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Allied Forces move successfully towards Tunisia but are forced to withdraw by severe German counterattacks during World War II.
Animated map shows Allied forces in three columns heading toward Tunis, from Algeria in World War 2. Another map shows German forces pouring into North Africa, from Italy. German troops disembarking from a troop ship. View of German Marshal Albert Kesselring, the Mediterranean Commander in Chief of the Axis powers, visiting German troops at the front. Skirmishes between Allied and German forces in Tunisia. German troops firing a heavy machine gun from a dug-in position. American soldier firing his rifle. British soldiers advancing across a field, under fire. Germans firing heavy machine gun. British soldier throwing a hand grenade. American M2 light tank advancing. Army truck carrying U.S. troops. British soldiers marching along a roadside. Sign identifying Béja Tunisia. British soldier with field radio. View of French military commander in Tunisia, General Barré, whose troops were holding Medjez-el-Bab) against German forces. Views of the French forces employing only machine guns and rifles to hold the German forces back at Medjez-el-Bab. General Kenneth Anderson, Commander of the British 1st Army is seen observing at the front with binoculars. (Narrator notes, he moved his troops to support the French, and the Germans withdrew.) Allied troops are seen continuing their advance toward Tunisia, but, attacked by German bombers. November 23rd, Allied and German tanks engage each other. Views of Allied armor firing and German shells striking. Explosions all over the battlefield. German tank burning. (Narrator says "15 enemy tanks destroyed, and the rest withdrew.") Animated map shows continuing Allied advance toward Tunis and Bizerte. Milestone showing 64 kilometers to Bizerte. Roadsign showing 14 Km to Tindja, and 27 Km to Bizerte. A patrol of British troops, sheltered in ruins of a hilltop building, looks down over the City of Bizerte. German forces begin heavy counterattacks with armor and heavy artillery. A squadron of German Ju 87, stuka dive bombers attacks making their familiar howling sounds. Bombs bursting on the ground. Glimpse of silhouetted German Heinkel He 111 bomber overhead and more attacking German aircraft dropping bombs. Fires raging everywhere among Allied forces locations. British soldiers assisting a wounded comrade. A burning downed British aircraft. Allied forces forced to retreat toward hills.
Troops boarding invasion craft with materiel and transport before the invasion of Sicily (WW2)
United States and Allied invasion craft massed in Bizerte harbor in Tunisia before the invasion of Sicily (WWII). Assault troops are boarding invasion boats. Crates of materiel on the boats. Soldiers receive equipment such as lifebelts on board. Tractor pulls sledges carrying materiel. A DUKW (Duck) 2 ½ -ton amphibious truck boards a boat. A halftrack with an anti-aircraft gun reverses to board the craft. Soldiers pushing a 3 ¼-ton trailer to craft. Men boarding a tank landing ship. Allied invasion craft approach Sicily. United States troops seaborne landing in southern Sicily.
U.S. and British troops capture the cities of Tunisia during the Battle of Tunisia.
The Battle of Tunisia in North Africa during World War II. A sign board. U.S. troops on trucks enter Ferry Ville. The troops on trucks hold guns. U.S. tanks advance on a field. Firing from across a lake. Buildings in Bizerte city in the foreground. U.S. troops on a truck fire guns. The troops in a jeep enter the city. A sign reads 'Bizerte'. A tank drives past on a road and fires. Buildings on either side of a street. Smoke rises due to the firing. The troops advance forward. A soldier with a gun checks a damaged building. The troops stand in a group. A damaged building in the foreground. British troops in jeeps and on motorbikes enter Tunis. The troops carrying guns and on tanks fire. A tuck in the foreground.
