View of Seine River and war wrecked bridge in Mantes, France during World War II. United States 90th Infantry Division troops cross river in assault boat. Sign board reads 'Meulan, Paris and Magny'. Soldiers on alert, stand with guns. They return with a wounded prisoner in assault boat.
Aerial view of Mantes city in France during World War II. War wrecked and damaged buildings. Shells fall next to Seine River. Explosions on ground.
Actions of Italy leading up to World War II. Animated map shows Japan and the Sea of Japan on world globe. Benito Mussolini gives a speech. Italian troops invade Ethiopia. Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie addressing the League of Nations. Ethiopian native leaders and tribal soldiers gather with Emperor Selassie and pledge allegiance to him and Ethiopia at a rally against the Italian invasion. Ethiopian fighters with spears and bare feet battling well-armed Italian soldiers in vain. Newspaper heading reads 'Mussolini invades Ethiopia'. Italian aircraft drops bombs on Ethiopia. President Franklin Roosevelt in his speech denounces the Italians invading Ethiopia, noting that civilians including women and children "were being ruthlessly murdered with bombs from the air." Animations depicting the rapid speed at which the earth can be traveled by air compared to formerly by ship. Thatch roofs huts being burned by Italian soldiers in Ethiopia. Similar scenes of civilian dwellings being burned by Japanese forces in Manchuria circa 1931. Mussolini, Hitler, and Goering meeting and discussing plans over a map. The three leaders are seen smiling and laughing. Camera view from low near Hitler's feet showing Adolf Hitler raising his hand in a Nazi salute. Brief scenes of fire burning through buildings in a war torn city; German forces digging ditches or foundations; Civilians waiting in line for food relief; children putting on gas masks and raising rifles while in prone position during a training exercise; dead bodies of war victims in China.
United States Infantry troops patrol on streets of Leipzig, Germany during World War II. Sherman tanks advance on streets. Huge German civilian crowd comes out of homes with white flags in hand.
United States Infantry troops patrol in streets of Leipzig, Germany during World War II. Sherman tanks advance on streets. Troops with rifles in hand march on road. German civilians stand with white flags in hand. Empty street in Leipzig.
Commander of the German 18th Army, Colonel General Georg Lindemann, arrives to personally recognize Spanish Army General Emilio Esteban Infantes, commanding officer of the Spanish "Blue Division" (German 250th Infantry Division) for successfully repelling attack by the Russian 55th Army, in the Battle of Krasny Bor on the Eastern Front in February, 1943. Other officers help General Esteban Infantes to place an Iron Cross decoration around his neck. Scenes of German General Field Marshal Albert Kesselring reviewing Italian and German troops in Italy at an airfield and presenting award to some of the soldiers. In next scene, Benito Mussolini enters a room and then is seated in the first meeting of the leaders of the new Fascist Republican Party, including Alessandro Pavolini and Italian Minister of War Rodolfo Graziani. Next segment covers arrival of German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel to Italy, touring fortifications and inspecting defenses in Italy. He is seen reviewing port lookouts and defense points with German artillery. In once scene he passes an elderly Italian civilian and gives him the Nazi salute, which is returned weakly by the Italian. Next segment covers further expansion of Italian defenses, with the laying of barb wire by troops, including one soldier cutting his pants knee on the barbed wire. Also shows demolition of trees using dynamite. Explosions as trees are blown up. Then shows placement of new artillery guns and positions. German soldier reviewing a map while on phone receiving enemy position information. German soldiers in hills fire artillery at enemy position in a valley.
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