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• THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH AFRICA 1943

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

  Men of the Durham Light Infantry board a 'Z' craft at an Egyptian port to be transported to a ship bound for Sicily, 12 July 1943.

• THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH AFRICA 1943

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Knight (Capt)

  Troops queue for a mug of tea at an Egyptian port while waiting to embark on ships bound for Sicily, 12 July 1943.

• THE CAMPAIGN IN SICILY 1943

  part of "SELINGER FRANZ" (photographs)

  The Drive for Messina 10 July - 17 August 1943: Two German divisions, the XV Panzer Grenadier (in the west) and the Hermann Goring Panzer (in the east) provided most of the strongest opposition to the Allied campaign. Picture shows: German troops keeping...

• THE CAMPAIGN IN SICILY 1943

  part of "SELINGER FRANZ" (photographs)

  The Drive for Messina 10 July - 17 August 1943: A German 2cm quadruple gun in action.

• THE CAMPAIGN IN SICILY 1943

  part of "SELINGER FRANZ" (photographs)

  The Drive for Messina 10 July - 17 August 1943: Men of XV Panzer Grenadier march through undergrowth in the Sicilian Mountains.

• THE ROYAL NAVY DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

  part of "ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Pelman, L (Lt)

  HMS SERAPH arriving home at Portsmouth after 13 busy months. On the bridge, left to right: Lieutenant F G Harris, RNVR, of Sale, Cheshire; Lieutenant N L A Jewell, of Pinner, Middlesex, the Commanding Officer Warrant Engineer M M Stevenson, DSC, RN, of...

• THE ROYAL NAVY DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

  part of "ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Roper, F G (Lt)

  HMS UNRUFFLED returning to harbour in Malta after a patrol in the Mediterranean where she supported the Allied victories in North Africa, Sicily and Italy. Here the submarine is just making its way past the boom. The ancient walls of the harbour are...

• THE ROYAL NAVY DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

  part of "ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Coote, R G G (Lt)

  The Campaign in Sicily, July 1943: In hazy sunlight a smoke screen is being laid by the fleet ships as they leave after the bombardment of enemy troops still holding out at Catania, Sicily, by HMS WARSPITE from which this photograph was taken. It was...

• THE ROYAL NAVY DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

  part of "ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Coote, R G G (Lt)

  The Campaign in Sicily, July 1943: The 15 inch guns of HMS WARSPITE hurling shells at enemy troops still holding out at Catania, Sicily as seen from the bridge of the battleship. It was called on by the army to carry out this task and hurled tons of...

• THE ROYAL NAVY DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR: OPERATION HUSKY, SICILY, JULY 1943

  part of "ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Parnall, C H (Lt)

  Glimpse of the invasion coast as an armoured vehicle was being towed ashore from landing craft during the landings in Sicily at dawn of the opening day of the invasion.