Sujet

American Troops Walking Onto a North African Beach as Part of 'Operation Torch', 1942. Creator: British Pathe Ltd.

Légende

American Troops Walking Onto a North African Beach as Part of 'Operation Torch', 1942. Second World War. 'A great armada moves over the Atlantic waters. Ship after ship, crammed with troops, British and American - Operation Torch has been lit. There sweeps ashore a force into North Africa - a force destined to catch the retreating Rommel as though in a vice, and destined then to destroy his vaunted Afrika Korps'. From "Time To Remember - The End Of The Beginning", 1942 (Reel 4); documentary film about events of 1942 and America's entry into the war.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/British Pathe Limited

Notre référence

HRM24A39_473

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Non

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Non

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Droits gérés

Format disponible

57,2Mo (944,1Ko) / 42,0cm x 34,1cm / 4959 x 4029 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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