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General Dwight D Eisenhower and Allied forces capture North Africa and Sicily, receives the French Legion of Honour medal (WWII)

General Dwight D Eisenhower from the North Africa campaign to the D-Day Normandy landings during World War II. Eisenhower with other military officers in the War Plan Office discusses strategy. A mural covering the west wall of the Eisenhower Museum in Abilene, Kansas. An animated map shows plan to seize key positions in North Africa. Fight in Algiers and Casablanca. Allied troops fire artillery, bombarding a North African coastal town. Troops advancing from beachhead, engage in street fighting with Vichy French troops in Casablanca, Morocco. A flare gun is fired. Unfavorable weather conditions delay the troops advancing towards Tunis and Bizerte. Allied troops fighting at nighttime. Allied soldiers walk through mud, allied military vehicles pass through water on the roads. Troops fire artillery under a canopy, hitting the side of a hill. Thick clouds of smoke cover a hill. U.S. General Omar Bradley and his troops capture Bizerte, Tunisia and the British 1st Army captures Tunis. German and Italian prisoners raise their hands up upon surrender. Animated map shows the surrender of the Axis troops. A ceremony commemorates the victory. North African cavalrymen join the parade. General Eisenhower and Free French Forces General Henri Giraud review a military parade. Henri Giraud bestows to General Eisenhower the French Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor. A mural on a wall of the Eisenhower Museum depicts the Allied invasion of Sicily. Allied troops march into Sicily in 1943.Civilians in the streets to celebrate. A mural on the wall of Eisenhower Museum depicts invasion of Italy. Allied troops land ashore and march into Italy. U.S. General Mark Clark 5th Army at Salerno. A sign reads Napoli. Eisenhower comes out of a tent. U.S. President Roosevelt visits the troops in the combat area with Eisenhower. United States President Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin in Cairo, Egypt. Another mural on the wall of the Eisenhower Museum. Eisenhower with other officers. Dramatization of German troops guarding and preparing the defenses of Normandy before the Allied landings. Eisenhower reviews training of the troops as they prepare for the invasion of France. Allied troops undergo physical training though obstacle courses. Churchill inspects the troops. Eisenhower reviews the troops on the eve of invasion. Eisenhower speaks to airborne troops wearing blackened camouflage face paint.

Date: 1942
Duration: 7 min 17 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033592
Generals Giraud and Eisenhower standing at attention during honor of French and U.S. dead in North Africa.

Casablanca Cathedral, also known as the Sacred Heart Cathedral (Angle rue d'Alger et boulevard Rachdi, quartier Gautier, Casablanca 20250, Morocco) in Casablanca, Morocco. Generals Giraud and Eisenhower passing between lines of Senegalese troops and continuing into church. Two French colonial cavalrymen. Generals Giraud and Eisenhower standing at attention. Line of mourning relatives. General Eisenhower placing wreath on French American memorial and then Giraud and Eisenhower salute. American flag being lowered to half. Crowd looking on. Wreath covered memorial. Marines filling past graves. White crosses marking fallen French and American soldier's graves. (World War II period).

Date: 1942
Duration: 44 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675034719
U.S. sailors aboard landing craft during Operation Torch, invasion of North Africa in World War II.

U.S. landing craft underway during Operation Torch, the invasion of North Africa, in World War 2. Sailors manning antiaircraft gun positions. Sailors off duty relaxing. Two play guitars and others sing along with them, on the deck. A turret with twin 5 inch guns rotates. The El Hank lighthouse at Casablanca, Morocco. A red Moroccan flag fluttering in the breeze. A loaded landing craft displaying the number, 381, on its bow.

Date: 1942
Duration: 1 min 57 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675065269
Operation Torch (Invasion of North Africa) during World War II. British Naval officers and ships in Casablanca.

Allied ships in Casablanca bay during Operation Torch (Invasion of North Africa) in World War 2. Barrage balloons aloft, over the area. British Naval officers on the bridge of a ship. Aerial views of the port and harbor of Casablanca, Morocco.

Date: 1942
Duration: 1 min 52 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675065271
American naval forces join with British in Operation Torch to attack at Casablanca in Morocco, North Africa during World War 2.

Animated map shows the advancement of American forces toward North Africa, being joined by British Naval forces near Gibraltar for Operation Torch. American and British allied naval fleets position at key locations near Oran, Algiers and at Casablanca for simultaneous attack. United States Navy fleet starts its attack after being fired upon by shore batteries of Vichy French forces at Casablanca, commencing the Naval Battle at Casablanca. Carrier aircraft swarm the skies above the harbor at Casablanca. Antiaircraft guns fired by Vichy French. Huge explosions in water and on ships. Guns aboard a battleships fired. The unfinished French battleship Jean Bart is hit by a U.S. battleship's 12 inch shell. The ship Jean Bart erupts in flame and emits heavy smoke. Several destroyed French ships in harbor at Casablanca.

Date: 1942, November 8
Duration: 2 min 9 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675030218
Mohammad V, Sultan of Morocco, visits allied warships in Casablanca, during World War II.

Allied officers greet the Sultan of Morocco, Mohammad V, as he arrives to visit allied warships at port in Casablanca, during World War Two. The Sultan is accompanied by his son. They board a motor launch which proceeds to carry them toward a warship.

Date: 1942
Duration: 18 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044992