German Military attacks the British Forces in Libya, North Africa during World War II. Field Marshal Erwin Rommel among three German officers atop a hill, viewing scene through a pair of binoculars. German military vehicles drive down hill slopes. A man looks through binoculars. A military truck pulls a trailer loaded with military equipment. German soldiers arrange the equipment. German Field Marshal General Erwin Rommel in a staff car. German 88 mm guns and mobile anti- aircraft guns fire against British tanks. Smoke rises as a British tank is hit. German soldiers march forward. German soldiers in prone position in the sand firing at British enemy positions.
German Military in Libya, North Africa during World War II. German Pz.III tanks drive into the desert. German troops and Italian AB41 Armored vehicle convoy enters into a city. The locals salute the Germans. German armored cars seen. The Germans have food with the Arab chiefs. The German soldiers bathe at the oasis.
Operation Torch, Allied invasion of North Africa, during World War II. Convoys of Allied transport ships underway in the Atlantic Ocean. A U.S. Navy destroyer of Benson class. Rigging of a transport in the foreground. The transport ship with rigging and a winch in the foreground. A convoy underway at sea. Higgins boat, LCVP ( Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel ) number PA26-23 from the USS Samuel Chase (APA-26) which was the Flagship for the operation, pulled up on a beach. U.S. troops disembark and run up the beach.
Operation Torch. Allied convoy on the way for invasion of North Africa during World War II. The Rock of Gibraltar. Transport ship underway. Sea gulls flying overhead. Sailor sends a blinker signal.
Operation Torch, Allied invasion of North Africa, during World War II. Free French troops aboard the USS Samuel Chase (APA-26) in waters off Algeria. The troops load into Higgins boats LCVP ( Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel). French troops climb over the rail of the transport as they get into the LCVP which then pulls away. The LCVP underway with the transport ship anchored in the background. Several LCVPs head towards a beach. Two U.S. Coast Guardsmen, in a boat flying a striped maroon and gold flag, seem to be monitoring and supervising the other boats. French troops unload at the beach.
United States Army Air Force (USAAF) B-24 Liberator bombers taxiing and taking off from the United Kingdom during World War 2. Men attach bomb on a B-24 Liberator (Second Bombardment Wing). Nose art of B-24 Liberator “Peep Show” (42-7535) depicting a naked cartoon blond woman seen from a keyhole. B-24 Liberator “Peep Show” engine begins to move. B-24 Liberator aircraft leave the United Kingdom for an assignment North Africa. Another USAAF B-24 Liberator begins to taxi on the airfield. B-24 Liberators taxiing and taking off from an airfield. A group of USAAF B-24 Liberator bombers in flight, flying past branches of trees. A machine gun barrel peering out in front of a group of flying bombers. A bomber in flight.