keywords: wwii, world war ii, british night bombing, pacific theater, australia, new guinea, north africa offensive
Synopsis:
British bombers fly low over the English Channel at night, bomb German installations, and return to England. Some of the bombers crash land, shows battle damage to others.
Australian troops advance through New Guinea jungle near Milne Bay. Transport planes drop supplies to the column. Artillery is fired. Shows partially demolished Japanese midget tanks and landing barges, and Japanese equipment captured intact.
Arab chieftains swear allegiance in North Africa to Free French forces. British artillery fires on German desert positions. U.S. tanks, followed by infantry soldiers move up. Free French and U.S. officers review French Colonial Troops. The populace cheers as an Arab sultan marches from a desert fort.
