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Flamethrower demonstration in Luxembourg. Private Robert Kirst of Tampico, Illinois, demonstrates the use of a U.S. Army M-1-A-1 flamethrower to American soldiers in Luxembourg.

With riflemen leading the way, flame throwing U.S. Marines, bent by the weight of their weapons, move forward toward enemy pillboxes on Iwo Island, Japanese military outpost within three hours' bombing range of Tokyo, capital of Japan. Despite stubborn resistance by the Japanese, U.S. troops had seized all but the northernmost tip of the volcanic island two weeks after the landings. More than 2,050 ...

Vertrek van vrijwilligers naar het oostfront en hun verblijf daar. Bij het album zijn 37 losse foto’s gevoegd, waarvan een aantal foto’s van tekeningen gemaakt door een PK Berichter, zoals de Duitse tekenaar Petersen. De foto’s zijn voor een groot deel gemaakt door: Fotodienst der NSB, Stapf Bilderdienst, fotograaf Heukels, fotograaf S. G. Brusse en Schimmelpenninck . Brusse maakte foto’s aan het oostfront. ...

Flame-throwing tank in action on Okinawa. An American flame-throwing tank bursts into action against Japanese cave defenses which honeycomb the rocky ridges of Okinawa island. With the help of the rugged and difficult terrain, the Japanese have stubbornly contested possession of the strategic island since the Americans invaded it on March 31, 1945. By May 9, U.S. forces were within one mile of the ...

Spezialisten der deutschen Armee. Pioniere sind die Wegbereiter der Armee. Sie sind mit allen modernen Kampfmitteln, um eine Brescho in die Stellungen des Feindes zu schlagen. Oben links: Mit einer Motorsäge werden Baumsperren schnellstens beseitigt. Mitte links: Stosstrupp-Pioniere angriffsbereit. Sie warten im Vorfelde des Feindes auf den Agriffsbefehl zur Erstürmung des Bunkers. Mitte rechts: Mit ...

Geallieerde troepen in Nederland. U.S. engineers learn flame-throwing technique. Members of a U.S. armored engineer unit practice using deadly flame throwers during field manoeuvres in Holland. The weapon, easily handled by one soldier, sends a stream of fire against an enemy target.

Im Morgengrauen des 11. Mai: Flammenwerfer greifen nach den Schiessscharten von Werk 2. In der Nacht hat sich der Stosstrupp durch den Wald (links) nach vorn gearbeitet. Dann sieht plötzlich der Filmberichter, der seinen Standort wieder auf den Gefechtsstand G verlegt und genaue Einsicht in den Seitengraben hat, rote Flammen aufzüngeln. Die Filmkamera, lange schon auf dem Anstand, erwacht zu fieberhaften ...

Canadian Army in Germany. Here is one of the ways of turning the heat on Jerry - L/Cpl. J.E. Cunningham, Nut Mountain, Sask., fires a Lifebuoy flamethrower in an orchard in the outskirts of Xanten, German stronghold which fell to the Canadian during their advance to the Rhine.

'Liberation of Holland. Destruction caused by Allied flame-throwing tanks at Rosmalen, east of Hertogenbosch. On the left is a German Red Cross train intact.' Linksboven staat het station van Rosmalen (hoek Spoorstraat/ Stationsstraat).

A lóccasion du Statuto fete anniversaire de la fondation de l'unite Italienne, le Roi Victor Emmanuel, preside au traditionnel defile des troupes a Rome. Des troupes dínfanterie munies d'appareils lance-flammes, ont pris part au défilé.

U.S. flame-throwing tank burns out enemy pullbox on Saipan. A U.S. Marine flame-throwing tank engulfs a Japanese pullbox on Saipan. In the foreground a Marine watches the attack from his foxhole. The battle for Saipan in the Central Pacific Marianas saw the first major tank engagements of the Pacific war. The island was taken by American forces on July 8, 1944, after 25 days of bitter fighting. The ...

U.S. Marine flamethrower attacks Japanese pillbox on Saipan. Fire engulfs a Japanese pillbox as a U.S. Marine attacks the enemy fortification on Saipan Island with a flamethrower. American soldiers, who landed on the strategic Marianas base of the Central Pacific on June 14, 1944, blasted the enemy from carefully prepared defense positions and by July 7, had driven the Japanese into a trap on the northern ...