https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/d6757073-dff9-408d-bb65-6781469947cd "Why We Fight" is a series of seven propaganda films produced by the US Department of War from 1942 to 1945, during World War II. The films were originally produced for American soldiers to help them understand why the United States was involved in the war, but President Franklin Roosevelt ordered distribution for public viewing.. This is the second feature of the series, "The Nazis Strike" (:22). It was produced by the War Department in cooperation with the Signal Corps (:29). It begins in 1863 with Otto von Bismarck (1:00). Kaiser Wilhelm II (1:17) led to Hitler and the Nazi rise in 1933. Hitler passes a strict eye over his military (3:02). Nazis salute (3:07). The German Museum at Munich (3:55) appears. At the time, it was utilized as a school for Geopolitics. Geo-politicians sought to help Hitler control the German population and industry (4:36). Hitler appears in Nuremberg (7:02). World leaders began to pledge allegiance to the rising Nazi warlord (7:15). Hirohito's conquer of Manchuria (7:36) and Mussolini's domination over Ethiopia are detailed (7:43). Headlines tell the world of illegal Nazi aggression (7:48). Hitler’s softening up process (8:16) began with spreading seedy foreign spies (8:30). Other fascist leaders are pictured including Leon Degrelle (8:41), the Cross of Fire party and La Rocque (8:49) and Oswald Mosley (8:59). A fascist brawl erupts in Madison Square Garden (9:56). Himmler (11:31) and the German rearmament are pictured. German youth experiment with planes (12:18). A glider shoots off (12:25), the Luftwaffe buzz through (12:32) and paratroopers spill out (12:40). Nazis kick out legs in the goose step (12:44). The Panzer tank fleet (13:05) follows. A diver bomber drops down (13:11). War materials are pumped out (14:09). Troops swing into the Werkgeuppe Scharnhorst Panzer base (14:52). Hitler (15:10) admires his fleet. Nazi leaders prepare to strike Eastern Europe (16:04). On March 12, 1938 Germans penetrate the Austrian border (16:28). Hitler drives into Vienna (16:37). German chancellor Bismarck's ominous words from years prior are heard (17:11). Czechoslovakia's army (17:24) and munition plant is pictured. Naval guns ready themselves in European waters (17:45). Hitler beckons to Germans in Czechoslovakia (18:09). Nazis march in Norway (18:42) as Hitler spread his ideals black and veiny across the globe. Admiral Chester Nimitz (19:05) and Walter Krueger’s face fly over the American flag (19:05). American soldiers prepare themselves (19:35). Konrad Henlein (19:42) rose as a Sudeten German politician. Defectors of Nazi idealism in Czechoslovakia were beaten (20:05). Hitler sought to claim the Sudeten land (20:21). Czechoslovakia mobilized (20:54). Leaders in France and Britain joined the axis leaders for the Munich agreement in 1938 (21:04). Herman Goering waddles out of Hitler’s way (21:09). Riots greet the Munich pact (21:20). Neville Chamberlain touches down in 1938 following the signing (21:33). On March 14th, 1939, Hitler violated this agreement (23:00) sweeping in to conquer the Czech state and then aiming for Poland (23:29). On August 21, 1939 (24:33) the Russo German pact was signed. Stalin (24:58) stands over the Red army (25: 00). Polish Nazis terrorize Danzig at the peak of the Polish Corridor (25:52). Polish brace (26:05) against invaders. The Vistula snakes through Poland (26:34). Germans pushed for Poland at the close of August (27:22). The Calvary (27:39) pounds through dirt. German guns bellow (28:29) on September 1st, 1939. Nazi rounds sing for squatting planes (28:59). A plane is hit and crumbles black in the sky (29:34). Highways and railroads are blown (30:23). Panzers emerge from water (31:32). On September 5th, the Polish retreat (31:47). The daring Warsaw uprising (33:29) follows. Troops run through bombed out lands (33:36). Fleets powered with howitzers push forward (33:51). Germans load howitzers (34:10). Hitler peers through binoculars (34:28); smoke peels up from charred buildings (34:32). September 27th saw the defeat of the Polish capital (35:05). German warships appear in the harbor (35:51). The garrison surrendered on October 1st (35:53). Captured Polish are sent to prison camps (36:01). Mutilated lay in mud (36:35). The Russian army drives in (37:44). French reservists are called to action (38:22). British planes hunt for German warships (38:27). Winston Churchill (38:52) delivers a call to arms (40:05). For almost two decades, we've worked to collect, scan and preserve the world as it was captured on 35mm, 16mm and 8mm movies -- including home movies, industrial films, and other non-fiction. This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. 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