M4 Sherman tanks in deployed positions begin to move on field near Volkenrath, Germany during World War II. Mortar squads stand and prepare from their dug-in positions. An M4 Sherman tank moves past standing soldiers. A Jeep is seen bringing in supplies. Mortar squad firing 60mm mortar shells with M2 mortars from their dug-in position. An officer in dugout speaks over a field phone to direct fire.
A German Gotha Go-242 transport glider banking in flight during World War II. Starboard side of the Go-242 with three spring skids protruding from bottom of fuselage. The Go-242 transport glider makes a wide turn and final approach to land in airfield. The Go-242 makes a smooth landing on snow-covered airfield in Germany. Soldiers opening the fuselage of the transport glider. Soldiers board motorcycle with sidecars and they drive out from the aircraft.
A German Luftwaffe military aircraft parked in front of a weather station in Germany in the late 1930s. A German man releases weather balloon at the weather station. The weather balloon flies away. A German Aeronautical scientist using telescopes to watch weather balloon’s flight. Scientists setting up equipment in garden. A scientist uses a camera to record a propeller running on high speed. A materials scientist pulls out a cross from the ground.
A Lufthansa Junkers Ju 52 (“Albert Dossenbach”) taking off overhead and in flight over Germany, pre World War 2. A Heinkel He 111 transport airliner (D-ABYE) with Nazi Swastika empennage in flight to left. A Lufthansa Junkers Ju-86 in flight. Lufthansa Focke-Wulf Condor transport plane (“Brandenburg”) in flight to right. Aerial view of airfield showing rows of Ju 52 transport planes and Focke-Wulf Fw-56 Stösser trainer aircraft.
'Sieg im Westen' (Victory in the West) depicts Germany in World War I, and the first phase of German assault on France and the Low Countries during World War II. German troops swear loyalty to Nazi German Fuhrer Adolf Hitler. Panoramic views of the German countryside. Mountains, farmers harvesting crops, German cities, a cathedral, steel mills and coal mines. German troops reviewed at a colonial post. German troops advance during World War I. German President Paul Von Hindenburg and Generalquartiermeister (Quartermaster general) Erich Ludendorff. Animated maps depict powers allied with and arrayed against Germany in WW I, the extent of German advances, and the effect of the Versailles Treaty on Germany's borders. Forts are demolished, cannon and hangars destroyed, ships scuttled, and planes junked. German communists arouse crowds. Communist literature, montage demonstrates hyperinflation during the Weimar Republic. Inflated price posted on food. German Fuhrer Adolf Hitler reviews storm troops. Paul Von Hindenburg reviews German troops. German troops train with wooden tanks. French Prime Minister Andre Leon Blum and other officers review a military parade at Champ-Elysees in Paris. Troops march before the Arc de Triomphe. Paul Von Hindenburg appoints Adolf Hitler Reich chancellor. Hitler spades some earth, men build factories, war material production begins during rearmament of Germany, and concrete is laid for an autobahn (freeway).
The Feldherrnhalle (Residenzstraße 1, 80333 München, Germany) in Munich, Germany shortly after end of World War II in Europe. Statues of emperors and warriors. White lettering in German, on side of the building saying 'Concentration Camp Dachau - Belsen - Buchenwald. I am ashamed that I am a German.' Nazi swastika symbol and a statue in front of a building destroyed by Allied bombers. Adolf Hitler's original Brown House (NS-Dokumentationszentrum München, Max-Mannheimer-Platz 1, 80333 München, Germany) in ruins from bombing of the Allied bombers. Damage done nearby Odeonsplatz (Odeonspl. 1, 80539 München, Germany). Women on bicycles pass by the Feldherrnhalle.
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