Picture Gallery for the North African Campaign, 1940-1943

Galleries - Tanks - Royal Navy Ships - Japanese Ships - US Navy Ships - German Ships - French Ships - RAF - USAAF - Maps

British Army - German Army - Italian Army - United States Army - Operation Compass - Siege of Tobruk, 1941 - Operation Crusader - Battle of Gazala - Siege of Tobruk, 1942 - First Battle of El Alamein - Aftermath of Second Battle of El Alamein - Operation Torch - Mareth Line - Tunisia

British Army

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  British 1st Army Badge, Second World War
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  M3 Stuart Light Tank, North Africa, 1941
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  Changing Track on M3 Grant, North Africa,1942
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  Train load of M3 Stuart Light Tanks, Egypt, 1942
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  Air Marshal Tedder and General Auchinleck, Middle East War Council, 1942
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  Crusader I or Crusader II, North Africa, 1942
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  Crusader I cruiser tank on tank transport, North Africa, 1942
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  4.5in gun Mark 2, El Alamein, 1942
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  M3 Stuart light tank passes El Himeimat, 1942
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  General Alexander and General Montgomery, 1942
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  British sentry watching Qattara Depression, 1942
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  Humber Armoured Cars from the left, North Africa
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  Humber Armoured Car Patrol, Libya
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  Allied Vehicles being unload on Cyprus
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  Unloading Australian Wheat in Egypt
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  Unloading Bombs for North Africa
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  Unloading Cargo at Benghazi
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  New Zealand Medical Officer at Work, Western Desert c.1942-43
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  RAMC giving stretch case a drink, El Alamein
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  Ambulance Unit preparing Dressing Station

Germany Army

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  Sd Kfz 222 Armoured Car, Tripoli, 1941
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  German Infantry, Tripoli, 1941
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  88mm FlaK Gun, North Africa, 1941

Italian Army

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  Macchi M.C.202 Folgore shot down in Africa, 1942

United States Army

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  US Soldiers on move, Egypt 1942

Operation Compass

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  L 3-33 Light Tank, Sidi Barrani, 1940
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  M 11-39 Medium Tanks, Nibiewa, 1940
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  Italian POWs taken at Sidi Barrani, 1940
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  6th Australian Division, Bardia, Late 1940

Siege of Tobruk, 1941

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  Caves used during Siege of Tobruk, 1941

Operation Crusader

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  M 13-40 Medium Tank surrenders, Operation Crusader
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  Derna Airfield after RAF Raids, 1941
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  Axis POWs in Cairo, 1941
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  Air Vice-Marshal A. Coningham and Lt Gen N.M. Ritchie
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  Rajput Rifles clear Cyrene, December 1941
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  South Africa troops in Benghazi, December 1941
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  British Troops enter Giovanni Berta, December 1941
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  German Prisoners of War near Bardia, December 1941
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  British Field Dressing Station at Sidi Rezegh, Operation Crusader

Battle of Gazala

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  25-pounder field guns, Knightsbridge Area, battle of Gazala
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  Bir Hakeim after the battle of Gazala

Siege of Tobruk, 1942

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  Air Raid on Tobruk, 9-10 July 1942
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  German attack on Tobruk, 20 or 21 July 1942
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  Four Ghurkas who escaped from Tobruk, 1942

First Battle of El Alamein

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  German POWs captured at Riweisat Ridge in New Zealand Dressing Station

