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

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

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

Here is the story of the Axis and Allied struggle, which raged across the North African desert.

Lot 11592-4: North African Campaign, German Activities, World War II. A German military cemetery on the outskirts of Tunis, Tunisia, June 1943. Photographed by Collins, OWI# 26302-Z. Office of War Information Photograph. (2016/01/15).

(Photographs: Hart Preston and Eliot Elisofon)

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

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

Sgt. Chuck Beaty was leading an advanced patrol of the 7th Infantry Regiment’s 3rd Division. It was part of Gen. George S. Patton’s 7th Army that invaded Sicily in July 1943 during Worl…

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

Launched in December 1940, Operation Compass was the first major campaign of World War II in the Western Desert and saw the British drive the Italians back through Libya.

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

Eighty years ago, in November 1942, the Nazis occupied Tunisia. For the next six months, Tunisian Jews and Muslims were subjected to the Third Reich’s reign of terror, as well as its antisemitic and racist legislation. Residents lived in fear – “under the Nazi boot,” as Tunisian Jewish lawyer Paul Ghez wrote in his diary during the occupation. One of us is a historian; one of us is an anthropologist. Together, we have spent a decade gathering the voices of the diverse peoples who endured World War II in North Africa, across lines of race, class, language and region. Their letters,...

Rare and classic color photos made during World War II's pivotal Italian Campaign.

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'Past Graziani's Shattered Stronghold Lies the Conquerors' Road', 1941. British Bren-gun carriers pass the wrecked Fort Capuzzo. From The War Illustrated: Volume 4 edited by Sir John Hammerton. [The...

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

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

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