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Nazi Germany invades Poland, Allies declare war
Aerial views of burning buildings in Danzig after German invasion / citizens in streets helping out after bombing of Warsaw, people in street with belongings / England and France prepare for war with Germany, troops and huge guns heading...
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Aerial WS Ruins of WWII Maginot Line and entrance to Ouvrage Schoenenbourg / Bas-Rhin, France
Aerial WS Ruins of WWII Maginot Line and entrance to Ouvrage Schoenenbourg / Bas-Rhin, France
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Maginot Line underground gun turrets, explosions, French soldiers on the march
MS tank rolls past / MS tank rolls down wooded hillside, taking down trees in the way / VS artillery cannons fire from domed subterranean turrets along France's Maginot Line, smoke plumes rise / VS ground explodes where shells land,...
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French artillerymen train in and around the Maginot Line fortification
VS rotating domes of subterranean gun turrets along France's Maginot Line / VS grass and bushes blow in the breeze / VS French artillery cannons fire, planes fly overhead / ground explodes as artillery shells land and throw up smoke and...
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French soldiers march, enter Maginot Line fortification
MS column of French soldiers march down street toward camera, turn and exit screen left / MS French soldiers march toward and past camera at screen right / MLS French soldiers march past barbed wire setup, toward camera, rifles in their...