U.S. troops of the 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, moving up from Osterode to St. Andreasberg in Germany, during World War 2. Infantrymen near clearing in the forest, and climbing hilly terrain. Troops in dispersed formation near a dam bordering the wooded area. Mountains in the background. (Note: The exact location is at the Söse Talsperre, an artificial Lake between Osterode and Riefensbeek.)
Postwar Allied testing of German Armor at secret Henschel tank testing grounds (Henschel Panzerversuchsstation) in Haustenbeck, a village in the center of the Sennelager training area, West of Oesterholz and Schlangen, and East of Lager Staumühle, Germany. Seen are Valentine tank, Tiger II (AKA King Tiger, or Royal Tiger) Tank and Self-propelled Gun mounted on Valentine chassis tank. The Royal Tiger Tank with broken gun barrel moves on the ground and breaks through a grove of small trees. The tanks circle a Tiger E, chassis number 250001, which has been abandoned and stripped after years of testing. The seventy-six mm antitank gun mounted on a Valentine chassis fires shells at the Tiger E. (Note: These tests could provide data affecting future Allied tank designs.They were organized by Major-General Sir Percy Cleghorn Stanley Hobart, a renowned pioneer in motorized mobile warfare. Paradoxically, his ideas influenced German tank development and tactics before World War 2. Also present was Dr. Arnold from the Henschel and Sons Company that manufactured tanks at its Mittelfeld Works.)
German Jagdtiger tank destroyer, with "Porsche" running gear, being tested at tank testing grounds associated with the Henschel Werk III tank factory in Mittelfeld near Kassel, Germany, soon after conclusion of World War 2 in Europe. Tank is tested in forward and reverse. Affect of running in piled dirt is evaluated. (The filmed Vehicle is # 305004, which was eventually shipped back to the UK and is now at the Tank Museum at Bovington.)
United States President Franklin Roosevelt sits in a room. He speaks of Fascist decline in Italy during World War 2, saying "the first cracks in the Axis has come." He stresses that the U.S. terms to Mussolini in Italy are still unconditional surrender. President wears a bow tie during his speech.
Rocket barrage fired from Wolmi-Do Island towards Inchon in Korea (also spelled Incheon). Silhouette of destroyer. U.S. Marines in combat gear tying an American flag to a weather vane in a town. Marines pose near it. Marines of the 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines and 1st Division raise first American flag in Inchon during Korean War.
Celebes, Netherlands East Indies (NEI). Air-Sea Rescue June 11, 1945. View from low flying aircraft of a 13th Air Force B-24 ditched in Japanese-controlled waters off the coast of Celebes, NEI. A Catalina PBY flying boat of the Jungle Air Force's 2nd Emergency Rescue Squadron, lands and picks up the B-24 crew. However, as it takes off on the water, it founders and crashes, killing three men. An accompanying PBY lands immediately and picks up all survivors who are aboard a rubber raft. Crew members on the wing of the PBY, help survivors aboard.
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