Allied Commanders meet in Delhi, India during World War II. A transport aircraft lands at an airfield in Delhi. Deputy Supreme Allied Commander of the China-Burma-India Theater Lieutenant General Joseph Stilwell gets off the aircraft. Officers greet General Stilwell. Stilwell smokes a cigar as he speaks to officers. U.S. Army General Brehon Somervell gets off an aircraft and is greeted by Lieutenant General Stilwell and others. Somervell smokes a cigarette. Another aircraft lands at the field. Supreme Allied commander of the China-Burma-India Theater, British Lord Louis Mountbatten is greeted by officers as he shakes hands.
Aftermath of the Naples post office bombing in Italy during World War II. Smoke rises from the bombed out post office building. U.S. soldiers administer aid to the wounded. A soldier dresses the leg of a wounded man. Dead bodies lying in streets. A baby killed due to bombing. Dead amidst debris. A man sits on curb as he calls for help. His face covered with blood and his legs wrapped in blood soaked clothes.
Allied troops enter Naples, Italy during World War II. Allied soldiers in trucks driven past cheering Italians. Soldiers rest against stone buildings along the road. Women in a balcony wave and cheer. Children run down a street as they cheer. People lined up along a street to welcome the Allied troops. Italians shake hands with Allied soldiers and offer wine to a truck driver. An American soldier holds an Italian baby.
Night engagement off Empress Augusta Bay, during World War 2. Documents describing U.S. forces engaged in the battle. View of the Augusta Bay at dawn. Animation on screen shows the Guadalcanal naval battles and the attacks on Solomon Islands and Bougainville Island. A diagram depicts the movement of U.S. Navy Task Force 39 from Empress Augusta Bay to Shortland Island and diverting towards Treasury Island. Fleet of ships en route. United States B-24 Bomber in flight. Diagram shows the route of Japanese Forces and the United States Task Force 39. Fleet of Japanese ships on the way.
Painting depicts Japanese planning an attack. Map shows the Empress Augusta Bay. The range of torpedo action distance between the Japanese cruisers and the United States Task Force 39 cruisers. Diagram depicts the position of destroyers and the torpedo attack. (World War II period).
Fleet of United States Task Force 39 ships approach Empress Augusta Bay. Diagram depicts the distances of ships and the aircraft. View of a radar on screen. Diagram shows the direction and formation of ships follow. Fleet of on going ships. Cruisers open fire and explosions occur. Radar shows the range of Northern, Southern and Central groups. (World War II period).
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