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Libya: Popular mobile bath units in the Western Desert

Libya: Popular mobile bath units in the Western Desert

Photograph shows a British soldier showering. Note on photograph front: Water is so scarce in the desert that often only a few drops are allowed to wash with. But Mobile Bath Units travel about, carrying their ... More

A cookery school in the Western Desert

A cookery school in the Western Desert

Photograph shows soldiers receiving cooking instruction using ovens made from petrol tins and oil drums. Note on photograph front: A series of pictures taken at the Western Desert Cookery School where army cook... More

Worship in the Western Desert: Holy Communion in the Western Desert, the celebrants are members of an armoured car crew

Worship in the Western Desert: Holy Communion in the Western Desert, t...

British official photograph : BM 13299. No. BO-1337. Public domain photograph - historical image of Egypt, Middle East, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Three members of the Free French foreign legion who distinguished themselves in the battle at Bir Hacheim in the Western desert. They are from Senegal, Equatorial Africa, and Madagascar, respectively

Three members of the Free French foreign legion who distinguished them...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A bakery in the Western Desert - Egypt

A bakery in the Western Desert - Egypt

Photograph shows a baker with stacks of newly-baked loaves all ready for delivery to the troops. [Summary taken from note on photograph] Note on photograph front: In a bakery in the Western Desert thousands of ... More

Mapping out the wastes of the Western Desert: a British military map-reading class under-going instruction in the Western Desert before the opening of the British second offensive on November 18th 41

Mapping out the wastes of the Western Desert: a British military map-r...

Photograph shows soldiers in the desert studying maps and terrain. British official photograph : BM 6355. No. BO-645.

With the free French forces in the Western Desert: A "poilu" taking a drink after dinner

With the free French forces in the Western Desert: A "poilu" taking a ...

Note on photograph: A Free French Brigade on service in the Middle East comprises Foreign Legion French Colonial troops and other Free French units under the command of General De Larminat and General Koenig. T... More

Men of the New Zealand Division in the Western Desert take time out for lunch. In center, spoon-to-mouth, is Second Lieutenant Charles Kazlett Upham, awarded the V.C. for his remarkable exploits during the fighting in Crete

Men of the New Zealand Division in the Western Desert take time out fo...

Note on photograph front: The New Zealanders have taken a leading part in the operations in Libya. Title from note on item. British official photograph : E. NZ. 20.

Allies advance in Libya. At the height of the Allied pursuit of the Axis forces heavy rain fell in the Western Desert turning the sand and dust into mud and flooding low-lying parts. It made things difficult for the Axis, but even more so for the British troops, like these General Grant tanks ploughing through a wet and muddy stretch of road

Allies advance in Libya. At the height of the Allied pursuit of the Ax...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an American Civil War, military forces and conflict, officer, uniform, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Allies advance in Libya. At the height of the Allied pursuit of the Axis forces heavy rain fell in the Western Desert turning the sand and dust into mud and flooding low-lying parts. It made things difficult for the Axis, but even more so for the British troops, like these General Grant tanks ploughing through a wet and muddy stretch of road

Allies advance in Libya. At the height of the Allied pursuit of the Ax...

British official photograph from OWI. No. D-8529. Public domain photograph of World War Two period military equipment, vehicle, 1940s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A day with the tanks in the Western Desert, two tank men writing home before the day's work on patrol, the mosquito nets keep flies away

A day with the tanks in the Western Desert, two tank men writing home ...

Photograph shows two British soldiers with their heads coverd by nets, sitting beside a tank writing letters. British official photograph : BM 18057. No. BO-1673.

8th Army in Tripoli. At a British 8th Army fuel depot in the Western desert of North Africa a truckload of British Tommies stops while the driver refuels. Squares of gasoline cans, evenly spaced, are spread out across the flat land, as far as the eye can reach in preparation for the Tripoli campaign in North Africa

8th Army in Tripoli. At a British 8th Army fuel depot in the Western d...

Picryl description: Public domain image of the British Empire armed forces, 19th-20th century war and military conflict, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

8th Army in Tripoli. At a British 8th Army fuel depot in the Western desert of North Africa a truckload of British Tommies stops while the driver refuels. Squares of gasoline cans, evenly spaced, are spread out across the flat land, as far as the eye can reach in preparation for the Tripoli campaign in North Africa

8th Army in Tripoli. At a British 8th Army fuel depot in the Western d...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Image source: Yank Magazine photo. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture ... More

Free French artillerymen with their trench mortar somewhere in the Western desert

Free French artillerymen with their trench mortar somewhere in the Wes...

Image source: Free French press. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about t... More

A British raid in the Western Desert

A British raid in the Western Desert

Photograph shows a dead German officer. [Summary taken from note on photograph] Note on photograph front: Much of the warfare in the Western Desert, in between major campaigns, consists of raids on enemy positi... More

Paisley armament Q.M.S. on service in Western front

Paisley armament Q.M.S. on service in Western front

Photograph shows armament Quarter-Master Sergeant Duncan of Paisley at work with an acetylene welder. Note on photograph front: The Rifle Brigade has played an important part in every Western Desert Campaign, p... More

Three members of the Free French foreign legion who distinguished themselves in the battle at Bir Hacheim in the Western desert. They are from Senegal, Equatorial Africa, and Madagascar, respectively

Three members of the Free French foreign legion who distinguished them...

Image source: Free French press. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about t... More

Allies advance in Libya. At the height of the Allied pursuit of the Axis forces heavy rain fell in the Western Desert turning the sand and dust into mud and flooding low-lying parts. It made things difficult for the Axis, but even more so for the British troops, like these General Grant tanks ploughing through a wet and muddy stretch of road

Allies advance in Libya. At the height of the Allied pursuit of the Ax...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Image source: Official British photo. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Pictu... More