Ruins in the French town of Chaumont-Porcien, in the Ardennes region, during World War II. Damaged buildings in the town. View of "Le Poilu victorieux de Chaumont-Porcien": A World War 1 statue of a French soldier in the Place de la Mairie. (The statue is a rendition of the Monument to the dead by Eugène Bénet, designed in 1920 in memory of French soldiers who died in World War I. It depicts a French soldier or "Poilu" with rifle in left hand, holding aloft a laurel wreath or olive branch with his right hand.) A small circular fenced cemetery beside the monument is shown, containing crosses and German helmets of recent German soldiers deaths. German Army vehicles advance into town, passing horse drawn carriages lined up on a street.
Invasion of France by Germany during World War II. Long column of German tanks advance along a road. German troops advance into a French town. Large number of German Army vehicles are marshaled in an open field. German soldiers sit in horse-drawn wagons that appear to be filled with camouflage materials.
U.S. officials inspect the Hadamar Prison Camp or Hadamar Euthanasia Centre in Germany after its liberation by the U.S. Army towards the end of World War II. Men dig graves to remove corpses for autopsy. U.S. officials question Nazi prison doctors, including Adolf Wahlmann with head nurse Karl Willig, about poisons used to kill the inmates.
Allied leaders at conferences in the Middle East during World War II. Aerial views of pyramids in Cairo, Egypt. U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Chinese Premier Chiang Kai-Shek and his wife Madame Chiang Kai-shek seated during the Cairo Conference. Allied officers stand behind the seated leaders. Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin, President Franklin Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill at the Tehran Conference in Tehran, Iran. Churchill's daughter Sarah, an officer in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force, is introduced to Premier Stalin by President Roosevelt. British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden, U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union William Averell Harriman and Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov stand behind the Big Three with other officials. During a ceremony, Winston Churchill presents the Sword of Stalingrad to Premier Stalin which he accepts on behalf of Russian people. U.S. Army Chief of Staff General George Marshall present.
U.S. infantry battles Japanese forces on Noemfoor island in Indonesia during World War II. U.S. infantry lands on narrow coral reefs. The infantry advances inland under fire. A Japanese air base comes under American possession. Reinforcements and supplies arrive by air. Paratroopers and parachute supplies are landed by U.S. Army Air Force transport aircraft.
U.S. President Harry S. Truman decorates men in Washington DC, United States for heroism in World War II. U.S. Marine Corps flying ace Lieutenant Colonel Pappy Boyington with the Medal of Honor. President Truman decorates a group of 14 Marines and Navy men for heroism above and beyond the call of duty. President Truman decorates a group of men including Sergeant Harold Russell, sailor Mate Whalen and Private Lucas. U.S. Army Chief of Staff General George C. Marshal and U.S. Navy Chief of Staff Fleet Admiral Ernest Joseph King congratulate the men who received the honors.
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