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Expansion of Soviet and Communist Chinese territories from World War II through 1949
German invasion of Russia during World War II. A map showing German invasion path in Russia until defeat at siege of Stalingrad. A map showing Soviet postwar expansion into Eastern Poland, East Prussia, portions of Finland and other areas. Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia are incorporated as Republics into the Soviet Union. Russian zones of occupation in Germany, Austria and North Korea. Map depicts an "Iron Curtain" encompassing the Soviet postwar territories. Soviet troops and tanks occupying countries. Soviet ZSU-57-2 self-propelled anti-aircraft guns traveling along a city street. Crowds cheering in a stadium in Soviet East Germany. President Wilhelm Pieck of the German Democratic Republic is among people seen applauding in the stands. . Soviet cargo ships in a harbor operating under trade agreements. Chinese Communist forces moving with guns and artillery and tanks to expel Chiang Kai-Shek and Chinese Nationalists from mainland China to Taiwan, in 1949. Chinese refugees flee an area, carrying an injured civilian on a stretcher. A refugee child is shown with the group of people.
Japanese soldiers unload supplies in wooden boxes from trucks on the Philippines (WW2)
The invasion of the Philippines by the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) during World War II. Japanese soldiers advance through a jungle. They carry wooden boxes on their shoulders. They lay wires in the jungle. A soldier cuts a tree. Trees falling. Taiwan labor troops carry ammunition. Trucks pass along a dirt road. Men unload wooden boxes from a truck. A man carries haystack. Japanese soldiers taking care of horses. A Japanese soldier brushes a horse’s mane. Soldiers watch a horse drinking from a stream. Soldiers stand near an anti-aircraft artillery emplacement. Japanese troops rub down shoes and curry horses at a supply dump in the jungle. They attend mail calls and read their mail. A Japanese soldier looks at a photo of his beloved. Japanese soldiers smile as they happily read letters from home. Japanese soldiers enter a nipa hut and write mail during their spare time. Troops unload sacks of mail in front of a military headquarters. The Japanese flag hangs in front of the military headquarters. A Filipino man bathes a carabao or native water buffalo.
Post-World War II scenes in Communist occupied areas of Europe and Asia
Animated map shows thrust of German forces during invasion of Soviet Russia in World War 2. Stalingrad is highlighted as a turning point. Another animated map shows Soviet territorial gains at the end of the war, as narrator discusses the disposition of those places and their respective populations, as in Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia. He also discusses Soviet zones of occupation. Animated map shows "Iron Curtain." Soviet troops on parade. Soviet ZSU-57-2 self-propelled anti-aircraft guns (SPAAG) on display during a parade in 1945. A stadium filled with people in Soviet-occupied East Germany, in 1949. Friedrich Wilhelm Reinhold Pieck, the first President of the German Democratic Republic, is seen in the stands. Young East German women parade in traditional costumes, clapping their hands, in the stadium. Waterfront scenes show Soviet trade activities with post-war occupied entities. Scenes of conflict as Chinese communist forces expel Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist Chinese forces (ROC) from mainland China to Formosa (Taiwan), in 1949. A litter-borne casualty and a refugee mother and small girl are seen.
USAAF XX Bomber Command B-29s attack Japanese positions on Formosa in World War II
U.S. Army Air Forces XX Bomber Command Operations during World War 2. A Boeing B-29-10-BW Superfortress, number 42-6347, named "King Size," of the 462nd Bombardment Group, 769th Bombardment Squadron. It is seen here, at their forward operating base on Kiunglai Airfield, China. Tents are seen near the flight line. Numerous bombs are lined up on the ground ready to be loaded aboard the bomber. A B-29 taking off at nightfall. A formation of B-29s in flight. Bombs being dropped over Japanese installations at Hatto, Formosa (aka Taiwan). View of B-29 landing after the mission. (Note. Formosa was a Japanese colonial territory from 1895 to 1945.)
An American prisoner talks about his experiences at a Japanese prison camp in Honshu, Japan during World War II.
American prisoners of war being interviewed at a Japanese prison camp in Honshu, Japan after World War II. A U.S. officer interviews a prisoner who was liberated from a Japanese prison camp. The prisoner says they he was brought to the prison camp from Taiwan and he basically belongs to Seattle, Washington. He says that he came to fight against the Japanese in the Philippines where he was taken a prisoner. He gives an account of the treatment meted out to the prisoners at the camps. He talks how brutally the prisoners were treated. He recounts an incident of execution of few prisoners.
Japanese forces landing on Kiska, Aleutian Islands, during World War II
Japanese No. 3 Special Landing Party of 500 Imperial Marines are seen landing and proceeding inland on Kiska, Aleutian Islands. They carry the rising sun flag. They are seen searching two captured Americans from the U.S. Naval Weather Detachment. The rising sun flag is seen in right foreground. The Japanese troops continue walking across the island. Buildings of the weather detachment seen in background.The Japanese troops assemble in formations near the weather detachment buildings as their commander addresses them. A Japanese Type 97, 4EFB (Mavis) flying boat seen taxiing into the bay and being tended by Small boats. (Reportedly, the Tail code "O" identifies the seaplane's unit as Taiwan-based Toko-tai, also active in Solomon islands.)
