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.
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).
Diagram depicts U.S. Destroyer Division 46 ships closing on Center group of Japanese ships. Division 46 changes direction toward the Northern Japanese group. Ship hit by a torpedo and shell. CIC group members check radar. Shell bombing around the three ships of the 46th Division. (World War II period).
Rear Admiral A S Merrill states his observations on the Commander Task Force 39 during the Battle of Empress Augusta Bay. United States B-24 Bomber in flight. The Task Force should develop a tactical doctrine to attack the Japanese enemy. Radar shows the Northern Southern and center Japanese enemy groups in range. Division 45 pass an enemy target thinking it to be friendly. Cartoon animation of a sailor with NBC emblem on sleeve. (World War II period).
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