6 pounder gun in action

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6 pounder desert victory gun in Tripolitania. 6 pounder firing through smoke of enemy shell fire.

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Series of British Official War Photographs from World War IICP1727

MediterraneanCP1727/1

SicilyCP1727/1/1

ItalyCP1727/1/2

North AfricaCP1727/1/3

Sinking of HMS Ark RoyalCP1727/1/3/1

The sea as far as the horizon covered with British Navy and Merchant shipsCP1727/1/3/2

A Cruiser engaging enemy aircraftCP1727/1/3/3

Union Jack being hoisted in TobrukCP1727/1/3/4

6 pounder gun in actionCP1727/1/3/5

Royal Armoured Corps look over captured German tankCP1727/1/3/6

Cruiser tanks fire broadsideCP1727/1/3/7

General Auchinleck and Major-General Freyberg, V.C.CP1727/1/3/8

6 pounder of Home Counties YeomanyCP1727/1/3/9

Tanks moving up to forward areasCP1727/1/3/10

Crusader tank ready to go into action.CP1727/1/3/11

Valentine tanksCP1727/1/3/12

Fighting French Flying ColumnCP1727/1/3/13

Me 110 and carcasses of Me 109'sCP1727/1/3/14

Sappers sweep for mines.CP1727/1/3/15

British 25 pounder guns firing at nightCP1727/1/3/16

8th Army armour in the fieldCP1727/1/3/17

British tank narrowly missed by a heavy enemy bombCP1727/1/3/18

Enemy shell bursting near coast road.CP1727/1/3/19

Crusader Sherman tanks entering Mersa Matruh.CP1727/1/3/20

A 'Priest' self propelled gunCP1727/1/3/21

Crusader tanks in pursuit of Rommels forcesCP1727/1/3/22

600 Prisoners taken at Halfaya PassCP1727/1/3/23

General Montgomery BenghaziCP1727/1/3/24

American troops set off inlandCP1727/1/3/25

Looking over the Atlas MountainsCP1727/1/3/26

Anti-tank guns move up to front lineCP1727/1/3/27

Mopping up outside SirteCP1727/1/3/28

German POWsCP1727/1/3/29

Shattered German aircraftCP1727/1/3/30

Vehicles abandoned by Africa KorpsCP1727/1/3/31

HMS Eurylas passes through SuezCP1727/1/3/32

Three most up to date destroyers Algiers harbourCP1727/1/3/33

British warships hitting back at enemy aircraftCP1727/1/3/34

HMS KelvinCP1727/1/3/35

British soldiers at workCP1727/1/3/36

Sgt Price observes occupied town of MateurCP1727/1/3/37

Infantrymen charge through a smoke screenCP1727/1/3/38

Flares and flak over BenghaziCP1727/1/3/39

Tanks moving into central square in TripoliCP1727/1/3/40

An airfield in Middle East ploughed up before it was abandonedCP1727/1/3/41

Axis retreat through Tripolitania viewed from the air.CP1727/1/3/42

8th Army enters Tripoli.CP1727/1/3/43

Spitfires lined up ready for a sweep over enemy territory.CP1727/1/3/44

A 4.5 inch gun in action near TarhunaCP1727/1/3/45

A Bisley squadron operating in North AfricaCP1727/1/3/46

The RAF - a forward aerodrome in Tunisia.CP1727/1/3/47

An RAF Fighter squadron repair and maintenance yard in the open country.CP1727/1/3/48

Enemy gliders in use at desert landing grounds in Libya before airfields were captured.CP1727/1/3/49

