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British Red Cross active on southern front. Medical orderlies from Kenya and British Somaliland, carrying wounded to the operating tent at the British Red Cross base at Harar under the supervision of a doctor.

U.S. evacuation hospital in France. Red Cross markers cover tents in Normandy where Allied wounded are cared for at a U.S. evacuation hospital, the largest of its kind in France.

Geallieerde troepen in Nederland. The children's ward of an underground hospital in Holland where patients are safe from the menace of bombs. Martin, a five-year-old who suffered head injuries, shows Nurse Harriet Dingsby and three-year-old Peter his airplane. Peter was wounded in the hip by shrapnel and is just learning to walk again.

Italian civilians ready to battle Germans. These young Italian civilians, all armed, are shown as they roamed the streets of Naples in search of any remaining Germans. Street fighting between the Germans and Italians raged for several days before the Germans retreated drom the city. Hundreds of men, women and children were killed or wounded by German bullets.

In the Aragon Front. During the assault of Tardienta by the insurgents a sanitary train was bombed (in background), one can see a Loyalist wounded carried by his comrades to the hospital.

Franco inspects great victory parade in Madrid. Wounded nationalist soldier on crutches watches his comrades march past in the victory parade. A Shell-splinter deprived him of the opportunity to march with the rest.

Dutch soldier serves with French Forces of the Interior. This Dutch member of the French Forces of the Interior serves as interpreter at headquarters in Chartres, liberated from the Germans August 17, 1944. He speaks Frensch, German and English and was wounded in the ankle fighting against the Nazis.

French girl treated at American field hospital. A French mother kneels at the head of a stretcher bearing her daughter, who was wounded by German shelling in Normandy. Civilians as well as soldiers receive treatment at American field hospitals.

Batavia. 'A Dutch housewife on her way home from a shopping expedition stops to bandage an Indonesian rebel who was wounded in a skirmish with Netherlands troops. Disregarding the fact that he and his comrades, incited by Japanese propaganda and armed by the japanese, have caused so much bloodshed amongst the defenceless Dutch women and children internees, she suffered too much herself during three ...

Crippled U.S. aircraft carrier completes Saga of the sea. Survivors, including some wounded are photographed on the flight deck of the U.S.S. Franklin (left) as they await transfer to the cruiser Santa Fe, secured alongside the carrier.