The first image is the Rijksmuseum (Museumstraat 1, 1071 XX Amsterdam, Netherlands) in Amsterdam, Netherlands. A uniformed armed Dutch soldier stands guard in front of a building, in World War II. Uniformed Dutch troops carrying luggage and belongings, fill the platform at a train station. Next several, smoking cigarettes, are seen looking out a train window. An open truck transports several troops carrying rifles, along a street. Military vehicles carry troops and equipment across a bridge. A single stack working commercial ship leaves a port. Another ship named "Sumatra" (with two funnels) is tied up at a dock. View from below of two sailors installing a heavy machine deck gun. Sailors raising a torpedo from a barge. Dutch soldiers in battle gear occupy a sand-bagged coastal position, manning a tripod-mounted gun. A coastal artillery gun is seen in a rotating turret. Soldier manning a large searchlight. More coastal defense guns. A soldier with a machine gun in front of a windmill. Soldiers moving along a heavily sand-bagged trench. Lone soldier, with a rifle, occupying a trench.
Swedish troops, guns and aircraft on alert to forestall Nazi German offensive move in Sweden. A truck tows a field gun and moves on a road. The barrel of an artillery piece visible as it is raised from a hidden gun emplacement. Swedish soldiers run between sandbags and take up positions. Swedish troops wearing M21 helmets fire a double-mounted Kulspruta m/36 water-cooled 8mm machine gun (a modified Browning design dual mounted). Next scene shows aerial view of biplanes: Swedish J8 Gloster Gladiator MK I bi-wing pursuit aircraft seen in formation. Brief closeup of a J8 in flight. Next, Swedish T3 aircraft seen in formation, flown by Swedish Wing F 17. These aircraft are Junkers Ju 86 K-13 aircraft built by SAAB, under license, and converted to torpedo bombers. Aerial views of the J8 biplanes conducting mock attacks on the formation of T-3 bombers, for training purposes. (World War II period).
Admiral Doenitz arrives in car in Germany during World War II. Symbol of Nazi swastika. He inspects German submarine crews. Troops of sailors stand. Admiral Doenitz with others.
German U-boat crew at port preparing for mission. German Navy officer briefing crew on docks. U-boat leaves for mission, under protection byGerman destroyers. Men wave towards the submarines. German U-boat sailors at sea view Allied forces through binoculars and periscopes. German sailors on U-boat race to gun positions to attack Allied aircraft. Sailors prepare a 20mm flak gun on conning tower. Sailors on deck fire 3.7 cm Flak M42U anti aircraft guns. Following battle, German German aircraft are seen flying low near the submarine. Two German submarines underway side by side. German sailor signals nearby German ships. German ship radio operator at work and ship crew at controls in bridge of German warship.
Admiral Doenitz arrives in car in Germany during World War II. He inspects German Naval cadets. Admiral standing in between cadets. Troops of sailors. Podium covered with a cloth showing the Nazi Swastika.
A map of Russia in World War II. Russian planes attacking in the Orel sector are shot down. Russian tanks and infantry attack. Flaming and demolished Russian tanks. Russian prisoners of war. Junkers Ju 87 Stuka dive bomber planes dive bombing Russian positions.
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