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Rommel's Worst Defeat: Second Battle of El Alamein | Animated History
Erwin Rommel is one of the most instantly recognisable military figures in history. His exploits in the early part of The Second World War defined the concept of armored warfare, and played a major part in the swift conquest of France....
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Men on transport ship headed for Africa during World War II
Scores of British and Americans give 'V for Victory' signs from deck of transport ship / British naval officers and single American on bridge of ship looking over maps
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British and United States soldiers and sailors perform calisthenics aboard ship headed for Africa
Signal flags lowered aboard ship / cheerful American and British sailors lounge on deck / men climbing up and down netting on side of ship / men crouch-walk and bunny-hop on deck / single line of men moving heads right and left / men...
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American ships en route to Africa during World War II
VS views over railing of ship with convoy in far distance and destroyer churning through moderate waves nearby
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USAAF Lt. Gen. Ira Eaker arrives in Algiers during World War II
US Army Air Forces Lt. Gen. Ira Eaker deplanes, walks on airfield and is greeted by military personnel / CU Eaker / 2-shot British Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder with Eaker; plane with open door stands behind / Note: exact day not...
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British soldiers advancing in Western Desert in North Africa during World War II
Soldiers climbing out of trench, other soldiers in position in trench / line of soldiers walking along through desert / close view of soldiers fixing bayonets onto rifles / two shots of line of soldiers moving through gap in barbed wire...
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Italian soldiers captured by advancing British troops in Western Desert in North Africa during World War II
Line of Italian prisoners walking past camera / prisoners getting onto truck / close view of prisoners walking past camera / view from behind of prisoners walking toward truck / two shots of trucks loaded with prisoners driving past...
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British fighter planes in Western Desert of North Africa during World War II
Shot from moving vehicle of row of fighter planes on airfield / pilots in row of planes warming up engines / aerial shot of planes on ground taxiing, clouds of dust behind them / plane flying low overhead / Note: exact day not known
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British soldiers preparing to advance in Western Desert of North Africa during World War II
Tent covered with camouflage netting in desert / CU officer inside tent talking on field telephone / soldiers in position in trench and soldiers walking along trench / soldiers in position in trench / close view of soldier in trench...
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Vichy French Admiral Francois Darlan meets with US generals in Algeria during World War II
L to R: British Admiral Sir Andrew Browne Cunningham, US Gen. Mark Clark, Vichy French Adm. Francois Darlan in street clothes, US General Dwight Eisenhower, US diplomat Robert D. Murphy, and a US Naval officer stand for outdoor photo...
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British soldiers laying down telephone lines in Western Desert of North Africa during World War II
Two British soldiers kneeling next to field telephones / soldier on top of telephone pole connecting telephone line, tilt down to soldier lower down on pole working on equipment / WS soldiers on truck laying down telephone line from back...
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American soldiers on net ladders and African natives during World War II
US soldiers going up and down cargo net ladders / soldier talks with Arab native and boy / quick shot of soldiers and guns at sea / native boy carrying load / landing craft at shore / men with guns in landing craft with land beyond /...
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Landing craft and ships in African harbor during World War II
Ship anchored in African harbor with pan to arid landscape / men look on as jeep truck slowly drives into deep water / bumpy POV of man in landing craft with hand on gun and men on shoreline beyond / PAN landing craft to side of ship and...
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Ship convoy en route to Africa during World War II
Views of ships seen over railing
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Men aboard Africa-bound troop transfer ship during World War II
As amused comrades look on, a balding man does crouch-walk to man in undershirt, does deep-knee bends in front of him and returns / men with life preservers at railing of transport vessel with anchored ships in the distance
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Ship convoys and African harbor during World War II
View of ships stretching to the horizon / small African town with anchored landing crafts
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Document transfer and crowded transport ship during World War II
British naval officers and American commander with pan right to ocean seen beyond rigging / line stretched between two ships transferring document / crowded deck of ship packed with men
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1940s Tunis during World War II
[French language VO throughout ] Title: 'A Travers l' Empire' (Through the Empire) superimposed on camel with rider and minaret; 'Tunis' over faces of three men / gate in bustling city street / multi-domed Sidi Mahrez Mosque / tower seen...