Allied Forces defeat Axis forces in Tunisia during World War II
The final battle of Tunisia, North Africa during World War 2. An animated map shows Allied Forces moving on all sides pressing forward against German forces still remaining in Northern Tunisia. in World War 2. U.S. forces move 200 miles from the south to confront German forces in the north. Views of U.S. soldiers in trucks and M3 half-tracks, and towing heavy artillery with a tractor. Views of hills where Germans are positioned, west of Tunis and Bizerte. Allied guns firing. French forces sweeping for mines and digging some up with bayonets. French General Alphonse Juin confers with his staff as they review a large map laid out on a jeep. Brief view of French infantry in the field and gunners firing artillery. German tiger tanks moving to counter British attacks. German tanks and artillery firing barrages against the British. Camera pans over destroyed German armor. British 78th Division attacks Longstop Hill. A long line of British infantry moving single file up a hillside. British soldiers firing machine guns from protected positions and infantry moving uphill, carrying small arms and Bren guns. British troops scaling steep hills, using ropes, as shells burst close to them. One throws a hand grenade that explodes on the hilltop. After reaching the hilltop, the infantry scamper down the other side and continue moving forward, firing their weapons. Several dead German soldiers are seen as the British troops overrun the German positions. British engineers and pioneers working with caterpillar tractors and shovels to build roads. Later, trucks are seen using a new road. In the meantime U.S. troops are seen arriving to commence their assault on Hill 609. It begins with long range artillery firing from camouflaged positions and shells exploding all over on Hill 609. It continues into the night. View of soldiers in artillery headquarters, under a tent illuminated by lanterns. Long sequence of nighttime artillery fire. Medical Corps doctors treating wounded as the nighttime artillery barrages continue. U.S. infantry digging in after taking Hill 609. View of American soldiers walking up Hill 609. View of British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery consulting with staff officers in the field. British 8th Army commander, Lieutenant General Sir Oliver William Hargreaves Leese, looking through binoculars as he stands with staff members at the front. Scene shifts to U.S. airmen arming machine guns on a parked P-38 fighter plane. Others roughly handling bombs to be placed into U.S. bombers. Bomber with nose art of devil riding a bomb and name "Hell a Poppin." Air crews arrive by jeeps at their B-25 Mitchell bombers and others arrive at their B-17 bombers. View of B-25 number 41-13202 named "Idaho Lassie" of the 321st BG, 445th BS, 12th Air Force. Engines running on bombers and on a British spitfire fighter plane. Formations of Allied aircraft, including B-24 liberator bombers, Martin B-26 Marauder bombers, British spitfire fighters, and B-17 Flying fortress bombers. British and American armor moving forward firing guns. French artillery firing and French infantry advancing. French machine gunners in white hats. U.S. B-24 Liberator aircraft dropping bombs. German fighter planes attacking allied bomber formations. Gunners in the bombers firing at them. Gun camera view of German fighter being shot down. More views of Allied aircraft bombing and strafing. Map shows American forces reaching Bizerte, the British capturing Tunis and German forces split and defeated.
German prisoners moving among wreckage at a harbor and in Bizerte, Tunisia during World War II.
German prisoners in Bizerte, Tunisia during World War II. View of wrecked ships in a harbor in Bizerte. Wreckage of a ship in the water beside the harbor. A few men and children rowing a boat beside the wrecked ship. A group of German prisoners at the harbor collecting equipment. The prisoners holding equipment walking in a column. A few U.S. soldiers standing on the side watching the prisoners. The prisoners walking at the harbor. Ships in the harbor in the background. The prisoners moving in a column. The prisoners holding baggage board a ship. A bomb damaged building in the city. Columns of German prisoners moving along a city street. Buildings on the side of the road.
The U.S. 2nd Army and the British 8th Army capture the city of Bizerte and the German troops surrender during the World War II.
The Axis troops are crushed by the Allied Forces in North Africa during World War II. The U.S. 2nd Army moves towards Bizerte. U.S. tanks and infantry on the roads. Wrecked German Pz.4 from the battle of Hunt's Gap. U.S. General Eisenhower, Allied Commander in Chief, inspects the abandoned German weapons and the booby traps. The British 8th Army moves towards Tunis. The Allied troops move into a town. The locals cheer and destroy all the signs of Axis occupation. British General Bernard Montgomery standing in an open car. Citizens welcome the Allied troops. German plane drops a bomb. Another is shot down. Allied artillery destroys German naval base, across Lake Bizerte. The Allied soldiers move to the outskirts of Bizerte. The Allied tanks move in the streets. Allied troops search the streets. German troops come in trucks and surrender. An Allied soldier writes down the names of the surrendering German generals. Large numbers of German prisoners led away. The Allied Forces move into city of Bizerte. The citizens welcome the Allied troops. US, British and French flags fly.
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