100th Edition

Series

Series Name

War Pictorial News

Issue

Issue No.

100

Date Released

5 Apr 1943

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1100th Edition
2. 2100th Edition

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 2

Summary

Greece. Commonwealth forces shipped across Mediterranean to help Greece (delayed German offensive against Russia for six weeks). British warships in the Battle of Matapan. British triumphs over Italian battleships - the Royal Navy helped by naval aircraft. Hitler invades Russia. Allies foil Axis attempt to dominate Syria, Iraq and Iranian oilfields. Allied occupy Madagascar and ensure supply lines to Russia and the Middle East. Alexander’s rearguard action in Burma saves India from the Japanese. American entry into war. The Casablanca meeting, with Churchill, Roosevelt and two French leaders meet in January 1943. The advance to Tripoli in October 1942. The Mareth Lines breaks as the Eighth Army under Montgomery fight Rommel’s Afrika Korps. Allied Air Force runs shuttle service of non-stop bombing. Italian prisoners. British ring of encirclement eventually achieved. US NATIONAL ARCHIVE ENTRY: 20 min, sd, B&W, 35mm Reel 2. British tanks break through the German Mareth line in Tunisia. Italian POWs are marched to the rear. British warships and planes bombard Tunis. Winston Churchill reviews British troops in Africa. President Roosevelt, General de Gaulle, and Chiang Kai-shek confer during the Cairo conference. Record Group 208 Accession III-NAV-262

Keywords

Politics and government; Vehicles; Weapons; Aviation; Colonialism; Prisoners of war; Navy; Military

Credits:

Commentator

Rex Keating

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

Imperial War Museum Film and Video Archive

Email

film@iwm.org.uk

Web

http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/film

Phone

020 7416 5291

Fax

020 7416 5379

Address

Lambeth Road
London SE1 6HZ

Notes

The IWM also preserves the original nitrate film copies for the World War II period of British Paramount News, Gaumont British News and Universal News.

Series held

View all series held by Imperial War Museum Film and Video Archive