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.
Beachhead and surf in North Africa, during the Allied invasion (Operation Torch) in World War 2. Large amounts of war materiel on the beach. An explosion behind the beachhead. Invasion convoy ships underway. Sailor signals with semaphore flags. Many ships and boats near the shore, including the U.S. submarine, USS Barb, displaying the number "220." Numerous assault boats seen in distance, headed toward the beach.
Landing maneuvers of the United States troops in North Africa during World War II. Fire from the deck of a Destroyer. A convoy underway. Airplanes fly overhead. U.S. Marines exit from a landing craft and run through water to the beach. Tanks leave barge and head for the shore. U.S. soldiers run inland from the beach. A map of Mediterranean Theater. Native North African Vichy French soldiers parade in Casablanca. Feet of soldiers as they march. Animated map of Mediterranean Theater as a pointer indicates location of Oran. French Navy ships in the harbor of Oran are blown up by British attack to prevent Nazi German forces from taking over the French ships.
A map shows French Tunisia in North Africa, during World War 2. A ship at a Tunisian port. German and Italian soldiers transfer boxes from the ships to waiting trucks. Soldiers roll and align barrels. German soldiers load and fire an antiaircraft gun. A German fighter plane defends material stockpiled in North Africa. Smoke due to bombardment by the aircraft. A truck on the road. British aircraft is downed and British pilot captured. Axis soldiers folding up the parachute of the British prisoner of war. The captured British pilot near the wrecked British aircraft.