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A Molotov cocktail hits an abandoned German Panzer II at Tobruk on 30 April 1941.
Australian Col. F.A. Burrows (2/13th) examining a German Panzer I at Tobruk on 30 April 1941. This tank was put out of action by rifle fire as it approached the outer defences of Tobruk on a reconnaissance.
Tobruk 1941: British Matilda tanks move forward at Tobruk
Soldiers from each of five different allied armies fighting together against the Germans and Italians in Tobruk, Libya. From the left they are Polish, British, Indian, Australian and Czech.
The British Army in North Africa 1941 A Matilda tank under camouflage netting in Tobruk, 18 November 1941.
Campaign in North Africa 1940 1943 Churchill Mk III tanks of 'King Force' moving forward towards the battle area during the Second Battle of El Alamein, 5 November 1942.
Campaign in North Africa 1940 - 1943 'Australians storm a strongpoint'. A posed portrait of Australian troops advancing during the Second Battle of El Alamein, 3 September 1942.
A burnt out German 88 mm FlaK 36 gun and its SdKfz 8 half track near El Alamein, Egypt.
A German 88 mm FlaK 36 gun which had been used as a tank attack weapon near El Aqqaqir, Egypt. The whole crew were killed and were found buried alongside the gun. Allied Sherman and Crusader tanks can be seen on the skyline.
An abandoned German Heinkel He 111 at Fuka, Egypt.
A damaged German Junkers Ju 88D reconnaissance plane from AufklGr(F) 120 (120th Reconnaissance Group) at Fuka, Egypt.
A damaged German Messerschmitt Me 109F from III/JG27 at Fuka, Egypt.
A damaged German Messerschmitt Me 109F, yellow 9 of III/JG27 at Daba, Egypt, in November 1942. An RAF Hawker Hurricane flying overhead.
A captured Fieseler Fi 156 C-3/Trop Storch in flight near El Alamein, Egypt. Royal Air Force Air Vice Marshal Harry Broadhurst, Air Officer Commanding the Desert Air Force, acquired a captured German communications aircraft in North Africa, had it painted in British markings and used it for touring the units under his command. He continued flying the Storch while commanding the 2nd Tactical Air Force in North-West Europe.
An abandoned German Sd.Kfz. 135/1, a 15 cm self-propelled howitzer on french Lorraine chassis, in North Africa in September 1942.
General Bernard L. Montgomery watches his tanks move up. North Africa, November 1942. British Official. (OWI) Exact Date Shot Unknown
A British soldier gives the "insult" version of a V-for-Victory sign to German prisoners captured at El Alamein, 26 October 1942. A British soldier gives a V-for-Victory sign to German prisoners captured at El Alamein, 26 October 1942.
IWM caption : El Alamein 1942: British tanks move up to the battle to engage the German armour after the infantry had cleared gaps in the enemy minefield.
Two of seven German Panzer III destroyed by an Australian anti-tank battery near Tel el Eisa on 5 October 1942. A total of 17 German tanks were attacking.
El Alamein 1942: British infantry advances through the dust and smoke of the battle. Sergeant Len Chetwyn had a focus on creating and recording re-enactments of military scenes behind the front lines rather than recording live activities on the front lines.
IWM caption : El Alamein 1942: British tanks move up to the battle to engage the German armour after the infantry had cleared gaps in the enemy minefield.
The Panzerjäger-Abteilung 39 (part of "Kampfgruppe Gräf", part of the 21. Panzer Division) of the Afrika Korps on the move. Original caption: "Vormarsch der Panzerjäger-Abteilung 39."
IWM caption : Kittyhawk Mark III , FR241 LD-R, of No. 250 Squadron RAF , taxying at LG 91, Egypt, during Operation LIGHTFOOT, the first phase of the Alamein offensive . FR241 is an early short-tail Mark III with a dorsal fin, which also served later with No. 112 Squadron RAF.
Breaking Through the Last of the German Minefields at El Alamein - 4th November 1942 image: In the foreground a damaged ambulance lies half-submerged in the sand, the back door detached. Two tanks, the foremost of which is clearly a Sherman, drive away from the viewer, creating a trail of sand and dust. Overhead the sky is filled with aircraft, clouds of smoke and explosions. One plane has been hit and is nose-diving towards the ground.