WW2 North Africa & Italy

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A map of Allied convoys heading from the British Isles to North Africa.
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South African soldiers with a captured Italian flag, 1941.
North Africa. British gunners hammer away at the enemy despite heavy counter fire which comes uncomfortably close. Yugoslav Army, Afrika Corps, Navy Corpsman, Ben Johnson, Greatest Generation, Iran Iraq, Ww 1
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North Africa. British gunners hammer away at the enemy despite heavy counter fire which comes uncomfortably close.
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THE CAMPAIGN IN NORTH AFRICA 1940-1943: MR CHURCHILL VISITS THE WESTERN DESERT
CAMPAIGN NORTH AFRICA 1940-1943 MR CHURCHILL VISITS WESTERN DESERT (E 15299) Prime Minister, Mr Winston Churchill wearing sun helmet, viewing the Alamein position.
two men standing on top of an armored vehicle in the middle of desert with another man holding a fishing rod
THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH AFRICA 1942
BRITISH ARMY NORTH AFRICA 1942 (E 14640) A Humber Mk II armoured car of the 12th Royal Lancers on patrol south of El Alamein, July 1942.
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Oliver Leese Winston Churchill and Harold Alexander at Leese's headquarters near Monte Maggio Italy 26 August 1944.
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Australian soldier observing the burning wreck of Ju 87B Stuka dive bomber near Tobruk Libya 1941
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WWII North Africa campaign map (actual). Revisionist history: in Hearts of Iron 3 FTM cwww2 Brits preempt Italy/Germany at El Alamein, exerting naval dominance in the Miediterranean to land Marines behind Axis lines, encircle and destroy 20 + divisions. Ethiopia falls next. Sicily is invaded outside of Palermo and the British Royal Navy cuts off Italian reinforcements. Sicily falls with a loss of 20 more Axis divisions. Combat rages in the toe and heel of the Italian boot. Revisionist History, Heart Of Iron, British Royal Navy, Italian Boots, Desert Fox, Dad Day, Crescent City, Royal Navy, North Africa
WWII North Africa campaign map (actual). Revisionist history: in Hearts of Iron 3 FTM cwww2 Brits preempt Italy/Germany at El Alamein, exerting naval dominance in the Miediterranean to land Marines behind Axis lines, encircle and destroy 20 + divisions. Ethiopia falls next. Sicily is invaded outside of Palermo and the British Royal Navy cuts off Italian reinforcements. Sicily falls with a loss of 20 more Axis divisions. Combat rages in the toe and heel of the Italian boot.
two men standing next to an old tank in the desert
Destroyed Pz. IV during the North Africa campaign. If you look closely near the upper glacis and the driver's viewport you can see through to the sky. This, plus visible scorching near the turret side hatch, indicates either a hit on the ammo rack or the fuel tanks.