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Lieutenant General Sir Alan Cunningham of the British Army inspects Free French Senegalese troops during World War II, 29th September 1941.

Alan Cunningham

Column of Italian prisoners of war from the Italian First Army of General Giovanni Messe march to an internment camp following their defeat and...

World War Two North Africa 1943

2nd New Zealand Division infantry from XXX Corps of the British 8th Army take the surrender of a German tank crew from Panzer-Regiment 5, 21st...

World War Two: North Africa 1941

Soldiers from a Nyasaland Regiment show a flag taken from Japanese prisoners, circa 1945.

East African Troops Of The 14th Army In Burma

An African American soldier of the 12th Armored Division, stands guard over a group of Nazi prisoners captured in the surrounding German forest,...

German Soldiers Surrender

Soldiers of the Royal West African Frontier Force packed tightly onto a troop-carrying truck near Accra in British West Africa , October 31st 1942.

West African Soldiers, World War II

French-Senegalese military officers beating tom-toms on the British-French Somaliland Frontier at Warre Kafule, North Africa, circa 1942. The...

World War II - French-Senegalese Military Officers

Members of the 1st Battalion of Ethiopian troops and an Australian officer pose with their rifles as two soldiers cook a meal at an unspecified...

Ethiopian Soldiers, 1941

Black soldier decorated as 'French Resistance Fighter' in Brazzaville, c.1942, Congo - World War II, Washington, Library of Congress, .

Black soldier decorated as 'French Resistance Fighter' in Brazzaville (1942)

Soldiers from Sierra Leone of 81 Division Recce Regiment, holding a captured Japanese rifle and helmet, Burma circa 1943.

The West African Division: A Captured Japanese Rifle And Helmet

France Reinforces Maginot Line of the Desert, 1938. The 18th Senegalese Regiment of the French Colonial infantry, parading at the Oasis of Gabes...

France Reinforces Maginot Line of the Desert, 1938

World War II Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, , talks to Afrika Corps troops within the defenses of the Libyan coastal town of Tobruq during Germany's...

Field Marshal Rommel in Tobruq

World War II. Battle of Bir Hakeim . Soldiers of the 1st Free French Division. In June 1942.

World War II. Battle of Bir Hakeim (Lybia)

Abyssinian regular troops marching before heading to the front, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, December 10, 1935.

Abyssinian Troops Marching

Allied colonial soldiers forming coastal patrols on the African Front during World War Two, Egypt, circa 1939-1945.

At the docks in Naples, Italian troops wave their hats on the ends of their rifles as they wait for embarkation to East Africa.

Abyssinia Bound

Australian soldiers storming a German strong point on the African Front during World War Two, Tunisia, circa 1939-1945. (Pictorial Parade/Archive...

Sikh and Punjabi soldiers from the 7th Indian Infantry Brigade of the 4th Indian Infantry Division, attached to the Western Desert Force, during a...

Western Desert Campaign, 1940

World War II. Senegalese infantrymen. Dakar, 1942.

World War II. Senegalese infantrymen.

Close-up of a great battle; The Australians are bringing in a wounded prisoner' , from 'The Eighth Army' , 1944. The Battle of El Alamein, Egypt,...

'Close-up of a great battle. The Australians are bringing in a wounded prisoner', 1942 (1944)

Australian soldiers attack a German strongpoint through a dense smoke screen to pave way for a further advance, during the Second Battle of Alamein,...

Australian Soldiers At El Alamein, 1942

German officer wearing an Iron Cross surrenders to Allied soldiers in Tunisia during World War II.

German War Hero

Troops of the 11th East Africa Division on the road to Kalewa during the Chindwin River Crossing, Sagaing, November 1944.

Burma/Myanmar: Troops of the (British) 11th East Africa Division on the road to Kalewa during the Chindwin River Crossing, Sagaing, November 1944

World War II. Senegalese infantrymen. Rufisque , 1940.

World War II. Senegalese infantrymen.

The Belgian Congo Cyclist Company on parade. These men take readily to bicycles and to many other mechanical objects of war.

WWII Native African Troops with Bicycles

Members of a native Ethiopian tribe allied to Italy that has joined forces with them and are being supplied with modern weapons, Ethiopa, mid 1930s.

Italian Ethiopian Allies

Soldiers running on the double, during manoeuvres in the desert. At a word from their commanding officer they will fall flat on their faces and fire.

Desert Manoeuvres

French Minister of Overseas Marius Moutet inspects Senegalese soldiers who participated in the Second World War before their return to Dakar aboard...

FRANCE-WWII-SENEGALESE SOLDIERS

British soldiers on horseback charge through a smoke screen in North Africa during World War II.

Cavalry Charging Through Smoke Screen

Axis soldiers raise their hands in surrender to Allied forces near the city of Tobruk in Libya, January 1st 1942.

Axis Soldiers Surrender In Libya

British and Commonwealth soldiers from XIII Corps of the British Army captured as prisoners of war during the Western Desert campaign by Axis German...

World War Two: North Africa 1941

The 18th Senegalese Regiment of the French Colonial Infantry, is shown parading at the Oasis of Gabes before leaving the Maginot Line of the desert,...

