German troops capture Greek and Allied soldiers during the Battle of Crete in World War II. A German soldier with a bicycle guards a line of Allied prisoners. Faces of Greek and British prisoners. German airplanes and troops at the Maleme airfield Captured British soldiers raise their hands as they surrender near a bridge. A deep gorge or channel in Crete with destroyed bridge in water. German soldier driving a vehicle. Driver’s view of a mountainous road in Crete. German Army vehicles driving on the road, passing by tanks and destroyed trucks.
German Fallschirmjäger paratroopers jump from a Junkers Ju-52 transport plane mid-flight during World War II. Slate reads “Identification of Aircraft”. Animation depicts a German Luftwaffe Junkers Ju-52 aircraft in flight. The camera zooms into the Luftwaffe Balkenkreuz emblem. The words “The German Ju-52” flashes in front of the Balkenkreuz. Luftwaffe paratroopers form a line near parked aircraft in an airfield. The paratroopers board the Junkers Ju-52 transport planes. Paratroopers jump out from three flying Junkers Ju-52 transport planes. German paratrooper jumps out from aircraft door. Parachutes open as the paratroopers descend. White parachutes over a field.
Luftwaffe Junkers Ju-52 transport planes take off from an airfield in Germany during World War II. Empennage of the aircraft shows the Nazi Swastika/Hackenkreuz emblem. Luftwaffe Fallschirmjäger paratroopers jump out from planes. They open and activate their parachutes as they fall. Animation shows the defining features of a Junkers Ju-52 transport plane. The nose, body, and tail assembly are highlighted. The Vertical Stabilizer and landing gear of the plane are also shown. Three Junkers Ju-52 transport planes eject paratroopers while mid-air. Animation shows the engine, wings, winglet and tail plane.
Luftwaffe Fallschirmjäger troops jump off from aircraft during World War II. Paratroopers on their backs away from the camera. They are facing a Junkers Ju-52 transport plane. They are showing the parachute packs on their backs. A soldier inspects the bags. The Paratroopers board the transport plane. Junkers Ju-52 transport plane takes off from the airfield. Luftwaffe paratroopers jump out from planes. They open and activate their parachutes as they fall. The propeller rotates on the nose of the Junkers Ju-52 transport plane. A pair of aircraft flying.
United States 321st Regiment, 81st Infantry Division board LSTs for Peleliu Island during the Battle of Angaur in World War II. A ship leaves the port while soldiers wait for another ship. Infantry troops clear the jungle while searching for Japanese snipers on Angaur Island. A soldier hacks away tree branches. 81st Infantry Division “Wildcats” troops clear away leaves, branches, and vegetation. Bulldozers clearing bushes, debris, and soil. A road roller with spikes flattens ground. A soldier spins the propeller of a Piper L-4 Grasshopper scout plane to start it. The plane taxiing and taking off from the newly built airfield.
Aircraft from the Imperial Iranian Air Force fleet includes United States McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II and Northrop F-5 fighter jets. A row of Northrop F-5 fighter jets at an airfield in Iran. Sign in English and Persian reads “31st T.F. (Tactical Fighter) Squadron”. Imperial Iranian Air Force pilots attend class. A map of the Middle East showing flight paths, radii, flags of the various Air Forces in the region. Flags and roundels of the Soviet Union, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon. A bomb is installed into a jet fighter-bomber. A fuze is fitted into the bomb nose. A man wearing a jacket with an “F-5 Iran” patch. Iranian military pilots run out of a building and board trucks.
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