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American and British troops in landing crafts reach the beachheads in Oran, Algeria in Operation Torch invasion of North Africa
Allied offensive in North Africa, part of Operation Torch in World War 2. Allied convoy underway near the coast of Oran in North Africa. Antiaircraft guns provide cover fire for the naval fleet to land on the shores. British and American warships lay a smoke screen. Troops descend from a ship via a climbing net and board a transport boat. Troops in landing crafts head toward the beachheads. British and American troops reach the North African shores. Supplies and equipment are unloaded.
General Patton and General Giraud with other Allied officers in Oran, Algeria.
Ship sunk in Oran harbor in Algeria during World War 2. Sterns of transports. Transports at anchor. American troops disembarking and on docks beside troop transport ships. American troops in formation on parade grounds. General Patton and General Giraud with other Allied officers watching. American troops falling into line. The Roman Catholic St. Peter's Cathedral or Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Rabat in downtown Rabat, Morocco. General Giraud and General Patton placing wreath on soldier's grave honoring French and American dead. Grave with flowers.
United States troops control crowds as Vichy French officers board a military truck in Oran after Darlan Agreement
A street crowded with military personnel and in Oran, Algeria, shortly after the fall of Algeria in Operation Torch. United States Military vehicles on the road. American, British and French flags on the street. Added street signs shows distances to London, Paris, San Francisco and Kansas City. American soldiers hold back French civilian crowds in city street, keeping a protected area open in the middle of the street. Crowd smiles and cheers and shows the 'V' sign for victory with their hands. Next, Vichy French military officers are seen walking into the guarded zone of the street and loading their luggage and themselves into a waiting truck. They appear serious and disappointed. One officer simply holds his face in his hands. This is likely the evacuation or detention of Vichy-aligned French military staff that were reassigned, interned, or removed from command following the Darlan Agreement. The officers board a military truck. Some light cigarettes to smoke as they wait for the truck to depart. Scene changes again to show British soldiers in formation on a deserted street. They conduct a ceremony at attention.
French and American troops leaves for Tunis from Oran in Algeria.
French and American officers saluting as they leave for Tunis from Oran in Algeria. Crowd watching. American troops presenting arms. French troops marching along railroad tracks. French troops passing through gate and climbing onto flat car loaded with equipment. American troops climbing onto flat car. French troops on flat car shaking hands with American troops standing alongside. American troops marching along tracks. French troops marching along railroad tracks while U.S. troops stand at attention. French and American officers saluting. American soldiers presenting arms. French and American officers. French officers and French civilians on other side of track watching ceremony. (World War II period).
Operation Torch during World War II. Soldiers Leave transports and board landing boats for amphibian assault on Oran, Algiers.
Amphibian assault on Oran, Morocco, during Operation Torch, in World War 2. U.S. troops descend rope ladders from Troop ships and enter assault boats. Major General Terry Allen, (Terry de la Mesa Allen, Sr.) Commander of the U.S. Army 1st Infantry Division, descends rope ladder, followed by his Deputy, Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. A Colonel follows them. Views from inside the assault boat carrying them and other officers and soldiers, including some Military Policemen. View from that boat, of troops entering assault boats from a large Attack Transport Ship (APA). A jeep being lowered from the APA to a boat. The assault boat carrying First Infantry Division Commander and staff reaches the beach in Oran, and discharges them onto the beach. There is no opposing force evident.