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The British Army in North Africa 1941 A Bren gunner in action against enemy bombers attacking Tobruk. In the distance a derelict Italian lorry, loaded with ammunition, has been hit, 12 September 1941.

A convoy of Afrika Korps vehicles moving throught the desert. The vehicles normally travelled at intervals of approximately one hundred metres in case of an air attack, which, in the case of this photograph, was apparently unlikely. The convoy is lead by a VW Kübelwagen.

France, Other European Locations Rommel and Other Personalities, Including Lucie Rommel, Guderian, Hitler, British and French Officers DPLA 66151fdd817b9d04fd77dcedc1f067d1 (page 17)

The commanding officer of an armoured unit receives a message at his HQ located in a tunnel within the Tobruk perimeter, 12 September 1941. The commanding officer of an armoured unit receives a message at his HQ located in a tunnel within the Tobruk perimeter, 12 September 1941.

An abandoned German 5 cm PaK 38 anti-tank gun in North Africa.

France, Other European Locations Rommel and Other Personalities, Including Lucie Rommel, Guderian, Hitler, British and French Officers DPLA 66151fdd817b9d04fd77dcedc1f067d1 (page 13)

The Polish Independent Carpathian Rifles Brigade in the Siege of Tobruk, 1941 Soldier of the Polish Independent Carpathian Rifles Brigade shares a joke with an Australian fellow soldier. Servicemen of both armies distinguished themselves during the Siege of Tobruk and shared a nickname of 'the Rats of Tobruk'.

An abandoned German 88 mm Flak 36 or 37 gun in North Africa.

France, Other European Locations Rommel and Other Personalities, Including Lucie Rommel, Guderian, Hitler, British and French Officers DPLA 66151fdd817b9d04fd77dcedc1f067d1 (page 1)

German 2 cm anti-aircraft gun of the Wehrmacht in the position before Bir Hakeim

The Campaign in North Africa 1940-1943- Tobruk 1941 - 1942: British troops among the ruins of Tobruk after it had been devastated by air raids.

Field Marshal Erwin Rommel visited here, he believed it would be best to oppose the landings directly at the beaches.

In the foreground German 2 cm anti-aircraft gun, in the background German Luftwaffe bombing on Bir Hakeim

The Brigadier commanding the tanks in Tobruk instructing tank crews about the proposed operation. Beside him are various tank Commanders. He is using a sand table for demonstrating to the troops.

Front page of the 21 July 1944 edition of Tanin , a Turkish newspaper published in Istanbul 1908 – 1947. The newspaper became a strong supporter of the new progressive ruling party, the Committee of Union and Progress (CUP), pluralism and diversity.

A crashed and burning German Junkers Ju 87B Stuka dive bomber near Tobruk, Libya, in 1941.

A British infantryman takes the surrender of the crew of an enemy supply truck in the Western Desert, 2 June 1942. An infantryman takes the surrender of the crew of an enemy supply truck in the Western Desert, 2 June 1942.

Traduzione di una lettera inviata da Rommel al generale d'armata italiano Bastico il 23 luglio 1942

Soldiers of the Australian 2/48th Battalion man a defensive position near Tobruk in 1941

Cropped version of A German Tank Commander Stands Atop His Tank Drinking From a Canteen National Archives Catalog, National Archives and Records Administration , U.S.A.): 242-GAP-190B-4 001 WW2 (Record Group 242: National Archives Collection of Foreign Records Seized / Series: Photographs taken by Propaganda Units of the German Armed Forces (Wehrmacht) and the Waffen-SS) A World War II German officer in a Wehrmacht Heer 'Panzer' division from the Afrika Korps drinks from a canteen while standing atop a PzKpfw III tank in early 1941. He wears a tropical uniform with shorts and lace-up boots. He is awarded the Iron Cross and the Panzerkampfabzeichen . A pith helmet and jerry cans for carrying water are visible on the tank. In the turret of the tank, a comrade is seen with a headset, eating from his mess kit.

Czech 11thBattalion Tobruk 1941

A smiling group of Indian soldiers in Tobruk, Libya.

Gunners from the Australian 2/12th Field Regiment manning a captured Italian gun at Tobruk

A German Panzer III Ausf.G tank destroyed during the eastern perimeter attack in the Tobruk battle, 14 September 1941. The officer with the field glasses is Lieutenant Colonel J.W. Crawford, commanding officer of the Australian 2/17th infantry battalion. On his right is Major Hodgman.