British tanks being loaded at a UK port, bound for the Soviet Union, during World War 2. A Cruiser V Covenanter tank in the foreground and several Valentine tanks lined up behind it. A trainload of tanks moving on a British railway. Convoy of Allied ships headed toward the Soviet Union. Map shows route from the UK to Murmansk. View from aboard a ship in the convoy as gunners man antiaircraft gun to defend against German bombers attacking from Norway. Black flak clouds in the air. View of the convoy proceeding through waters containing drifting pieces of ice.
U.S.Paratroopers attack after a 1500 mile trip from the UK. The load aboard 44 C-47 troop transport aircraft in Algeria and take off. They are escorted by U.S. P-38 Lightning fighters. The C-47s swoop low over the target airfield and paratroopers jump. They secure the airport. The C-47s are seen parked back at their airfield in Algeria, having returned with no losses.
American soldiers hold back crowds on a street in Oran, Algeria. French naval officers on the balcony of the Hotel D' Angleterre look down upon the crowds. Civilians, cars and bus on the street. French Naval officers and soldiers stand with their luggage on the street. Entrance to the Hotel. French Algerian troops lined on the street side. U.S. Army Generasl Mark Clark and Dwight D Eisenhower leave a building in Casablanca, Morocco. French General Henri Giraud among other Allied officers. (World War II period).
Allied Armies mobilize in Algiers and Tunisia. Algiers: An all Greek battalion of volunteers marching. Troops hold flags. Troops assemble at the docks of Algiers. French Foreign Legion troops and the British 8th Army troops near a ship. Soldiers share cigarettes. French colonial troops, Canadian troops and other Allied troops climb aboard a ship. Military supplies, equipment and vehicles at the docks. Men work at an assembly line, while others repair vehicles. Trucks transfer material. Tunisia: Allied troops advance over the plains. Troops, tanks and artillery move ahead. Troops in jeeps and on motorbikes on muddy roads. (World War II period).
German Field Marshall Erwin J. E. Rommel in an African desert during World War II. German parachutists jump from a plane and land in Africa. Rommel with his troops in the desert. Trucks and planes in the desert. Smoke rises from artillery explosions.
British 8th Army takes Tripoli as Nazis flee Libya during World War II. A land mark. British Royal Air Force aircraft bomb Tripoli. The aircraft drop bombs and smoke rises due to explosions on a field. Commander of British 8th Army General Bernard Montgomery hoists the British flag over a captured German airfield. British ground crew near a captured German aircraft. A crew member paints the tail of the aircraft and covers German insignia with Royal Air Force insignia. A pilot exits a jeep and climbs into the cockpit of the re-purposed German plane, and takes off. British Army sappers locate, disarm, and collect German mines in Libya. Metal detectors are used by soldiers to locate a German Teller mine. Soldiers take out the Teller mine. View of hundreds of captured German land mines. A sign reads 'Safe Lane'. Trucks drive past on a road. The Medjerda River in Tunisian. British 1st Army soldiers near artillery. Aircraft in flight. A soldier signals and fires artillery. Smoke rises in the foreground. Dive bombers in flight. The bomber aircraft drop bomb. Hills in Tunisian. German soldiers fire guns. Soldiers on U.S. made tanks and trucks drive on a dirt road. A road side marker reads "Mateur" The aircraft in flight. British Douglas Boston bombers flying overhead.
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