![]() ![]() ![]() United States Army soldiers deploying in Dominican Republic, 1965, and in battle in Vietnam during Vietnam War Smoke rising from Battleship Row, at Pearl Harbor. The USS Arizona billowing smoke and listing as it succumbs to Japanese bombing. British fire brigades fighting fires in London buildings as some collapse from the German bombing during the so-called "Blitz." Scene shifts to Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941, as a Japanese bomb explodes on a U.S. Nighttime scenes showing gunfire flashes, explosions, tracer bullets and fires in London. Diving bombers illuminated by the lights. British anti-aircraft searchlights shining beams skyward. German Junkers 87 Stuka dive bombers peeling off from formation to attack. The Tower Bridge in London, seen through a haze following blitzkrieg. Paul's Cathedral in London, England (which miraculously survived the Blitz). Battle of Britain scenes, with view of St. View from above of Junkers Ju-87 Stuka dive bombers in formation. Formations of German warplanes in flight, including Junkers Ju-52s that carry troops, including paratroops. Montage with glimpses of German battle scenes showing tanks, guns, rockets in action with attendant explosions, fires, and destruction. ![]() German troops destroying international crossing barriers. German armor and artillery moving eastward. A sign identifies the town of Eydtkau (Eydtkuhnen) on the German-Lithuanian border. Next scenes show German armored units heading East in Operation Barbarossa (June of 1941). Von Ribbontrop is seen signing for Germany. Hitler is seated to watch the proceedings. He shakes hands with Count Ciano and Ambassador Kurusu. The diplomats are seen, next, standing near a table as Adolf Hitler enters rendering Nazi salute. The group is led by by Count Galeazzo Ciano (Italian Foreign Minister, and Mussolini's son-in-law) Joachim von Ribbentrop, Germany's Foreign Minister and Japan’s Ambassador Saburō Kurusu. Delegations walking in hall of building in Berlin, to sign Tripartite pact, on September 27, 1940. Animated map shows further invasions into France, Belgium, low countries, the Balkans, and Eastern front towards the Soviet Union. Animated map showing German invasion areas early in World War II, extending through most of Europe and into Norway, by 1941. German soldiers observing from overlooking hill climbing over rubble and marching along a road toward a village. German infantry running along railroad tracks and entering backyard of house in a village. Bombs exploding just outside some concrete walls. Closeup of a Stuka airplane in a dive, making its characteristic whine, and dropping bombs. Next, German Ju 87, Stuka dive bombers are shown peeling off from formation, on April 6, 1941, to attack Yugoslavia. It is dated Jand ostensibly signed by Adolf Hitler. Part of an agreement between Nazi Germany and Yugoslavia is shown in English. This film is a scattering montage of World War 2 scenes from 1939 through 1945. Ensuing attacks by Germany and Japan in World War II Tripartite Pact signed by Germany, Italy and Japan in Berlin, Germany. ![]()
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