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War Pictorial News, 1944: Holland (landings and bombings)

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Channel: US National Archives · 2010 · Education

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Office for Emergency Management. Office of War Information. Overseas Operations Branch. New York Office. News and Features Bureau.
(12/17/1942 - 09/15/1945 )

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Part 1, Brit. troops descend ships ladders into barges
 the barges land in the Scheldt Islands
 troops run ashore and through a small town. Germans surrender. Wounded are treated and loaded onto trucks. Field guns are fired. Tanks advance. Houses are searched
 Nazis emerge and surrender. A Dutch woman is removed from a burning house.  Part 2, Russ. Gen. Rokossovoski observes Russ. tanks and infantry advance toward Lublin, Poland. Russ. bombers hit Ger. strong points. Infantry crosses the Bug River in boats
 amphibious tanks reach the opposite shore. Truck-drawn artillery and tanks are cheered as they enter Helm
 civilians embrace the Russians. Polish patriots are released from jail.

SUBJECTS
Rivers
 Underground movements, War
 World War, 1939-1945

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