Pantelleria Becomes Allied Base

Pantelleria beats off surprise dive bombing raid by Nazi Stukas / map of Pantelleria / American soldiers march through bombed out landscape / soldiers stand in entrance to underground hangar / soldiers in jeeps drive through bombed out buildings / supply barges approach the coast / German planes drop bombs / Explosions erupt on the ground / plane drops a bomb directly in front of a ship narrowly missing / water erupts / German Stuka planes fly in formation and drop bombs / they miss their targets and the bombs fall into the sea / Axis planes on the ground.