Houses, factories and buildings on fire before the arrival of advancing Nazi German troops in Ukraine during Operation Barbarossa of World War II. People set flames to their fields, houses, so that it does not fall into hands of enemy. Soviet troops dynamite dams and hydro power plants to halt German advance in December 1941.
Civilians involved in the war during Battle of Russia during World War II. Guerrilla units of Russian Army draw arms and then dynamite Nazi installations. War scenes between Axis Army and Russian army. Joseph Stalin, Vyacheslav Molotov, and other Russian leaders pose. Map shows barricades erected before Moscow. Germans unable to conquer Moscow. Red troops parade in Moscow. December 1941.
United States Marines march across a beach on Gilbert Island in World War II. A Jeep is moving along the marching solders. The U.S. Marines sit , bathe, relax and mill around after battle. Barren posts and ruined sea shore is also seen.
American Troops occupying Germany in 1945, near the end of World War II in Europe. Ruins of German cities. White flags displayed from windows. German civilians distraught over destruction of their homes and towns. Towns ablaze in the night with ambulances passing through. Scenes of utter destruction in Basel, and Wurtzburg. Destruction of Essen, Germany, including the Krupp munitions works. German ME-109 plane by the roadside.A truck passes by. Abandoned Marder II Panzerjaeger in the woods. Bombed columns of German soldiers, with equipment and dead German soldiers along roadways. Massive groups of German soldiers surrendering under guard of Allied forces.
United States soldiers prepare for World War II war crime trial in Nuremberg, Germany. "Soldiers' Field" written on the building in Nuremberg stadium. A huge vacant ground in front of the building. Soldiers in front of the building. Two United States soldiers stand on the building, give Nazi salute and pose for picture at spot where Hitler made his speeches.
Ingenious and humorous floats in a parade during Mardi Gras at Camp New Orleans, Paris, France during World War II. Two men under blankets in a car with a banner 'Post War Plans'. A man dressed as Statue of Liberty. United States flag. On a truck a man poses on a bed as a photographer takes his picture. Women stand in and around a coffee mug on a truck. 'American Red Cross' written on the truck. Soldiers sing at a microphone. Soldiers stand near signboard of canal street watch the parade. On a truck men work on electric poles. Men hoist American flag on 'Shemper field'. Tents in the background. Soldiers watch the parade. An explosion occurs on a truck. A soldier rides a horse followed by a tram.
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