuka dive bombers are seen taking off from an airfield, on bombing missions against targets in Warsaw, Poland, during invasion of Poland in World War 2. Ground crews load bombs aboard the aircraft. A Dornier D0-17 bomber is seen taking off. A Henkel He-111 is seen in flight. View of ground target from nose of the bomber. Smoke rising from burning targets on the ground. Narrator refers to Bzura River area (where Polish forces had launched a counterattack). The Confluence of the Rivers, Vistula and Narev, are seen and the Polish fortress of Modlin, as the bombers approach it. Fires and smoke are seen rising from the German bombing.
Escaped and rescued American war prisoners speak about life at Japanese prison camp in Philippines
A representative of Prisoners War Branch,an MIS-X officer interviews American soldiers who escaped from Japan 10-A prison camp in Palawan,Philippines, and were then rescued by American forces during World War 2. Private first class Ernest J. Koblos speaks about the work that he did at such camps. He says that he carried wood and worked at the airstrip in the Japanese prison camp. Marine Rufus W. Smith was captured during the attack on Corregidor also speaks about the life of soldiers at prison camp in Palawan.
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