The British 8th Army prepares for 7th battle of Libya in the sands of Egypt. General Montgomery and Air Marshal Cunningham in Egypt. Troops unload supplies from trucks. Soldiers load, fire machine guns and tanks. Fleet of United States aircraft take off from open ground. Soldiers drop bombs over enemy targets. Explosions on the ground. Troops advance with tanks. German prisoners held. Dead soldiers. (World War II period).
United States Army Air Force Consolidated B-24 Liberator bombers taxiing and taking off at Lete Airfield, located 5 kilometers west of Benina, in Libya during World War II. Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber taxiing in the runway before taking off. A Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber emits smoke as it takes off. Sand clouds form near the runway as bombers take off. Consolidated B-24 Liberator bombers take off one by one.
United States Army Air Force Consolidated B-24 Liberator bombers in Berca Airfield, Benghazi, Libya during World War II. Consolidated B-24 Liberator bombers flying low over Berca Airfield. A bomber approach to land on runway. Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber landing in Berca Airfield. Crewmen gather beside the nose of the parked Consolidated B-24 Liberator (“Let’s Go”). A Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber taxiing and turning in airfield runway. A motorized cart drives past a parked Consolidated B-24 Liberator. A crewman signaling to a Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber to stop. A Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber parked in desert terrain.
A burning United States Army Air Force Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber in Berca Airfield, Benghazi, Libya during World War II. Thick black pillar of smoke rises from a burning Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber. The wreckage of the Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber after a belly landing. Ammunition exploding from aircraft wreckage. Black clouds of smoke significantly envelopes the airfield. Wreck in flames. Fire crewmen with hose shooting streams of water into burning plane. Other crewmen watch the burning aircraft from a distance.
United States Army Air Force briefing crewmen for a mission (to Wiener Neustadt, Austria) in Berca Airfield, Benghazi, Libya during World War II. Crewmen gather and sit on the ground during briefing. Crewmen listening to briefing. A crewman smokes a pipe during the briefing. The officers conduct briefing under a large tent. Officer points to a map.
Allied armies advance in Tunisia during World War II. American and British outposts in Tunisia. Nazi and Allied aircraft engaged in a dog fight while in flight. A German aircraft is shot down and it falls. A German aircraft burns on a field. American soldiers fire along the Atlas Mountains. British and American tank destroyers in action as explosions occur. German prisoners march. British 8th Army enters Tripoli in Libya. General Bernard Montgomery of England talks to an Italian Governor and officers about the Axis surrender. British flags hoisted in the city. Montgomery rides past a cheering crowd in a car. Tanks roll on streets.
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