TUNISIA / DEFENCE: Battle of Tunisia: Allied troops enter Sfax and Kairouan (1943)
GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
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Battle of Tunisia (Tunisia campaign). Allied troops liberate Sfax and Kairouan.
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SLATE INFORMATION: The Battle of Tunisia / Entry into Sfax and Kairouan
TUNISIA:
Africa allies enter Sfax and Kairouan / German prisoners surrender / Engineers laying wire road surface to facilitate advance / Allied aircraft flying overhead / Sherman tank firing / Destroyed bridgeds (blown up by retreating German army) / Allied troops along on truck / Sign to Sfax / Bombed railway station / 8th army entering Sfax, young women smiling and handing soldiers flowers / Allied soldier drinking glass of beer / Troops driving past as inhabitants of Sfax applaud, women waving / Military band along / Allied (British, American, French) flags flying, old women smiling / General Montgomery (British army officer) along then receivin