A tribute to the passing of British Commanding Officer Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsey. Funeral of Sir Bertram Ramsey in Saint-Germain-en-Laye New Communal Cemetery during World War II. Sir Ramsey deliberating plans to invade Sicily with Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery in North Africa. Sir Ramsey exits a building with United States General Dwight D. Eisenhower before the invasion of Normandy. Sir Ramsey and General Eisenhower talking. Military officials and troops attend the funeral and internment of Sir Bertram Ramsey in Saint-Germain-en-Laye. The coffin of Sir Ramsey is draped with the Union Jack flag and is carried on a gun carriage on a snow covered road. General Eisenhower and other Allied generals attend the funeral march. British Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) women stand at attention in the snow. A chaplain leads the funeral service. Troops fire the three-volley salute during the military funeral. Dwight Eisenhower and other generals salute and pay their respects.
Warsaw is liberated by Soviet troops during World War II. Soviet artillery fire victory salvo to celebrate the liberation of Warsaw in Moscow at night. Aerial view of Warsaw, Poland after its liberation. Smoke rises from destroyed buildings and structures. Shows Hitler and German troops in Poland in 1939 and the final surrender to Germany. Stalin and Russian generals. German Fuhrer Adolf Hitler and his generals in Warsaw during its 1939 siege. Warsaw sign in Polish stands in front of Hitler and his group. German infantry troops firing in prone position. Buildings engulfed in flames as Warsaw held out for 18 days. Civilian refugees panic on the street. Polish garrison, commanded under General Walerian Czuma, officially capitulated to the Germans. German General der Infanterie Johannes Blaskowitz and Generalmajor Bruno Bieler in a meeting inside a bus for signing of surrender. Polish colonel Aleksander Praglowski seen at window of bus during signing. Polish women watch as captured Polish Army soldiers are led to captivity. Polish prisoners of war (POW) gather on a field. The Red Army fight German Wehrmacht troops in Russia. Red Army tank move across the battlefield. Pillars of smoke rises far from the tanks. Howitzers and Katyusha rocket launcher firing at night. Soviet tanks on fire. Rear view of soldiers advancing in smoky battlefield. Scenes of devastation and rubble of bombed buildings in Warsaw after its liberation by Soviet forces. Polish civilians in bombed streets, some holding newspapers. Soviet Marshal Georgy Zhukov uses a compass on a map. Marshal Konstantin Rokossovsky of the 2nd Belorussian Front talks to military officers. Marshal Ivan Konev of the 1st Ukrainian Front smokes a long cigarette. View of the Kremlin. Josef Stalin smiles in the Kremlin.
United States Army Ninth Army Air Force Martin B-26 Marauder bomber (“Santa Barbara Miss”) taxiing and taking off from the snow-covered airfield during World War II. Crew standing on top of an M2 High-Speed Tractor (M2 Cletrac) aircraft tug watch the bomber take off. More B-26 Marauder bombers of the Ninth Air Force take off and fly to Germany. Fighters accompany the Ninth Air Force bombers in flight. Shows many German fighters being shot down by aerial gunners. Puffs of dark smoke from German Flak anti-aircraft gun fire. A B-26 Marauder shot down over Germany. Flames engulf the bomber as it falls. Bombers continue with their flight. Bombers drop aerial bombs on surface targets. Thick smoke rise from bombed area. Carpet-bombing over Germany. Aerial view of German towns devastated after the carpet bombing. The Ninth Airforce turn back to their airbase after a successful mission. Ninth Air Force fighter escorts spot German fighters following bombers. Crewmen firing with aircraft machine gun, hitting German fighters. A German fighter is shot down, bursting into flames. A shooting M1919 Browning machine gun is seen from a window. The machine gun shot down a German fighter. Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress catches fire. The crewmen jump out of the doomed Flying Fortress. A German fighter bursts into flames midair. A German Luftwaffe pilot parachutes from the downed fighter. Ninth Air Force fly back to their base.
German Panzergrenadier troops use artillery, mortars, and machine guns to stop the Soviet Red Army offensive in Poland and the Eastern Front during World War II. Map of Poland with the names of cities and the Vistula River in German. German troops in dugouts wait for the Red Army. A German soldier adjusts the straps of his Stahlhelm helmet. Bombers dropping bombs over enemy positions. A bomb explodes upon hitting the ground. German gun crew firing with anti-aircraft gun (likely 8.8cm FlaK 18 L-56). Explosion in a forest. A German soldier backs away. Gun crews fire anti-tank flaks covered with camouflage. A flamethrower tank shoots flames at ground. A German grenadier tosses a fuel container from foxhole while other Grenadiers load shells into mortars in foxholes. Pillars of smoke rises in battlefield. German troops shooting with rifles and machine guns from a basement. A German soldier fires with a Panzerschreck rocket launcher. Rockets firing in salvo. A German soldier with machine gun pointing. German troops and tanks advancing. Soldier assumes prone position in snow-covered village. German Panzer tanks firing at Soviet positions. More explosions from German tanks. Panzerschreck and mortar firing. Smoke from shell and rocket explosions covers the field. German soldiers stand on snow-covered foxhole. A bomber in flight. German soldier dressed in winter camouflage coat watches the bomber drop bombs. Explosion from bombs hitting the ground. Tanks firing at enemy positions. Panzergrenadier troops firing rifles from behind fences, climb from basement or walls. Aerial view of track marks from Soviet motorized column over snow covered winter landscape. Gun camera view of German Luftwaffe aircraft strafing a Red Army motorized column and Soviet tank explodes. A German aircraft in flight. Bullets flying in the battlefield at night.
Germany launch V-2 rockets against England, United Kingdom during World War II. View of the skies. A V-2 rocket in flight after its launch. Rocket contrails form from V-2 rockets in flight. A V-2 rocket in flight as seen from the ground. German soldier uses a pair of binoculars while another uses a gun sight to watch the launch of V-2 rocket. V-2 rocket contrail forms an arc shaped path. Another rocket launches upwards. German soldiers look up and watch. The V-2 rocket disappears from plain sight.
United States Army Infantry engage in attack against German snipers in Beffe, Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge (World War II). A platoon of the 200th Infantry, 4th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron advances along snow covered field in attempt to wipe out German snipers during winter. Soldiers with M-1 rifles assume prone position in the snow. A soldier shoots with a M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR). Soldiers shoot with their M-1 rifles before crouching. A soldier aims and shoots with his rifle. View of soldiers shooting with their rifles (one of them is holding a .45 caliber Thompson submachine gun) from a distance. Some crouch shortly to reload their rifles. Some soldiers carefully sneak up in the snow while holding shells and rocket launcher. Soldiers advance in the snow against enemy fire. A soldier firing with rifle from behind barbed wire fences. A wounded soldier crawls back to safety. The mustached soldier smiles upon his return. Two soldiers fire bazooka (2.46 rocket launcher) near barbed fence. Two soldiers crawl in the snow, attempting to rescue another wounded soldier. The soldiers are forced to withdraw because of German sniper action.
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