Aftermath of Second Battle of El Alamein

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  Italian and German Signposts, Mersa Matruh, 1942
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  Mersa Matruh from the Air
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  Tobruk Reoccupied after El Alamein
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  Benghazi from the Air, c.1942
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  British POWs freed at Derna, November 1942
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  Bomb Damage at Mersa Matruh, late 1942
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  Generals Masina, Brunetti and Bignami, captured at El Alamein
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  Allied Convoy in Halfaya Pass, c.1942-43
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  Vickers Machine Gun in action, Mersa Matruh
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  Bombing retreating Germans between El Daba and Fuka
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  AXIS POWs boarding first train after El Alamein
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  Laying Water Pipe at El Daba
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  Wrecked Junkers Ju 87 Stukas at El Daba, 1942
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  M3 Grant I crossing ditch, Mersa Matruh, 11 November 1942
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  Luftwaffe Graves in North Africa
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  Maori Patrol in Bardia after El Alamein
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  Maoris arrive at Bardia after El Alamein
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  Allied pursuit towards Sollum after El Alamein
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  RAF Regiment Infantry waiting to attack El Daba
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  RAF Regiment Bren Gunner, El Daba
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  Hispano 20mm Cannon of RAF Regiment
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  Bombed Military Buildings, Tobruk
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  Maoris on main street, Bardia
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  Wrecked Axis supply ships, Tobruk
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  Ship burning in Bengazi Harbour, c. late 1942
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  Wounded POWs freed at Derna, November 1942
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  French Parade at Algiers
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  4.5in gun in action, North Africa, 1942
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  His Excellency Sayid Idris greeting Libyan Arab force troops
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  General Freyberg leads New Zealand Division into Sidi Barrani
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  South African Bofors Gun, Western Desert
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  Axis POWs captured at Halfaya Pass
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  Universal Carrier being repaired under fire, Western Desert
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  Montgomery inspects Cannone da 152/50, Bengazi
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  M14-41 Medium Tanks abandoned after El Alamein
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  Messerschmitt Bf 110 abandoned after El Alamein
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  Panzar III ausf L or M explodes, North Africa
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  General Alexander inspects Bengazi after El Alamein
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  RAMC Captain treating Axis patient, Derna
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  HMSAS Imhoff enters Bengazi Harbour
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  Benina airfield seen from the air, after El Alamein

Operation Torch

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  USS Suwanne (CVE-27) and USS Brooklyn (CL-40) during Operation Torch
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  Deckload of P-40Fs on USS Chenango (CVE-28)
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  Hanger full of P-40Fs on USS Chenango (CVE-28)
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  Crew of USS Santee (CVE-28) exercising on deck
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  SBDs and F4Fs on USS Santee (CVE-28) during Operation Torch
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  Merchant Seaman return home after sinking, Operation Torch
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  French Troops at opening of UN HQ, North Africa, 17 November 1942
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  HMS Renown, Nelson, Duke of York and Victorious, Operation Torch
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  Safi, Morocco
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  Spitfire over La Senia airport
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  Destroyed Ammo Wagon, North Africa
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  US Troopship in Casablanca Harbour
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  US Troops disembarking at Casablanca
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  Bomb Damage at Elmas, Sardinia
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  HMS Rodney at Mers-el-Kebir, Operation Torch

Searchlights at Gibraltar, c.1942
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  Allied Anti-Aircraft Fire, Algiers
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  German Infantry at Arc-de-Triomphe, Marseilles
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  Motorised US column, Algeria
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  German Infantry marching into Marseilles
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  US Shipping at Arzeu
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  Colonel Edson Raff receiving Legion of Honour
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  Smoke Screen over Algiers

Mareth Line

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  Barbed Wire on Mareth Line
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  Eighth Army Bombardment of Mareth Line
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  British Troops in Anti-Tank Ditch on Mareth Line
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  Strongpoint on the Mareth Line
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  Trench on the Mareth Line

Tunisia

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  Damaged Panzer IV ausf G, Tunisia, 1943
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  Searching for Booby Traps, Tunisia
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  Churchill Mk IIIs or Mk IVs, Longstop Hill
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  Tiger Is knocked out, Tunisia
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  Hohlladung 12.5kg booby trap, North Africa
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  Lockheed C-60 Lodestar Ambulance, Tunisia
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  Bomb Damage at Tebourba
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  Signpost at Tebourba
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  M3 Lee of 1st Armored Division, Medjez-el-Bab
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  Semoventi 47/32 at Tebourba
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  General K.A.N. Anderson at opening of Allied North Africa HQ
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  American Paratrooper admires medals of French Spahi
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  British Bren Gunners at Mateur, Tunisia
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  Bren Gun Position near Mateur, Tunisia
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  Major William Yarborough questions German POWs, Tunisia
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  Fairey Swordfish on North African Airfield
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  Panzer III ausf L or M knocked out near Tebourba
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  Axis ship on fire, Skerki Bank
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  Panzer II ausf F knocked out at Mateur