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Momotaro: Sacred Sailors (桃太郎 海の神兵, Momotarō: Umi no Shinpei) [2] is the first Japanese feature-length animated film. [3] It was directed by Mitsuyo Seo, who was ordered to make a propaganda film for World War II by the Japanese Naval Ministry.
The song begins with the line "Auf der Heide blüht ein kleines Blümelein" (On the heath a little flower blooms), the theme of a flower (Erika) bearing the name of a soldier's sweetheart. [2] After each line, and after each time the name "Erika" is sung, there is a three beat pause , which is filled by the timpani or stamping feet (e.g. of ...
The "Panzerlied" ('Tank Song') is a Wehrmacht march of the Nazi era, sung primarily by the Panzerwaffe—the tank force of Nazi Germany during World War II. It is one of the best-known songs of the Wehrmacht and was popularised by the 1965 film Battle of the Bulge. [1] It was composed by Oberleutnant Kurt Wiehle in 1933.
Sentimental Journey (song) Shtil, di nakht iz oysgeshternt; Si vas para Chile; Siekiera, motyka; The Sinking of the Reuben James; Smoke on the Water (Red Foley song) A Soldier Speaks; Soldier's Last Letter; Song of the Soviet Army; Stalin Wasn't Stallin' Stars and Stripes on Iwo Jima
World War II [b] or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many nations mobilising all resources in pursuit of total war .
Germania on Guard on the Rhine, Hermann Wislicenus, 1873 " Die Wacht am Rhein" (German: [diː ˈvaxt am ˈʁaɪn], The Watch on the Rhine) is a German patriotic anthem.The song's origins are rooted in the historical French–German enmity, and it was particularly popular in Germany during the Franco-Prussian War, World War I, and World War II.
A History of Music in the U.S. Armed Forces During World War II. Philadelphia: M. W. Lads, 1966. OCLC 2296000; Henderson, Hamish. Ballads of World War II. Glasgow: Privately printed by the Lili Marleen Club of Glasgow, 1950. OCLC 465530802; I'll Be Seeing You ..: Songs of World War II. Essex, England: EMI Music Pub, 1988. ISBN 0-86175-042-X ...
"Njet Molotoff" is named after Vyacheslav Molotov, the Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs.The song's chorus declares Molotov's justifications for the Winter War to be "worse" than the "lies" of Nikolay Bobrikov, who was a Governor-General of Finland notorious for his attempts to promote the Russification of Finland, later being assassinated for his actions.