Bomb wreckage at El Aouina Airport in Tunis, Tunisia during World War II. A bomb damaged building in Tunis. French and American sentries beside a building on the side of a road. A sign board beside the building reads 'In Town Speed Limit 29 mph'. Vehicles moving past on the road. A truck with soldiers on the road. A soldier holding a French flag walking beside the sentries. A column of native horse carriages moving on a road loaded with a number of sacks and men seated on the sacks. Parts of wrecked aircraft on an airfield in the background. Wreckage of German and Italian aircraft at El Aouina airfield. A soldier walking beside the wreckage. The wreckage of tail assemblies of German aircraft heaped on the airfield. Swastika sign on the tail parts of the aircraft. Parts of the bomb wrecked aircraft strewn on the airfield.
Bomb wreckage at El Aouina Airport in Tunis, Tunisia during World War II. Wrecked German aircraft at an airfield at the airport. Swastika sign on the tail of the aircraft. Another wrecked aircraft in the background. Wreckage of a German transport aircraft. German insignia under one of the wings of the aircraft. Wrecked fuel drums in view. A wrecked German aircraft. The insignia on the aircraft in view. Bomb wreckage strewn about on the airfield.
Victory Day parade in Tunis, Tunisia during World War II. Troops of Allied nations on armored vehicles during the parade. A few officers standing in front of a crowd on the side of a road and watching the parade. Armored tanks and trucks moving in the parade. U.S. Army General Dwight D. Eisenhower and a French General on a reviewing stand with other officers. The Generals and the officers talking. An army jeep with officers and motorcycles moving on the road during the parade.
Heavy rainfall over the Tebourba valley in Tunisia,North Africa. German Panzer tank column can be seen in the valley. Map shows a war plan of the Allied forces. German Panzer division advances from Tunis while Allied forces advance from Nedtez El Bab. Allied tanks such as M3 Stuart,US half tracks, British scout cars and other armored vehicles advance to Tebourba. U.S. P-38s and Spitfires provide air support to the Allied convoy. Scout cars and M3 half tracks provide ground reconnaissance.
Allied Force artillery exchange fire with the Germans at the road connecting Medjez-El-Bab and Tebourba in Tunisia,North Africa. Allied soldiers take cover behind trees and bushes while tanks advance forward. A British ammunition truck is hit and catches fire. German Mark IV tanks mounted with 88mm anti-tank guns can be seen exchanging fires with the Allied Forces. Allied artillery hits the Mark IVs and enemy's 88mm gun positions. Captured German soldiers taken away as prisoners of war (POW). U.S. Army medic soldiers tend to the wounded. (World War II period).
U.S. soldiers march towards Allied positions in North Africa during World War II. U.S. soldiers march in a single file. A Turkish Military General reviews American Military Police honor guard. Turkish General and aides. The Turkish General salutes. General George S Patton Junior decorates U.S. soldiers. The General pins a Purple Heart on Colonel TTJ Williams, Assistant Chief of Staff. He pins Silver Stars on Major John H. Gruver (middle) and Major (Chaplain) Leon Gorsline, II Corps for "entering areas abandoned by US troops and destroying equipment under heavy fire from the enemy" in the Battle of Sidi Bou Zid, Tunisia (Unternehmen Frühlingswind/Operation Spring Breeze). A soldier records in a notebook.
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