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• THE CAMPAIGN IN NORTH AFRICA 1940-1943

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: No 1 Army Film & Photographic Unit

  A British soldier laying a mine in the sand, 6 April 1942. The mine is placed in a sack and buried with its top level with the ground. 5lb of pressure is required to set it off.

• THE CAMPAIGN IN NORTH AFRICA 1940-1943

  part of "SELINGER FRANZ" (photographs)

  Tobruk 1941 - 1942: A German map showing British defences at Tobruk.

• THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945: NORTH AFRICA 1940 - 1943

  part of "IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM DOCUMENTS COLLECTION" (photographs)

  Lieutenant-General Montgomery's message to the Eighth Army before the Second Battle of El Alamein, 23 October 1942. A significant factor in Montgomery's leadership was his ability to communicate with and inspire his troops.

• THE CAMPAIGN IN NORTH AFRICA 1940-1943: PERSONALITIES

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: No 1 Army Film & Photographic Unit

  General Sir Claude Auchinleck, Commander-in-Chief, Middle East during June 1941 - August 1942.

• BRITISH TRUCK BURNING, WESTERN DESERT [Allocated Title]

  (film) Made by: Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company) 1942-03-18

  Three shots of a British truck, on fire after an air raid.

• General The Hon Sir Harold Alexander, GCB, CSI, DSO

  (art) Made by: Carr, Henry 1943

  image: a half-length, portrait of General The Hon Sir Harold Alexander in uniform. He is shown sitting in front of a densely wood.

• The Town Major of Carthage

  (art) Made by: Carr, Henry 1944

  image: A head portrait of DK Johnson, the 49th Town Major of Carthage, facing slightly to the left.

• THE CAMPAIGN IN NORTH AFRICA 1940 - 1943

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: No 1 Army Film & Photographic Unit

  A British soldier gives a V-for-Victory sign to German prisoners captured at El Alamein, 26 October 1942.

• A Cinema in the Desert - ENSA, Suez 1943

  (art) Made by: Graves, Frank 1943

  image: A British soldier stands in a doorway of a makeshift cinema in the Egyptian desert. Within the open air construction is a table and chair, with a wooden planked floor and wooden frame in the foreground. On the wall on the right hand side is a...

• Field-Marshal The Viscount Alexander of Tunis, GCB, CSI, DS, MC

  (art) Made by: Leigh-Pemberton, John 1940

  image: A half-length portrait of Alexander wearing uniform with a fur lined bomber-style leather jacket over the top. He holds his cap in his right hand.