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Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders preparing for the final assault on Longstop Hill (Djebel Ahmera) and the beginning of the attack.
Description: 22 April. The Commanding Officer and a Company Commander giving pep talks to the men at the ravine headquarters. Men preparing equipment and weapons.
23 April. Tanks arriving. Men digging in (in silhouette). Prisoners marching by. Men digging in around battalion headquarters. Stretcher patients wrapped in blankets on the ground. Two German prisoners help an injured comrade. Infantry and tanks lining up for the daylight attack. Infantry and tanks moving up towards Longstop Hill. Mortar fire. Shell bursts from Allied artillery on Longstop Hill. Red Cross Bren carriers going in to bring back the wounded.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company)
Lupson (Sergeant) (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (regiment/service)
German Army (Third Reich) (regiment/service)
Keywords: Djebel Ahmera, Tunisia (geography)
Tunisia 1942-1943, North Africa, Second World War (event)
North Africa 1939-1945 (theme)
Prisoners of War, North Africa 1939-1945 (theme)