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Canadese tanks en transportvoertuigen rijden over de landbruggen in het beroemde Nederlandse landschap. Ze zijn op weg naar het front. 'These Cdn tanks and transports are weaving their way along 'land bridges' of Hollands famous Dykeland towards the front. Date: 29 Oct 44 Unit: Fort Garry Horse, 2 C.I.D. Operation: Advance across Beveland Canal.'

Foto Duits Junkers Ju 52 transportvliegtuig na noodlanding. Tekst er bij: 'Not only highways, but fields and beaches were also used to unload troops and materials during the invasion of Holland. After landing this transport was covered with tree branches to conceal it from spotter planes. In the massive airborne operation the Germans used 430 of these transports, airlifting a total of 16.000 troops. ...

The second British Naval action off Narvik on April 13th. Narvik harbour. Cossank and Forrester (left centre) and German transports sunk during the attack by second destroyer Flotilla on April 13th.

North Africa, largest seaborne expedition in history opens. Allied move to sweep axis from mediterrans. British troops leaving one of the transports in a landing craft. NI 6365

United States war production. Shipbuilders of U.S. Steel's Federal shipyards on the east coast. At an unequaled production speed they build destroyers and destroyer escorts for the U.S. Navy; combat cargo vessels and army troop transports for the U.S. Maritieme Commission.

American Military Government in Germany. Medical corpsmen of the Ninth Armored Division in Bayreuth dust a displaced person of Polish nationality to kill typhus lice he may be carrying. An UNRRA representative, Miss Madeline Taylor (right) of Montreal, Canada, supervisor of health at displaced persons camps in the Bayreuth area, looks on. Displaced persons are the combined responsibility of the Military ...

Fuel and water rolls ashore on Peleliu Island. U.S. Marines, sailors and Seabees roll barrels of gasoline, water and oil, across a 500-yard (450-meter) reef from the transports to the beach on Peleliu. A disabled amphibious tractor is undergoing repairs at the left. Peleliu and eight other islands in the Palau group of the central Pacific which flanks the southeastern Philippines, 530 miles (848 km.) ...

Parachutisten van de 11e Amerikaanse luchtlandingsdivisie veroveren de landingstrip in noordelijk Luzon. 7 februari 1945. ' Paratroops Take Luzon Airstrip. With the first wave of paratroopers of the 11th Airborne Division already on the Appari Airstrip in northern Luzon, these sky warriors float down as their transports sweep over the Jap-held area. 7/2/45. '

America at war. U.S. soldiers live and fight in countries throughout the world. U.S. soldiers ski in Northern Iran - three U.S. soldiers, on leave from their base, go skiing in the mountains of northern Iran. The men are attached to the Persian Gulf Command, which transports U.S.-made equipment and war material to Russian bases via an overland truck route from the northern end of the Persian Gulf. ...