French Colonial Infantry Parading About

Unit of the Egyptian Camel Transport Corps riding through a desert area at an unspecified location in Egypt, circa May 1940.

Egyptian Camel Corps

Libyan Muslim prisoners of war from the Libyan Division of the Italian Tenth Army captured during the North African campaign by Allied forces kneel...

World War Two: North Africa 1942

Erwin Rommel commander of Afrika Korps, join its troops. Signal magazine April 2 1941. The Western Desert Campaign, or the Desert War, took place in...

The Desert War.

Men of the WAFF remove monumental stones placed by the Italians to mark the boundary of their new empire on the Kenya-Italian Somaliland border, 1941.

The Royal West African Frontier Force: Removing Boundary Stones

Motorcycle rifleman advancing in Egyptian territory alongside an Fiat-Ansaldo AB41 armoured car, World War II, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year...

Rifleman advancing in Egyptian territory

Soldiers of the Eighth Army belonging to the Commonwealth and Allied forces are seen in the desert in 1942 on the battlefield at El Alamein, about 60...

EGYPT-COMMONWEALTH FORCES-GERMANY-WWII-ANNIVERSARY

Ashanti troops in Gold Coast Regiment. Smartness in the parade ground and cheerfulness under all conditions are traditional characteristics of the...

Ashanti troops in Gold Coast Regiment. Smartness in the parade ground and cheerfulness under all conditions are traditional characteristics of the Royal West African Frontier Force. Ashanti troops serving in the Gold Coast Regiment are shown resting

Couple of Tunisian soldiers who are fighting in Germany.

Tunisian Soldiers

Egyptian troops on bayonet drill in their barracks in preparation for an attack by Italy.

Egyptian Exercises

British serviceman emerges from his tank on being captured by German forces during the Western Desert Campaign of World War II, north Africa, August...

Tank Crewman Surrenders

Italian rapid corps arriving at Marsa Matruh, Egypt, World War II, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year LXIX, No 28, July 12, 1942.

Italian rapid corps arriving at Marsa Matruh

Scots guards go into action at El Alamein. The guards move forward under the protection of a smoke screen and the dust kicked up by the tanks. July...

Scots guards go into action at El Alamein. The guards move forward under the protection of a smoke screen and the dust k

North Africa, war theater German-italian army : Australian soldiers walk through debris after a raid of german bombers on the besieged port town of...

2.WW, North Africa, war theater (Africa campaign) German-italian army (Feb.41-May43): Australian soldiers walk through debris after a raid of german bombers on the besieged port town of Tobruk. 13. June 1941

North Africa, war theater German-italian army : Italian soldiers on theit way to new positiosn. Transport of baggage with a lorry. No furhter...

2.WW, North Africa, war theater (Africa campaign) German-italian army (Feb.41-May43): Italian soldiers on theit way to new positiosn. Transport of baggage with a lorry. no furhter informationspring 1942

First fights in Bir Hakeim., Legionaries of the French Free Forces in Bir Hakeim., May 27-June 11 1942, Libya - World War II.

First fights in Bir Hakeim, Africa (1942)

On the Tripoli Road; The gun is firing at an enemy strongpoint delaying the advance; In the foreground a wounded gunner is tended by one of his...

'On the Tripoli road', c1942 (1944)

Dictator Benito Mussolini , on a visit to inspect Italian troops in a North African battle zone, a few weeks before the beginning of a new British...

Italian Dictator

Turkish soldier uses a piece of gauze to protect his face from the hazards of the Western Desert, North Africa, as he writes a letter home during the...

During a battle in the West Desert of Africa, Nazi soldiers on the left duck as a tank is blown to bits by Allied fire.

American soldiers keeping order whilst the Algiers crowds cheer the Allies and jeer the Italians who are being transported through the town on their...

People Of Algiers

Column of Panzerkampfwagen III tanks and other vehicles from Panzer Regiment 5 of the 5th Light Afrika Division of the German Afrika Korps advancing...

World War Two: North Africa 1941

Field Marshal The Viscount Montgomery Of Alamein Kg Gcb Dso 1887-1976,: Montgomery with his puppies 'Hitler' and 'Rommel' at his Headquarters at Blay...

Field Marshal The Viscount Montgomery Of Alamein Kg Gcb Dso 1887-1976

Italian soldiers surrender to an Australian infantryman during the attack on Bardia, Libya, 1941.

Italian Soldiers Surrender To Australians, 1941

Italian gunners of the Italian Tenth Army manning a 75mm Cannone da 75/46 modello 34 anti-aircraft gun, lay down an artillery barrage on allied...

World War Two: North Africa 1940

Afrika-Corps progression in Libya: German soldiers amidst the ruins of a temple on Apollonia Island World War II.

Afrika-Corps progression in Libya.

Italian soldiers welcomed by people of Qafsah, Tunisia, World War II, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year LXX, No 9, February 28, 1943.

Italian soldiers welcomed by people of Qafsah

Italian tent swallowed by the ghibli , Libya, World War II, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year LXIX, No 18, May 2, 1942.

Italian tent swallowed by ghibli, Libya

Bologna infantry division running towards the attack, Battle of Marmarica , Libya, World War II, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year LXVIII, No 49,...

Bologna infantry division, Battle of Marmarica

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