Schlacht von Bir Hakeim

Free French Foreign Legionnaires "leap up from the desert to rush an enemy strong point", Bir Hacheim, 12 June 1942.

Allied Forces in North Africa 1942 Free French Foreign Legionnaires raise a cloud of dust from their Bren gun carrier while on a patrol from Bir Hacheim, 12 June 1942.

Allied Forces in North Africa 1942 Free French Foreign Legionnaires "leap up from the desert to rush an enemy strong point", Bir Hacheim, 12 June 1942. Sergeant Len Chetwyn had a focus on creating and recording re-enactments of military scenes behind the front lines rather than recording activities on the front lines.

In the foreground German 2 cm anti-aircraft gun, in the background German Luftwaffe bombing on Bir Hakeim

German 2 cm anti-aircraft gun of the Wehrmacht in the position before Bir Hakeim

In the background German Luftwaffe bombing on Bir Hakeim at WWII

Battle of Bir Hakeim: Rommel's frontal attack and bypass

Collectie / Archief: Fotocollectie Spaarnestad OnderwerpenReportage / Serie: Engelse krijgsgevangenenBeschrijving: Bir Hachheim, krachtig verdedigd Brits steunpunt in Noord-Afrika veroverd door Duitse en Italiaanse troepen. Krijgsgevangenen worden afgevoerdDatum: 1942-07Locatie: AfrikaTrefwoorden: oorlog, oorlogenFotograaf: Instituto Nazionale per le Relazioni Culturali con l'EsteroAuteursrechthebbende: RechtenvrijMateriaalsoort: Foto (zwart/wit)Nummer toegang: 7.000SPAondInventarisnummer: 29053Bestanddeelnummer: 29053_093

Captain Paul Guénon in front of his ambulance destroyed in Bir Hakeim

The Hadfield Spears Ambulance at Bir Hakeim

bronze inscription celebrating the battle of Bir Hakeim on the bridge of the same name in Paris,a North Africa Battle during 2nd Woelrd War

Major Marcel Orsini (on the left) finds in 1942 the pennant of the emergency station of Bir Hakeim

Generals Erwin Rommel and Fitz Bayerlein in a command vehicle Sd.Kfz. 250/3 "Greif", June 1942.

Nordafrika, Rommel in Befehlsfahrzeug

General Koenig in Bir Hacheim on his Ford Utility driven by Miss Susan Travers in May 1942

Drawing of the Bir Hakeim Entrenched Camp, May-June 1942, by Guy Chauliac (GC)

Bir Hakeim Rescue Station

Un soldat et son glaive représente la bataille de Bir Hakeim

For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. 4.6.1942 Vor Bir Hacheim, einem engl. wichtigen Stützpunkt und Wasserstelle, 8,8 cm-Flak in Feuerstellung zur Niederhaltung der feindlichen Artillerie

For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. 4.6.1942 Vor Bir Hacheim, einem engl. wichtigen Stützpunkt und Wasserstelle, 8,8 cm-Flak in Feuerstellung zur Niederhaltung der feindlichen Artillerie

For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. 1.6.1942 Nach der Schlacht bei Sidi Mustah [...] Auf Höhen von Sidi-Mustah südwestlich von Tobruk

For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. 19.6.1942 Rings um den Wüstenflugplatz Geschützrohrwechsel einer 8,8-Flakkanone auf einem afrikanischen Flugplatz. Die einzelnen Arbeiten des Wechsels, Ausziehen des Rohres, Aufhängen des Geschützrohres, Einführen desselben und Fertigstellen

Nordafrika, Rommel in Befehlsfahrzeug

Nordafrika, Rommel in Befehlsfahrzeug

For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. 18.6.1942 Rommel gibt 8,8 cm Flak Befehl feindl. Panzerspähwagen, die das feindliche Artilleriefeuer leiten, zu bekämpfen

For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. 18.6.1942 Rommel gibt 8,8 cm Flak Befehl feindl. Panzerspähwagen, die das feindliche Artilleriefeuer leiten, zu bekämpfen