USAAF (United States Army Air Forces) attack German targets in Africa and Italy during World War 2. An animation shows location of U.S. 8th Air Force in England and U.S. 12th Air Force in North Africa. P-40 Warhawk fighter planes in flight over enemy targets in North Africa. German equipment and troops are strafed. A P-51 Mustang fighter in flight, peels off and dives towards ground. German planes on ground. A German transport plane takes off. German troops in plane. German transports in flight. U.S. fighter planes take off. German transport being shot down. An animation shows location of 9th Air Force in North Africa. U.S. amphibious landings and infantry troops on the coast of Italy. P-40s in flight strafing German troops. U.S. troops fire mortars and in combat. A-24 Banshee fighter plane flies low over water. U.S. troops dig foxholes. They go through a barbed wire entanglement. U.S. B-26 Marauder bomber in flight. Bombs fall and explode on the ground. A-20 Havoc fighters strafe German railroads. An animation shows reshuffling of U.S. Air Forces, the 12th in Italy, the 9th in England and the 15th in Africa.
The Allied Forces fight the Axis troops in North Africa during World War II. A map of North Africa and Europe. Allied Forces in Gibraltar. An Allied convoy moves towards North Africa. U.S. troops in boats land on the shore. Tanks roll ashore. An Allied plane in flight over the Algiers. The troops including the Free French troops, the Arabs and the natives on the move. French General de Gaulle addresses the troops.
King George VI reviews American troops in Africa. King George VI of Britain and Lieutenant General Mark W. Clark ride in scout car as the King reviews the United States 5th Army troops in North Africa. King George along with his Minister of War, Sir James Grigg, and American officers Lieutenant General Clark and Lieutenant General George Patton, have lunch in a park, eating from standard issue U.S. Army mess kits. King reviews a parade of 5th Army troops.
Axis prisoners in North Africa during World War II. German and Italian prisoners walk across the desert in Africa. Two Italian soldiers pose.
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.
Activities of the American soldiers in North Africa in November 1942 during World War II. U.S. ship convoy underway at sea. Soldiers debark in North Africa. Mountains in the background. Landing craft underway. Airplanes fly in formation overhead. Paratroopers jump out of the airplanes and descend on the land with the help of parachutes. Citizens cheer the Allies in Casablanca and Algiers.