Operation Crusader

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Africa Settentrionale prigionieri del Commonwealth catturati nel novembre 1941 dall armata italo tedesca

Italian mobile artillery unit in the Bir el Gobi desert

אזור גבול מצרים-לוב ערב מבצע צלבן.

For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. Prop.-Kp. PZ, Afrika Film-Nr.: 73/39 Bildberichter: Moosmüller Ort: Afrika Datum 21.11.41 General [Erwin] Rommel im Hauptquartier des ital. Armeekorps. Kartenbesprechung mit dem ital. Armeegeneral [Enea] Navarini u. dem Verbindungsoffizier Oberst Diesener

For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. Prop.-Kp. PZ. Afr. Film-Nr: 1/28 Bildberichter: Vielmetti Ort: [Nordafrika] El, Aden Datum 29.11.41 General [Erwin] Rommel an der Front südl-Tobruck

A British Crusader tank passes an abandoned German Panzer IV Ausf.A in November 1941.

Map depicting the attack plan for Operation Crusader, 17 November 1941

British Crusader tank passes a burning German Panzer IV tank during Operation Crusader

Damaged German Panzer IIIs in the "Valley of Death" near Belhamed, Libya, during "Operation Crusader".

Damaged German Panzer IIIs in the "Valley of Death" near Belhamed, Libya, during "Operation Crusader".

COMMONWEALTH FORCES IN NORTH AFRICA 1941. New Zealander soldiers recapture a Matilda tank, previously captured by the Germans, and take prisoner its German crew. It had been knocked out by an anti-tank gun after an attempt to break through the Allied lines, 3 December 1941.

Italian convoy sailing towards North Africa 1941

IWM caption : THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH AFRICA 1941. Crusader tanks moving to forward positions in the Western Desert.

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THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH AFRICA 1941; AEC Dorchester armoured command vehicle and staff.

IWM caption : THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH AFRICA 1941; A Crusader tank being put on a transporter ready to be taken back to the forward areas after receiving repair work at a tank repair depot

Disposició de les forces britàniques el vespre del 18 de novembre de 1941 amb les zones fortificades per les forces de l'Eix

A group of Sikh soldiers from the British Indian Army during Operation Crusader.

A knocked-out German Panzer III Ausf. H from the 15th Panzerdivision in Libya.

Royal Air Force Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1939-1943. A petrol tanker and trailer on fire on the road between Homs and Misurata, Libya, after an attack by Bristol Blenheims interdicting enemy fuel supplies in support of Operation CRUSADER.

Royal Air Force Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1939-1943. Pilots of No. 80 Squadron RAF gather in front of one of their Hawker Hurricane Mark Is at a landing ground in the Western Desert, during Operation CRUSADER. In the middle of the group, wearing a white flying overall and smoking a pipe, is Squadron Leader M M Stephens, who commanded the Squadron from November until 9 December 1941 when he was shot down and wounded. During CRUSADER, 80 Squadron acted in close support of the Army, their Hurricane fighters being fitted with bomb racks to carry four 40 lb GP bombs, as seen here. Their first effective sorties as fighter-bombers were conducted against enemy vehicles south of Bir el Baheira on 20 November.

Royal Air Force Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1939-1943. Bombs exploding on Bardia and its harbour during a daylight attack by bombers of No. 3 Wing SAAF, in support of Operation CRUSADER.

Senussi tomb south of Tobruk. Scenario of various combats during Operation Crusader

Battlefield remains at Sidi Regez, Western Desert, 1941