Mareth line outpostCP1727/1/3/50

A 25 pounder goes into actionCP1727/1/3/51

Dispatch rider Sgmn ChappleCP1727/1/3/52

Winston ChurchillCP1727/1/3/53

Sherman tanks advance on KasserineCP1727/1/3/54

Final check before zero hour - Churchill tanksCP1727/1/3/55

The Grenediers supported by Bren Gun Carriers Kasserine PassCP1727/1/3/56

High explosives on their wayCP1727/1/3/57

A Spitfire warming upCP1727/1/3/58

General AlexanderCP1727/1/3/59

Three burning Mk.3 tanksCP1727/1/3/60

A dead German hanging from the turret of a Mk. 3 tank.CP1727/1/3/61

A 17 pounder kicks up sandCP1727/1/3/62

Ghurkas fighting on Tunisian front.CP1727/1/3/63

Field ambulance of the Indian Medical ServiceCP1727/1/3/64

Infantry follow under cover of a tankCP1727/1/3/65

Sappers clear the wayCP1727/1/3/66

Crew of Bofors gunCP1727/1/3/67

Men making way along an enemy Anti-Tank ditchCP1727/1/3/68

Green Howard soldier guards German prisonersCP1727/1/3/69

Night barrage Mareth lineCP1727/1/3/70

Italian POW'sCP1727/1/3/71

Valentine mounted 25 poundersCP1727/1/3/72

Royal Artillerymen advance through ZarethCP1727/1/3/73

Italian POW in El Hamma areaCP1727/1/3/74

8th Army enters GabesCP1727/1/3/75

El HammaCP1727/1/3/76

Tanks rumble past as Sappers repair roadCP1727/1/3/77

Gabes GapCP1727/1/3/78

Sappers mark gapCP1727/1/3/79

Hundreds of prisoners taken at Battle of Gabes GapCP1727/1/3/80

Armoured vehicles move through Gabes GapCP1727/1/3/81

First army attack on 'Recce Ridge'.CP1727/1/3/82

British tanks approach 'Longstop Hill'CP1727/1/3/83

General EisenhowerCP1727/1/3/84

Prisoners coming into 8th Army lines during fighting at EnfidavilleCP1727/1/3/85

'Priest' 105mm gun mounted on General Grant chassis in actionCP1727/1/3/86

First Army field ambulance unit tends an injured German prisonerCP1727/1/3/87

The fighting for Med-Jaz-El-Bab. German PrisonersCP1727/1/3/88

The 6 pounder firing through the smoke and dust of the enemy shell fireCP1727/1/3/89

General view of a gun siteCP1727/1/3/90

Axis prisoners captured around TunisCP1727/1/3/91

Two infantrymen stand on the cliffs of Cap BonCP1727/1/3/92

Unloading a 'Liberty Ship' in North AfricaCP1727/1/3/93

Reconditioning captured enemy gunsCP1727/1/3/94

Paratroops take to the air.CP1727/1/3/95

ParatroopsCP1727/1/3/96

On guard El Aouina airfield TunisCP1727/1/3/97

RAF armourersCP1727/1/3/98

Enemy night raid on AlgiersCP1727/1/3/99

Boston BomberCP1727/1/3/100

Motor industries Spitfire squadronCP1727/1/3/101

Axis ship Blown sky highCP1727/1/3/102

25 pounder shells landing in Kasserine passCP1727/1/3/103

Allied armies link up in TunisiaCP1727/1/3/104

Some of the Germans who tried to do a 'Dunkirk' by escaping from TunisiaCP1727/1/3/105

Allies North African Booty.CP1727/1/3/106

Generals De Gaulle and GirandCP1727/1/3/107

Sinking of U-Boat in the MedCP1727/1/3/108

A Sherman tank being backed on to an L C TCP1727/1/3/109

A Hurricane tank buster attacking 2 enemy Tiger Mark VI tanks.CP1727/1/3/110

King George VI, General Clark, General Patton and Sir James CriggCP1727/1/3/111

King George VI with General MontgomeryCP1727/1/3/112

King George VI visits hospitalCP1727/1/3/113

Citizens of Tunis greet allied troopsCP1727/1/3/114

Silhouette of the clipped wing Spitfire VCP1727/1/3/115

General Von ArnimCP1727/1/3/116

Dominian Spitfire pilots in TripolitaniaCP1727/1/3/117

Hurricane 11D armamentCP1727/1/3/118

Air Transport wounded menCP1727/1/3/119

Column British troopsCP1727/1/3/120

British troops leaving landing craftCP1727/1/3/121

Nurses of Queen Alexandria's Imperial Nursing ServiceCP1727/1/3/122

Winston Churchill greets General MontgomeryCP1727/1/3/123

HMS Lord Nuffield and Italian submarine 'Emo'.CP1727/1/3/124

HMS Formidable off GibralterCP1727/1/3/125

BOAC Empire Flying boatCP1727/1/3/126

BOAC Ensign AirlinerCP1727/1/3/127

A Dakota aircraft silhouetted against searchlightsCP1727/1/3/128

WAAF Volunteer Medical Service with wounded men from the battle areaCP1727/1/3/129

Gibralta, Malta, YugoslaviaCP1727/1/4

Eastern FrontCP1727/2

Far EastCP1727/3

Battle of the AtlanticCP1727/4

Home FrontCP1727/5

Liberation of EuropeCP1727/6