Description
1933-1939: Germany: vehicles move on an autobahn, British troops parade and drill. British recruits join up, Hitler reviews German troops, war materiel rolls from a German factory. Hitler rides thru Vienna and across the Czech border. German troops and tanks parade. German refugees flee Polish oppression (according to this propaganda film). Hitler speaks in the Reichstag, panzer units invade Poland. Hitler looks thru an artillery periscope, German railroads transport war materiel, newspaper headlines proclaim the war, German naval units cruise off Norway, paratroops land in Norway, German planes fly over Norwegian mountains, and Hitler salutes Berlin crowds. Crowds cheer German troops as they enter the Rhineland, Austria, and the Sudetenland. Animated maps illustrate Czechoslovakia's and Poland's aggressions against Germany. German engineers plan, railroads supply materiels, and Hitler Youth work on the Siegfried Line. Maps the conquest of Poland and Norway. Shows NevilleChamberlain, Lord Halifax, Winston Churchill, Leon Blum, and others. German troops load and fire artillery.