French troops at attention in North Africa. French officer inspecting machete of Senegalese trooper. American forces camped outside bombed desert fort. Two American soldiers guarding fort. American flag atop desert fort. (World War II period).
German Marshal Erwin Rommel in North Africa. He inspects coastal defenses. He meets the soldiers on guard duty and poses for the camera. Rommel leading an orders group from his Sdkfz.250/3 command half-track 'Greif'. (World War II period).
British convoy of supply ships en route to North Africa during World War 2. View from a British escorting war ship. sailor in helmet at antiaircraft gun position. A fast small escort ship moves through the convoy.
An Allied supply convoy underway during the Allied invasion of North Africa, in World War 2.. Free French sailors and officers aboard their warship in the convoy. An officer with binoculars surveys the coast. Survey of the surroundings with binoculars by people on the deck. A naval officer surveys the sky using binoculars. An officer on phone looks at the navigational chart and uses the compass. The officer marks on the chart.
A U.S. Army tank Sherman tank moves across the sand on beachhead during the invasion of North Africa (Operation Torch) in World War 2. U.S antiaircraft fire is directed at formations of German aircraft attacking the beachhead. Flak bursts of black smoke seen in the sky. Several landing ships are at the shore. Explosions on the shore from German bombs. A large explosion and black smoke from a ship in the bay struck by a German bomb.
A band of American servicemen musicians entertain U.S. troops and sailors aboard the U.S. Attack Transport Ship, USS Samuel Chase (APA-26) while on their way in a convoy to North Africa, during Operation Torch, in World War 2.