German Heinkel He 111 bombers strike Russian positions near Gomel, Soviet Union during World War 2. German bombers in flight. Pilots in the cockpit of the aircraft. Bombs being dropped. The bombs hit Russian positions and billows of smoke rise up. Explosions occur and smoke rises. The bombs are released from the bombers and hit the targets. Pillars of smoke rise up. The bombers in flight.
German coastal defenses in Europe during World War 2. A map of Finland and Sweden. A map southward toward France and depiction of Atlantic Wall running Dutch, Belgium, and French coast facing the English Channel. Artillery and gun emplacements and fortifications along Atlantic Wall in Europe. A German soldier standing atop a fortification bunker looks through binoculars out across the English Channel. Forced laborers (slave labor) construct German coastal defenses at a beach. Concrete being mixed and poured and slave workers build the coastal defense reinforced concrete pillboxes. Massive guns and artillery being raised at the Atlantic Wall coastal defenses. The barrel of a large gun.
German occupation of Spitsbergen, Norway during World War 2. German fleet underway in the Arctic Ocean off Spitsbergen. German soldiers aboard a ship. Naval guns aboard a ship bombards the coast. German soldiers loaded in a landing craft as it is being lowered into the sea along the side the ship. A German destroyer lays a smoke screen. The soldiers transfer from the ship into the landing craft. Troops land at the coast of Spitsbergen. Engineers plant demolition charges on a tree.
German Army troops retreat from the central Soviet Union during World War 2. German Marder II and Pz.IV tanks, trucks and artillery roll back as German units retreat in the Soviet Union. The tanks roll past buildings. Explosions occur and billows of smoke rise up as buildings and bridges are blown up by the retreating Germans. Food bags and other supplies being loaded onto a freight car. Civilians loaded in the car and it pulls away. German soldiers place demolition charges along a rail track and explosions occur in the background. German Tiger tank of s.Pz.Abt.503 and Soviet tanks battle in a rear guard action. Russian tank crew surrenders. A man smokes a cigar as he smiles.
German Army troops arrive in Italy during World War 2. A map of Italy. German armor and mechanized units roll into a port on the Italian Riviera. German troops advance in a town with houses in the background. Naval guns aboard a ship anchored at the coast. The German flag being raised over an Italian ship in a harbor. Italian troops pledge themselves to fight with the Germans. German and Italian soldiers smoke cigarettes.
German troops in Italy during World War 2. A map of Italy. Shells being loaded into an artillery piece and being fired as German troops retreat from Calabria. StuG III Ausf. G and Marder II tank destroyers engage the Allies. Smoke rises due to the firing. German troops retreating from Calabria fight in the streets.
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