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Sahara--Ariel Ward

I thought Tambul, the black character, served an important role in the film. Though in the US the segregation of the army forced blacks to work only as mess hall cooks, Sahara worked around that by making Tambul a member of a different army. He is used as a main example of why the Nazis should be defeated in the war; when the Allies capture the German soldier, Gunn tells Tambul to search the German even though the German flinches at the sight of the black man. This is used to demonstrate America's superior morals compared to the Germans'. Tambul also "saves the day" when he prevents the German captive from telling his fellow Germans of Gunn's bluff about the water. As a propaganda film, Sahara does a good job of demonstrating America as worthy of being the victors in the war, and of showing that the Germans are truly worth fighting.

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