Tunisian Victory Reel-7

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keywords: wwii, north africa campaign, operation torch, operation gymnast, hill 609, lonstop hill, goubellat plane, djebel mansour, takrouna, artillery bombardment

Synopsis: Codename Torch - Allied Invasion Of North Africa as the campaign continues with the British 8th Army striking at Takrouna and the French 19th Corps attacking Djebel Mansour, American artillery bombards German positions on Hill 609 as American infantry advance under fire as the final offensive gets underway...(read more)

Date: 1942-1943
Duration: 00:09:14
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Type: Public Domain
Language: English
Location: North Africa

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Tunisian Victory Reel-7

Tunisian Victory Reel-7

Operation Torch, invasion of French North Africa and battle for Tunisia. Animated map shows location of the Allied Forces and the movement of the American Army 200 miles north in complete secrecy. Animated map shows the German Army in French North Africa had set-up a defense line in the hills east of Tunis and Bizerte. This led major battles for hill 609, Longstop Hill, Goubellat Plain, Djebel Mansour, and Takrouna.

The British 8th Army struck at Takrouna and the French 19th Corps attacked Djebel Mansour, Shows French mine seeping team clearing roadway of mines. Soldier clearing area around a German mine. Shows French soldiers advancing. Shows a tank battle between the British 6th Armored Division and Rommel's Afrika Korps at Goubellat Plain. Shows burning and destroyed German tanks on the battlefield, Goubellat Plain area of Tunisia. British 78th Division pressed the attack on Longstop Hill. CU of British machine gun crew firing machine gun, British soldiers advancing firing Bren machine gun. British soldiers uses ropes to climb steep slope of Longstop Hill. Intense combat footage. Shows bodies of dead German soldiers. Shows engineers building roads across the mountain tops.

American artillery bombarded Hill 609 day and night as infantry advanced and captured Hill 609. Shows forward command post giving corrections to artillery batteries. Flashes of light from artillery fire show American Infantry advancing. Doctors attending to wounded at field hospital.

Planes of the Allied Coastal Air Force are loaded with armament and take off. Shows flights of Allied planes in the air, tanks and infantry advancing, artillery firing, naval bombardment, full fury of war as final offensive gets underway.