Allied military equipment in North Africa during World War II. Army truck in a hoist being unloaded by British personnel at a port in North Africa. A number of trucks on the port. Trucks move about on the port. A sign on a building reads 'Posts Telegraph telephone'. Other trucks in hoists being unloaded.British and French forces seen in the port area.
British paratroopers in North Africa during World War II. The paratroopers board Dakota (DC-3 or C-47) aircraft. Aircraft lined up on a field. Two paratroopers put on their helmets. Paratroopers don equipment. Paratroopers board the aircraft.
British paratroopers in North Africa during World War II. U.S. Army Air Forces C-47 aircraft taxis along a field. Aircraft taxis past other aircraft on a field. Paratroopers inside cabin of C-47 aircraft. Paratroopers jump from the aircraft. U.S. Army Air Forces C-47 aircraft in formation. C-47 aircraft landing after the mission. Other C-47s parked. One has engines running.
Arrival of Mussolini in Germany after his liberation by German commandos, from imprisonment by King Emanuele in Italy during World War II. Ju 52 transport aircraft arrives at German airfield. Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini steps from the aircraft. He is greeted by German Chancellor Adolf Hitler and embraced by his son, Vittorio Mussolini. He and Hitler get in a car displaying both Italian and Swastika symbols. Mussolini is greeted by German foreign Minister Joachim Von Ribbentrop, as he enters a building. They both talk. Inside, Hermann Goering chats with Mussolini. Hitler and Mussolini leave the building and enter a car. They arrive at an airfield. Hitler shakes hand with Mussolini, who says farewell to German military officers in attendance. They wave to him, as he climbs aboard a Ju 52 transport plane for his return to Italy.
German Field Marshall Erwin J. E. Rommel in an African desert during World War II. German parachutists jump from a plane and land in Africa. Rommel with his troops in the desert. Trucks and planes in the desert. Smoke rises from artillery explosions.
The British attack the German Army in Libya during World War II. British Royal Air Force B-25 planes bomb German desert supply bases in Libya. German General Erwin Rommel flees from the invading forces. A German fighter plane falls in flames. British 8th Army troops advance through rain and mud at Hell Fire Pass. Artillery fired and British Field Marshal Bernard L. Montgomery at the front. The infantry advances. Wrecked and burning German motorized and mechanized equipment. Wrecked German aircraft in the desert. Many German prisoners taken. Commander of Afrika Korps under General Erwin Rommel, General Ritter Von Thoma taken prisoner and greeted by General Montgomery. The Swastika comes down and the Union Jack goes up.
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