Photographs

Frontispiece missing from image PDF—Meeting of ‘All the Talents’ at Cairo, August 1942

The loss of HMS Ark Royal, 
11th November 1941: the destroyer Legion going alongside

The loss of HMS Ark Royal, 11th November 1941: the destroyer Legion going alongside.

The Second Battle of Sirte

The Second Battle of Sirte. Laying smoke to cover the convoy: HMS Cleopatra (flag) seen from HMS Euryalus.

The Breconshire on her last 
run, lying hit and disabled: the cruiser Penelope passes a line to try to tow her into harbour

The Breconshire on her last run, lying hit and disabled: the cruiser Penelope passes a line to try to tow her into harbour.

The Pampas reached Malta 
but was heavily bombed in harbour: the smoke is from her burning oil fuel

The Pampas reached Malta but was heavily bombed in harbour: the smoke is from her burning oil fuel.

Albacores of the Fleet Air 
Arm over Malta; showing the many stone walls which cover the island

Albacores of the Fleet Air Arm over Malta; showing the many stone walls which cover the island.

Malta: the bombing of 
Floriana on 24th April 1942

Malta: the bombing of Floriana on 24th April 1942.

German photograph taken 
during a RAF attack, probably on El Adem airfield

German photograph taken during a RAF attack, probably on El Adem airfield.

Benghazi harbour, January 
1942, after repeated bombing by the RAF

Benghazi harbour, January 1942, after repeated bombing by the RAF

British ‘I’ 
tank Matilda

British ‘I’ tank Matilda.

Valentines near 
Knightsbridge, June 1942

Valentines near Knightsbridge, June 1942. These tanks served both as cruisers and ‘I’ tanks.

American Stuart light tanks 
being tried out in the desert, August 1941

American Stuart light tanks being tried out in the desert, August 1941.

The American Grant, 
mounting a 75-mm gun in a sponson and a 37-mm high velocity gun in the turret

The American Grant, mounting a 75-mm gun in a sponson and a 37-mm high velocity gun in the turret.

British built cruiser 
Crusader; like Matilda and Valentine, it mounted a 2-pdr gun in a revolving turret

British built cruiser Crusader; like Matilda and Valentine, it mounted a 2-pdr gun in a revolving turret.

A British tank transporter, 
with a Matilda up, on its way to the workshops

A British tank transporter, with a Matilda up, on its way to the workshops.

German Pzkw III Special, 
with long 5-cm gun and spaced armour on the gun mantlet and front superstructure; captured after the Battle of Alam el 
Halfa

German Pzkw III Special, with long 5-cm gun and spaced armour on the gun mantlet and front superstructure; captured after the Battle of Alam el Halfa.

Pzkw III Model H with short 
5-cm gun and extra plate on the front superstructure; the first of such tanks to be captured being dismantled for 
examination, May 1941

Pzkw III Model H with short 5-cm gun and extra plate on the front superstructure; the first of such tanks to be captured being dismantled for examination, May 1941.

Captured Pzkw IV, with 
short 7

Captured Pzkw IV, with short 7.5-cm gun, being taken back for examination after the CRUSADER battle.

Pzkw IV Special, with its 
powerful long 7

Pzkw IV Special, with its powerful long 7.5-cm gun. One of the few to be taken intact.

German half-tracked 
armoured infantry carrier

German half-tracked armoured infantry carrier.

Italian M 13/40 medium 
tanks captured in General Wavell’s offensive, January 1941

Italian M 13/40 medium tanks captured in General Wavell’s offensive, January 1941.

British 2-pdr anti-tank gun 
firing portee

British 2-pdr anti-tank gun firing portee.

A six-gun battery of 
25-pdrs in action

A six-gun battery of 25-pdrs in action.

British 6-pdr anti-tank 
gun

British 6-pdr anti-tank gun. (The muzzle is carrying a counter-weight.)

A 40-mm Bofors, British 
light AA gun, in position overlooking Bardia harbour, January 1942

A 40-mm Bofors, British light AA gun, in position overlooking Bardia harbour, January 1942.

The chief tank killer of 
the time; the German 5-cm Pak 38 anti-tank gun, dug in and camouflaged

The chief tank killer of the time; the German 5-cm Pak 38 anti-tank gun, dug in and camouflaged.

The German 8

The German 8.8-cm Flak 36, which proved to be a very effective anti-tank gun.

British 4

British 4.5-inch gun in action near El Alamein.

British 3

British 3.7-inch heavy AA gun dug in; a Service being held round one of the guns in Tobruk, August 1941.

A Bishop, the first British 
self-propelled gun to reach the Middle East, July 1942

A Bishop, the first British self-propelled gun to reach the Middle East, July 1942.

Picture missing from image PDF—Humber armoured car

Picture missing from image PDF—Italian 75/18 self-propelled gun

Picture missing from image PDF—Bren carriers

Photograph found in an 
enemy dug-out of German AA gunners in action; the gun is a 2-cm Flak

Photograph found in an enemy dug-out of German AA gunners in action; the gun is a 2-cm Flak.

A crashed Stuka (Ju

A crashed Stuka (Ju.87 dive-bomber), taken the moment after impact.

Boston bombers of the Royal 
Air Force take off from a desert airfield, leaving plumes of dust in their wake

Boston bombers of the Royal Air Force take off from a desert airfield, leaving plumes of dust in their wake.

Hurricanes flying low over 
the desert near the coastal road

Hurricanes flying low over the desert near the coastal road

Operation PEDESTAL, August 
1942, showing some of the escorting warships, including the three carriers HMS Victorious, Indomitable, and Eagle 
(nearest the camera)

Operation PEDESTAL, August 1942, showing some of the escorting warships, including the three carriers HMS Victorious, Indomitable, and Eagle (nearest the camera).

Operation PEDESTAL: HMS 
Indomitable hit by German dive-bombers, 12th August 1942

Operation PEDESTAL: HMS Indomitable hit by German dive-bombers, 12th August 1942.

Operation PEDESTAL: the 
damaged tanker Ohio being nursed into harbour by two destroyers

Operation PEDESTAL: the damaged tanker Ohio being nursed into harbour by two destroyers.

Malta: tugs bustling round 
the crippled tanker Ohio in the Grand Harbour

Malta: tugs bustling round the crippled tanker Ohio in the Grand Harbour.