United States Douglas A-20 Havoc medium bombers bombing railway, highway and airfields in Northern France after the Normandy Landings (WW2). United States Ninth Airforce Douglas A-20 Havoc medium bombers flying to the German-occupied airfield of Lessay, Normandy. Aerial view of Lessay and nearby highway and railroad bridges being bombed. A Douglas A-20 Havoc drops bombs over a town south of Cherbourg. A railroad bridge is bombed. Dark smoke pillar rises from bombed railway bridge. Douglas A-20 Havoc medium bombers flying to bomb the Seine and the Belgian border two weeks after the Normandy landings. Thick clouds of smoke covers the heavily bombed airfield.
Young children attend Kindergarten in Greece during World War 2. Pedestrians walking on the street outside a school building. A Nazi officer speaks to an official. Men holding a sign in German “Beschlagnahmt für befehlshaber Saloniki- Ägäis abteilung verwaltung und wirtschaft” (“Confiscated for commander Saloniki-Aegean department of administration and economy” in English). School building in Greece. Greek Kindergarten students form a straight line to enter their classroom. A portrait of Adolf Hitler hangs on classroom wall. Kindergarten children clapping. A smiling nurse teaches Kindergarten students. A girl looks up with an intense expression. A boy writing diligently. Children in cribs. A young girl cradles a baby doll.
Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) men participate in soccer (football) match at a stadium in Rome during World War 2. Soccer players of the Italian Royal Navy performs the Roman salute before a match. Spectators fill the stadium and cheering. Soccer players in match. “Radio Marelli”, “Cognac Salva” advertised in stadium. A soccer player kicks the ball. Fans cheering after soccer player scores a goal. Regina Marina navy men, soldiers in uniform watch the soccer match. Soccer player hits a goal.
The Office of Strategic Services (OSS) Mediterranean training center in Cairo, Egypt at the Villa Abaza during World War 2. A car pulls in front of the building. OSS agents and radiomen in training attend a class. An instructor shows a large map of the Balkan region. Another professor points to a map of Italy. A trainee answers the professor. Trainees examine a map together. OSS trainees study land surveying outdoors.
Radio tower at Huckstep Station inside Camp Huckstep near Cairo, Egypt in World War 2. Radio operator trainees assigned as base station operators takes notes and key messages while wearing headphones. OSS agent trainees step outside car to set up radio. A radio operator puts on headset to receive message. An OSS agent trainee wearing parachute harness is dragged through dirt to simulate parachute landing in a course dubbed, "arrival." Students practice falling to simulate parachute landings as well as body position during parachute drop.
OSS agents in Egypt select appropriate clothes for their spy mission to Europe during World War 2. An OSS agent rummages through a trunk of clothes. An OSS officer hands out forged passports and documents to the two agents. Agents receive last minute instructions from officer pointing to map on the wall.
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