Video: WWII re-enactors 'battle' for Rockford, Ill.

This video posted on YouTube by thetruekingofnorway depicts the
2011 “Battle of Rockford,” where more than 1,000  World War II
re-enactors converged on Rockford, Illinois with Jeeps, tanks and
all the sounds of battle.

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To add historical context, thetruekingofnorway dubbed in soundbites with captions from different leaders from both sides of the war:

0:08-0:26 – Hitler, speaking after his election to the Chancellorship, 1933.
0:29-0:46 – Churchill, his Great Declaration before the Allies, 1941.
0:47-1:18 – Goebbels, delivering his “Totaler Krieg” speech, 1943.
1:32-1:45 – (same as above.)
1:46-2:00 – Roosevelt, praying for troops on D-Day, 1944.
2:07-2:17 – Hitler, speaking after his election to the Chancellorship, 1933.
2:20-2:30 – Eisenhower, speaking to troops on D-Day, 1944.
2:37-2:55 – Churchill, his Great Declaration before the Allies, 1941.
3:02-3:17 – Goebbels, location and date unknown to me.
3:18-3:33 – Churchill, speaking in County Hall, London, 1941.
3:34-3:47 – Hitler, speaking at a (Nuremberg?) rally, date unknown to me.
3:51-END – Roosevelt, Flag Day Address, 1942.

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