North Africa Collection

Lieut General Bernard Montgomery newly appointed commander of the 8th Army seen here discussing tactics with officers from the 22nd Armoured Brigade

Air correspondents of London newspapers visit Royal Air Force Commands in North Africa. Picture (issued 1943) shows - A group of air correspondents with R.A.F

The R. E. M. E. - Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers is the British Army
The R.E.M.E. - Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers is the British Armys newest corps. It has been in operation since October 1st, 1942

A Bren Carrier being guided through barbed wire during the first stages of the offensive against the Axis Forces in Libya, North Africa in World War Two. December 1941

Front line French class for R. A. F. in Tunisia. 9th March 1943
Front line French class for R.A.F. in Tunisia. 9th March 1943

Men of the R. A. F. regiment marching inland to take possession of Maison Blanche aerodrome
Men of the R.A.F. regiment marching inland to take possession of Maison Blanche aerodrome. 18th November 1942

After spending 11 hours in the sea, an RAF Hurricane pilot who had been shot down in combat over the retreating enemy, walked in to an aerodrome near El- Daba

Crusader tanks get ready for action in Tunisia during the North African campaign of World War Two. December 1942

Tobruk. (Picture) After a very heavy rainstorm which followed a sandstorm which had lasted all day. Water rushed down Waddis and flooded many of the tents

Battle of the Oued Zarga, Medjez El Bab Road. When they had gained their immediate objective, the hill town of Chaouach, the 1st Army put out patrols to discover the extent of the the German retreat

General Bernard Montgomery seen here posing for a photograph on the El Alamein battlefield quite unconcerned about enemy shells falling close behind him November 1942

A British soldier reads the Sunday pictorial newspaper in some off-duty leisure time the desert of North Africa during the Second World War. Circa March 1943

British fighter pilots in the Western desert have a conference before going on patrol in the Second World War. 28th November 1940

Eight enemy Messerschmitt ME 109 planes were destroyed and two damaged by Allied fighters in two sorties over Tripolitania. In the first sortie an R.A.F

Spahis were light cavalry regiments of the French army recruited primarily from the indigenous populations of Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco

The Western Desert Air Transport Service has carried out valuable work in the North African campaign. They facilitated every stage of the advance

General Auchinleck and Air Marshall Tedder at a war council at GHQ in Cairo. 26th March 1942

Flying Officer Bill Draper of 8 Humewood Drive, Toronto, Canada, tells an interesting listener how he shot down a German Luftwaffe FW 190 in a head on attack

North African Arab soldiers are assisting the RAF on Tunisian airfields. Loading bombs on the carriages for transportation to the aircraft and bomb dumps

Private R. G. Davis of Plough Lane, Wokingham, sends this snapshot of himself reading
Private R.G. Davis of Plough Lane, Wokingham, sends this snapshot of himself reading the " Reading Standard" to his fiancee in Reading from his base in the Middle East during the Second

Intensive exercises are now being held along the coast of North Africa. Men of the army and navy are practising invasion tactics and landing tanks and vehicles from LCTs (landing craft tanks)

British Army battery claims honour of the last shot on the Eighth Army battle front. The last shell in the hands of the man who fired it, Gunner Vernon Walker of Hampshire, Sussex

Headquarters of German General Erwin Rommel in Libya. Circa 1940s

Before Bizerta fell to the Allied forces, a good deal of resistance had to be overcome in the streets of the town. French and US. troops fought battles in the streets all day long

American General Dwight D. Eisenhower, accompanied by General Henri Giraud, leader of the Free French Forces, inspects a Guard of Honour formed by British Army soldiers during victory celebrations in

Snow and heavy rainfall turned North African and Italian airfields into swamps, but the bad weather did not stop flying from these waterlogged fields

American troops of the 34th Infantry Division landing on the beaches at Surcouf, twenty miles east of Algiers, 9th November 1942

This British Hurricane aircraft has been presented by the RAF to the Major General commanding the Northern Red Fleet Air Arm, who is sitting in the cockpit of the plane. Circa 1943

Hurricane fighter planes, equipped with special anti-tank guns, accounted. for many enemy tanks in the Western Desert. Picture shows

Fighter support planes circle round a New Zealand column in the Western Desert during the battle of Egypt. August 1942

Five topicalised Hurricane Mark IICs of No. 94 Squadron RAF based at El Gamil, Egypt, flying in loose starboard echelon formation

Havoc at Tobruk. Aerial view of Tobruk with sunken cargo vessel in the foreground and burning petrol in foreground. Circa 9th February 1941

Axis troops clear up the debris on Spanish Mole, Tripoli, after an RAF raid. Circa 17th January 1942

Life in a hospital in Tobruk. (Picture) Waiting their turn at the dentists who can be seen at work in the background. Circa November 1941

Infantry in front of Tobruk waiting to advance into town, which is seen in the background with fires burning. Circa 9th February 1941

Coastal defence guns of Tobruk. (Picture) Victory being marked on the shells in readiness for sending to the enemy. Circa September 1941

Soldiers in Tobruk, Libya. Another pet with the Gunner Officers. This rabbit wandered into the Mess one day and refused to leave. Circa 24th September 1941

A memorial built by Royal Australian Engineers and dedicated to those who have given their lives for the defence of Tobruk was unveiled by Major-gen Morshead, G.O.C, Tobruk. Circa 1941

British offensive in the western desert. (Picture) The first stages in the second British offensive in the western desert, which opened at dawn on November 18th 1941

Polish troops who are among the defenders of Tobruk at a firing post during Second World War. Circa October 1941

Australian and other Empire troops defending Tobruk. (Picture) The Tobruk Truth, nicknamed the Dinkun Oil by the troops, is published regularly by Australians in Tobruk

Gen. Anderson (left), Gen Alexander (centre), and Air Marshal Coningham (right) conferring at First Army Headquarters on the occasion of Gen. Alexanders visit to Allied Commanders. Circa 1940s

Lord Montgomery visiting the front in the western desert shortly after taking over command of the eighth army. Montgomery is in the centre (pointing)

American troops landing at Arzew, near Oran. (Picture) 500 ship convoy safely transported Allied troops to Northern Africa where simultaneous landings were made at strategic locations

Fall of Tobruk. (Picture) Fires burning in the town of Tobruk. In the foreground are British troops advancing towards the town. Circa 1940s

A typical scene in Tunis after it had fallen to the Allied Forces. On guard wreckage at El Aouina airfield. Circa 18th May 1943

A piper of the Highland regiment entertaining the wounded, both British and enemy, as they await their turn for the dressing of wounds at a casualty clearing station on the battlefield near Tobruk

Bren gunner in action against bombers, in the background a lorry can be seen burning in Tobruk Libya. Circa 9th October 1941

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