United States troops enter Rennes, France during World War 2. Sign board reads 'Rennes Centre Autres directions and Chateubriant Angers'. Soldiers enter town with tanks and artillery. French civilians welcome the United States soldiers. The Rennes City Hall (Place de la Mairie, Rennes) from the side of the Rue de l’Horloge displays the flags of France, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Prisoners move raising their hands. Women and children dance on street. French men and women wave heir hats and flags of the United States as military vehicles drive by. People cheering near the Dressoir shop on the Rue d l’Horloge. Captured German soldiers being made to march after their surrender. A group of United States soldiers restrain an outraged French man from attacking captured German prisoners. German prisoners sitting. French women Nazi collaborators raise their hands up and leave the Cinéma Royal (Place du Calvaire, Rennes) after their surrender, with crowds booing at the women. Angry French man in the crowd. Angry French mob tries to attack an apprehended militia chief, only to be restrained by soldiers. French women and men holding their hands dancing. Crowds outside the Café Poncel (4 rue de Coëtquen, Rennes, France).
German soldiers retreating and exiting from Rome in the final hours of their occupation during World War 2, before arrival of U.S. forces. German soldiers on foot, and loaded on mechanized vehicles and bicycle, leaving the city before its liberation. View of United States 5th Army forces as they enter Rome during World War II. U.S. Army soldiers entering the city with M4 Sherman tanks. Troops marching in front of the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran (Piazza di S. Giovanni in Laterano, 4, 00184 Roma RM, Italy) and the Roman Colosseum (Piazza del Colosseo, 1, 00184 Roma RM, Italy). Porta San Giovanni near the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran. Italian women shake hands with Allied troops during a parade. Italian civilians running, possibly from sniper attack. Allied troops fire Browning M1919 machine guns at German snipers hiding from a building. A German soldier waves a white flag from a balcony. Pope Pius XII welcomes British troops inside the Vatican City. Pope Pius XII blesses the troops while being carried on a sedia gestatoria chair. Italian women inspect graves of 320 massacred civilians in the catacombs. A sign gives notice of site where Italian civilians were massacred by German troops. British and Indian troops march towards Montone, pursuing the retreating German forces, despite German counter-attack fire. Field guns fired, tanks advancing. British Infantry and Indian infantry soldiers move on streets.
Opening scene shows German Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel gesturing as he hosts members of a Japanese military mission and a Turkish military delegation (headed by Colonel General Cemil Cahit Toydemir). At Adolf Hitler's invitation, they are on a tour of the Eastern front and English channel coasts between June 25th and July 7th, 1943, during World War 2. Here, they are seen inspecting German positions and witnessing firepower demonstration on the Russian Front near Kharkov (also Kharkiv) just south of Kursk. They observe a German artillery gun crew as they demonstrate rapid firing of their field piece. Shells explode raising black smoke. Closeup of a senior Japanese military official. Turkish and Japanese delegation visitors board two small open train cars driven by German soldiers on motorcycles adapted for the purpose. Following a pause, the scene shifts to the visiting officers inspecting German armor, including a small armored personnel carrier; a Tiger Tank of Pz.Abt.503; and other armored vehicles. They watch a Tiger tank moving along a muddy berm rotating its turret and 88mm gun as it moves. Another tank races past the camera at high speed, raising clouds of dust. A German gun crew, in a trench, fires an MG 42 heavy machine gun. They look up and camera focuses on formations of German JU 87 Stuka dive bombers flying overhead. Visiting officer peers through a periscopic viewing device, as Large explosion occurs in the field. German, Japanese, and Turkish officers converse as a huge plume of smoke rises in the background, capturing their attention.
Italian propaganda film displaying prowess of Italian infantry against tanks, in live fire exercise, during World War 2. Camouflaged Italian troops in a field. Italian soldier emerges out of foxhole. View of narrow deep foxhole that can allow tank to pass overhead. Tanks approach the area. Camouflaged Italian troops throw hand grenades at tanks, from their foxholes. Explosions on sides of tanks. Italian soldier jumps on a tank and sabotages it from outside. The tanks's tread becomes separated. Tanks move through mined fields. Italian troops run towards tanks throwing hand grenades.
United States troops enter French African Port of Oran, Algeria, North Africa, during World War 2. U.S. soldiers seated inside an armored assault boat, advance towards Port Oran. Supplies and equipment brought to the beach area. United States medics treat an injured Vichy French prisoner. Civilians welcome U.S. troops as they move on streets of Oran. Troops honor a French soldier from a different war at a memorial. Vichy French soldiers (prisoners) seated on ground in groups. U.S. Army soldier sends telegraphic message to his regiment. Sign board read Saint Cloud. Troops move on road in jeeps and trucks. Two U.S. Army soldiers standing on top of a moving railroad car. U.S. Army truck driving by with large American flag on its front.
German troops move an artillery piece along a road in Europe during World War 2. Several German Ju-87 Stuka dive bombers attacking ground target. Closeup of bomb explosion. German Messerschmitt Bf 109s heading directly toward camera and passing close overhead. German gun crew loading and firing a 7.5 cm Gebirgs Kanone (Mountain Howitzer) from entrenched position. Shells exploding on hill. German gunners firing an MG42 machine gun. Shells exploding on a hillside. Infantry running towards a hillside, under shell fire.
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