STUNNING World War II photos of Britain’s Special Service in action have been brought to life through vivid colourisation. The incredible images show the SAS patrolling through the Tunisian desert …

Fighting in North Africa stemmed from the area’s strategic importance to the Commonwealth. Egypt’s Suez Canal, connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea, was a vital transport artery. Oil…

Part 12 of a weekly 20-part retrospective of World War II

The tanks that fought epic duels in the North African desert, among European towns and in the jungles of Asia have been brought stunningly to life. Among the stunning vehicles are the infamous Tiger Tanks.

The First Battle of El Alamein (1–27 July 1942) It was a battle that lasted 27 days and prevented Afrika Korps from reaching Cairo. After the battle of

The Bristol Blenheim was operated from February 1942 by No. 15, 16 and 17 Sqns South African Air Force in the North African Campaign

Donovan Reese Berlin Donovan Reese Berlin was a mechanical engineer who became one of America’s leading military aircraft designers at the Curtiss-Wright Corporation. Berlin led the development program that produced the P-36 Hawk, its successors, and ultimately, the P-40 Warhawk. In 1958, at Vertol Aircraft Corporation, Berlin’s design won a U.S. Army competition for what would become the Boeing CH-47 Chinook, the Army’s standard medium assault transport helicopter. Curtiss P-40 Warhawk The P-40 Warhawk was the first American-built fighter aircraft to see combat in WWII, though it was with the Royal Air Force in the North African campaign. Operated by more Allied air forces than any other fighter aircraft, and bested by more capable fighters like the P-51 Mustang and Spitfire, the type became a formidable ground attack aircraft. The gaping maw of its Allison engine’s air intake, wrapped in the famous shark mouth motif has become symbolic of Allied resolve and tenacity. Blue | Brown | Gray | Red | Orange

(Photographs: Hart Preston and Eliot Elisofon)

(Photographs: Hart Preston and Eliot Elisofon)

(Photographs: Hart Preston and Eliot Elisofon)

(Photographs: Hart Preston and Eliot Elisofon)

North African Saint: Augustine Coloring Page Saint Augustine, Bishop andDoctor of the Church 354-430 ~ +++++++ ~ As a boy, Augustine first encountered sin when he and his friends stripped a pear tree, “not to eat the fruit, but simply to destroy it.” This seemingly small choice set the tone of his youth, escalating to

General Pienaar with his 1 South African Division successfully took part in major battles during the North African Campaign, and was twice awarded the DSO. Sadly he was killed on the 19th December 1942 when his aircraft crashed into Lake Victoria at Kisumu while returning to South Africa.

He was among Germany’s most accomplished flying Aces during WWII – though he hated killing. His success was valuable propaganda for the Nazis – yet he

Photos made by LIFE magazine's Eliot Elisofon in Tunisia during World War II's bleak and largely forgotten North African Campaign, 1943.

(Photographs: Hart Preston and Eliot Elisofon)

E 21338. The Axis Offensive 1941 - 1942: A Special Air Service jeep patrol is greeted by its commander Colonel David Stirling on its return from the desert

Stunning pictures, colourised by Paul Reynolds, show Special Air Service and Special Boat Service troops battling Axis soldiers on campaign in the desert, at sea and in Germany itself.

This Ford GPW was discovered in the Tunisian desert of North Africa along with a horde of abandoned military vehicles, shortly after it found was sent to