Nazi Germany at the beginning of World War II (1940)

Naval Academy cadets practicing flag signals.

Cadets holding flags perform movements synchronously under the instructor's guidance.

Senior cadets run along the pier to the boats.

Cadets take their places in the boats.

The boats cast off from the pier.

On command, the cadets take their oars into the water and begin rowing.

Cadets rowing, instructors setting the pace of rowing.

Rowing team speed competition.

Faces of cadets rowing.

Instructor setting the pace.

Boats on the course, cadets sitting on the shore "cheering" for their comrades.

Horseback riding and racing competitions in one of the cavalry units, riders in their underwear.

Riders bridling their horses, getting out of the mud.

An officer watches the competition.

Competitors cover a distance on an obstacle course, rolling naked in the mud.

Crossing a stream on logs, one of the participants falls into the water.

Overcoming various sections of the obstacle course.

Competitors cross a moat with water, holding on to ropes with their hands, fall into the water.

Overcoming a water obstacle by running.

One of the competitors reaches the finish line.

The winners receive cigarettes and bottles of red wine.

View of the foothills during maneuvers of Wehrmacht units, setting up a camp with the help of the local population.

Panorama of the forest foothills of the Alps, trees in smoke.

Views of the city during street fighting.

A plane flying by.

Soldiers jump off the moving car and hide in a roadside ditch.

A plane over the forest.

Soldiers watch the plane from the ditch.

A tank camouflaged by branches.

View of a populated area in the mountains.

An anti-aircraft machine gun crew fires at an air target.

Silhouette of a castle at sunset.

German bombers fly over ice.

Arctic landscape.

German landing ships approach the coast of Norway, the Kriegsmarine flag is on the ship's mast.

Landing troops are on the stern of the ship.

A sailor is giving signals with flags.

A seaplane is flying over the ships.

A navigator is over a map in the airplane cockpit.

View of the coast of Norway, seascape (top).

Navigator in the cockpit.

The crew of one of the German ships during the battle.

Deck artillery is firing at targets on the shore, an officer is looking through binoculars.

A spotter determines the range with a rangefinder.

Explosions on the shore.

German sailors with pipes in their teeth.

Setting up a smoke screen.

The ships are sailing along the coast of Norway.

German pilots at the airfield discuss the upcoming flight, the pilots' faces.

German bombers are diving at the target, going in a circle, bomb explosions on the ground among the houses of the village.