Tunisian Victory Reel-6

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keywords: wwii, north africa campaign, operation torch, operation gymnast, northwest african coastal air force, nacaf, battle of mareth line, wadi zig-zaou, armored combat, p-38 fighters, gun camera footage, general george s. patton

Synopsis: Codename Torch - Allied Invasion Of North Africa as combat continues, a new Allied concept for concentrating air power for ground attacks, Battle of Mareth Line in Eastern Tunisia, P-38 fighter squadrons attack German transport planes attempting to reinforce General Rommel's position, Allied General Patton and his army push German forces back...(read more)

Date: 1942-1943
Duration: 00:09:34
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Type: Public Domain
Language: English
Location: North Africa

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Tunisian Victory Reel-6

Tunisian Victory Reel-6

Operation Torch, invasion of French North Africa as Allied Forces fight in Tunisia. The Northwest African Coastal Air Force (NACAF) was one of the new Allied air force organizations created at the Casablanca Conference to promote cooperation between the RAF, the USAAF, and the ground and naval forces in the final stages of "Operation Torch", the defeat of German forces in North africa.

The African Coastal Air Force under Air Marshall Lloyd, and as shown by animated map, a new concept for concentrating air power to attack when and where needed. Shows Air Marshall Cunningham and General Alexander in command of all ground forces in the Tunisia mountains looking at war map.

Battle of Mareth Line, Eastern Tunisia, North Africa March 11-13, 1943. Shows bombers of the Coastal Air Force bombing the Mareth line of fortifications. Animated map shows General Alexander's plan of having the XXX (30th) Corps of British 8th Army to attack the Mareth Line while making a flanking attack around the German right flank with New Zealand and Free French troops. Shows British artillery firing in the moonlight as infantry and engineers rush forward to build a tank crossing across the Wadi Zig-Zaou Gorge or trench. Shows British Infantry using ladders to climb the steep banks of the Wadi Zig-Zaou and securing a bridgehead. Shows British engineers working in the Wadi Zig-Zaou trench building a tank crossing as British tanks approach. Shows a British tank moving down the steep bank and getting stuck in the Wadi Zig-Zaou trench, CU of tracks of tank spinning. Scenes of British soldiers fighting to hold on to the bridgehead on the German side of the Wadi Zig-Zaou. Image of Rommel standing in Scout Car looking through binoculars as German tanks race to engage the British 30th Corps. Shows British firing anti-tank 17 pounders. Scenes of the planes of the Coastal Air Force attacking German ground targets. CU of bombs being released from bomb bay of bomber. Shows British planes armed with tank busters attacking German tanks. Shows the people of el-Hamma,Tunisia cheering as the New Zealander tanks and troops enter the town. Shows land, sea and air attacks against the German Africa Korps.

Excellent footage of German Junkers Ju 52 transport planes in low fight over the Mediterranean flying troops to Rommel's aid in Tunisia and being attacked by P-38 Lighting fighters. P-38 gun camera footage shooting down German Junkers Ju 52. Various shots of P-38 Lighting fighter in flight and shooting down German planes. Footage of Patton's army of tanks, half-tracks, and Infantry battling German forces. CU Image of General Patton staring at battlefield and looking through binoculars. Shows U.S. tankers moving eastward from el-Guettar meeting up with a British patrol moving northward from Wadi Akarit. Animated map shows the German army had been pushed into the hills beyond Enfidaville. Shows return of people to their villages. Shows young Jewish boys taking off yellow stars the Germans made them wear. Army doctors tending to the Arab civilians.