WWII Newsreel – Tanks on Guard in Australia! 1943

WWII Newsreel – Tanks on Guard in Australia! 1943

A regiment of American Lend-Lease tanks in Australia part of a full armored division takes the field. An impressive answer to any threat of Japanese invasion. Ordered to take up positions at strategic points along the Australian mainland the division is prepared constantly for any attack.

Royal Australian dive bombers sweep in amid exploding shells as General MacArthur puts his command through a real battle test. And the heavy American land battleships (M3 Grant Tanks) prove they’re as tough as they come.