Professional cyclists compete in 1942 Circuit de France, organized by the Vichy influenced La France Socialiste newspaper, in Paris. This was a Nazi German effort to continue the Tour de France during World War II. Large crowds gathered to watch the cycling event on the streets of Paris. Cyclists moving under a banner “La France Socialiste”. Men sitting on top of stone columns. Cyclists carry their bicycles while climbing up stone steps in Montmartre. Cyclists continue their journey after reaching the top of a hill. A spectator whistles. Cyclists hold their bicycles and hurriedly climb down stone stairs. Cyclists carry their bicycles and climb up the stairs leading to the Sacré-Cœur Basilica (35 Rue du Chevalier de la Barre, 75018 Paris, France), the summit of Montmartre and the highest point in Paris. Spectators witness the cycling competition in Montmartre. Two competitors riding bicycles on cobblestone street. Cyclist crosses the finish line. Children from the crowd cheering. The winner of the race is François Neuville.
A skiing competition in the High Tatras Mountains, Slovakia, during World War II. A skier walks with his skis. Nazi German soldiers are present in the event, some are also participants. A Nazi official pushes a uniformed man to ski. Skiers skiing downward, passing by a log cabin. Skier slips in front of a house. Men cheering as they sit on top of a tree. Spectators watch skiers skiing down the mountain. A radio announcer speaking into a Telefunken radio microphone. Men skiing down a snowy slope. Skiers compete in slalom down the range. Skier slips during slalom race. A man holds a telephone handset to his ear. Man skis down during heavy snowfall.
German Nazi Joseph Goebbels gives The Sportpalast speech (Sportpalastrede) or Total War speech at the Berlin Sportpalast in Germany during World War II. The Sportpalas (now demolished, erected at Potsdamer Straße 172) decorated with Nazi Swastikas. Banner on the wall reads “Totaler Krieg- Kürzester Krieg!”. Japanese officials in attendance. A high-ranking Nazi German military official. Spectators stand up and clap in unison. Women are also present in the crowd. Joseph Goebbels speaks in the podium. Joseph Goebbels extorts the crowd to participate in the war effort. Crowds perform the Nazi salute as they cheer on Goebbels’ speech. A woman, dressed as a nurse, gives the Nazi salute.
German women work in factories to contribute to the Nazi war effort during World War II. A Nazi Bekanntmachung (“Notice” in English) posted on a Morris column. Sign reads “Kartenstelle” (“Card site” in English). Women war production workers receive their Meldung (“Report”) before they begin to work in factories. A woman writes on her Meldung. Door sign reads “Sichtungsstelle” (“Sighting Point”). Women sorting mail. A woman writes on a piece of paper while reading a Meldung. Large crowd of German women head to work in factories. German women work in factories. Men operating lathes on factory floor. Women assembling smaller components. Women operating Flott drill presses. Woman inspecting munition shell casings. Woman puts munition shell casing into a press and then rolls it down conveyor belt.
German troops unload ammunition in Russia during World War II. Map depicts the Western part of the Soviet Union (including cities such as Moscow, Kiev, Smolensk and Rostov). German troops in white camouflage suits holding machine gun bullet belts. Soldiers ducking in trenches covered in snow. Rugged, sparse winter landscape in the Eastern Front with periscope trench binoculars in foreground. A Nazi observation balloon is raised. Observation balloon gondola with a man lifts off. Point of view from observation balloon as men on the ground wave below. A German officer uses the telephone as men watch the observation balloon being raised. German soldiers in white winter suits push a 17 cm Kanone 18 German heavy field gun into place. German forces fire 17 cm Kanone 18 German heavy field gun. German soldier covering his ears and opening his mouth to equalize pressure as loud artillery fires. Soldiers loading more shells into field gun. Artillery fire hits a village and a grove of trees. Strong snowstorm causes heavy snow to fall on sentries in trenches. Soldiers cover themselves from snowstorm, one rubbing snow off of his face. A man walks under heavy snowfall. Soldiers with rifles stand behind a stone wall. Men backing up during a street fight. Soldier throws a grenade from behind a barricade. Smoke comes out from a house. A destroyed tank. Explosion near a house. German troops cross a barbed wire fence and run. Train tracks, tanks and vehicles covered under heavy snow.
German troops push a Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter aircraft during in snow in Russia. A pilot in cockpit adjusts his flight helmet. Messerschmitt Bf 109 starting up ready for takeoff. Ground crew wave flags. A group of aircraft in flight. Point of view from airplane of snow-covered ground as seen while taking off. Thick black pillar of smoke over a village. German fighters strafing Russian positions as seen from gun camera footage. Russian aircraft are strafed in flight. Strafed fighter bursts into flames.
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