United States Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bombers depart from Popesti Airfield during 15th Air Force Operation Reunion (Operation Gunn) during World War II. B-17 Flying Fortress bomber taxiing in the airfield. A B-17 Flying Fortress bomber starts its engines. B-17 Flying Fortress bomber takes off from the airfield. A group of B-17 Flying Fortress bombers in flight heading to Italy. Men viewing the sky from the gun turret.
World War II propaganda on the necessity for an Italo-German alliance. Map of Italy and Europe depicting the growth of the Roman Empire. Classical statues of famous emperors and figures from the Roman Empire. Roman era stone carving depicts sailors on a boat. Map depicts the line between the Roman Empire and barbarians. Bas relief depicts Roman soldiers engaging in battle with barbarians and barbarians looting items during a siege. Ruins of Roman architecture in present day Cologne, Germany. Stone carving of the Capitoline wolf nursing Romulus and Remus. Animated map shows Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire. The Christian cross shines over the Roman Colosseum. Stone carving of barbarians taking over the former Roman empire. The Mausoleum of Theodoric (Mausoleo di Teodorico, Via delle Industrie, 14, 48122 Ravenna RA, Italy) in Ravenna, Italy. Mosaic art found at the Basilica of San Vitale (Via San Vitale, 17, 48121 Ravenna RA, Italy). A scroll from the Early Middle Ages.
Bomber towing a glider over an air base in the United Kingdom during World War II. Aerial view of a glider assembly field. Glider crates in assembly field. A soldier stands on the balcony of a “shanty” house made from glider crates. Sign reads “Shanty Town”. Soldiers open a glider crate. Men remove the glider carefully from the crate. Two men take a metal bed frame to the crate. A man stands by the door of a shanty house. “Vine and Hollywood” is written beside the door. Soldiers relaxing inside Shanty houses. Soldier sitting on bunk bed polishes his shoes while another writes letters. A soldier with headset listens to his homemade crystal set radio and reads a magazine. Specially constructed blinds of glider crate tiny house open. Troops lined outside a glider crate barber shop. A sign detailing the rates for a haircut. A barber shop made from scrap. A barber cuts the hair of a soldier inside makeshift barber shop.
Chemical Warfare Service (CWS) handles the distribution of incendiary bombs in Europe during World War II. Lieutenant Colonel R. N. Isbell of the Chemical Warfare Service (CWS) makes calculations from his desk. An incendiary order addressed to the Commanding General is typed on a typewriter. Buses arrive at the motor pool of the United States War Department, now known as the Pentagon. Women disembark from the buses and head to the War Department. Employees working in the office inside the War Department. Men prepare bombs at an arsenal. Men hauling carts with large incendiary bombs in warehouse. A man stencils labels onto bomb that read, "PT-1 Incendiary," and "Bomb Burster." The United States flag waving on a ship. Ships carry a shipment of incendiary bombs to the United Kingdom. Incendiary bombs inside wooden crates are unloaded from ships. Steam locomotive train running on track as railroad signal activates. Incendiary bombs are removed from train cars. Two munitions are suspended on a crane. Trucks loaded with bombs drive out of the depot, passing past village cemetery. An Air Division Chemical Officer receives new shipment information. The Air Division Chemical Officer reads the document and updates bomb listings on chalkboard.
United States Eighth Air Force officials deliberate and issue field orders to drop bombs during World War II. Writing on the frosted glass door reads “Operations A3”. A sign in door reads “No Admittance Briefing in Progress”. Daily operations conference headquarters of the Eighth Air Force. The commanding general shares his plan of action. Map of the United Kingdom and Ireland is seen behind the general. The assistant of the commanding general uses a long stick to point to a wall map. Eighth Air Force officials review a map on the desk. An official shows the commanding general a place on the map. The general makes a decision. An officer from the general’s officer makes a call. Men and women using teletype to write field orders and messages. Operational staff of air division headquarters discuss important details regarding the new field order. Operational staff member points to a large wall map. Other officers listen during a meeting. The chemical officer puts down his phone after a call.
An Arab shepherd tends his grazing goats as convoy of trucks passes on road behind him. Military trucks transporting World War II European Jewish refugee passengers drive on the road. Jewish women and men climbing down from the back of truck outside a train station. Passengers carry luggage. Crowds of Jews enter the railroad train station. British troops stand on guard. Jewish passengers board a train. Jewish men smiling. Jewish men and women waving good-bye as they leave the station platform. A man waves his hat as he departs the platform. Happy passengers wave their hands inside the train. An officer inspects the papers of a Jewish woman before boarding. A young Jewish girl holding on to wooden half-door. Two photographers use their cameras to take pictures.
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