Photos WW2 British & Commonwealth Forces

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Sergeant Clifford Brown of the Somerset Light Infantry quenches his thirst with other members of his platoon during the attack on Mont Pinçon in France, 7th August 1944.

 

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Tunisia 1943 - Under cover of trees, men of a reconnaissance unit of the 78th division rest by their Bren carriers and Scout cars.

 

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Railway yard at Sfax.

 

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British airplane flies over the Roman amphitheater at El Jem.

 

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An Air Force Liaison Officer (nearest camera) receiving a call from a Supermarine Spitfire about a target. The information is passed to the gunnery officer standing in the pit behind.

 

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Seaport at Sfax.

 

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Freighter unloading at the seaport of Sfax.

 

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South African pilots with the RAF in Tunisia 1943.

 

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Searchlight overlooking the pontoon Bailey bridge over the River Po is erected by the Royal Artillery. 30 April 1945.
Source: IWM

 

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WWII. New Guinea Campaign. 22 September 1943. Commandos of the 2/6th Independent Company (Australia) at the graves of their comrades who were killed during the raid on Kaiapit. (L-R) Private L. J. Baker, Private A. J. Thompson and Private S. G. Fisher. Photo by Lieutenant Norman Stuckey. [AWM 057504]

 

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Bayonet training on Adelaide (South Australia) parade ground in 1942

 

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Infantrymen of Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal (Canadian Army) drawing water from a well near Laren, Netherlands, 6 April 1945.

 

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WWII. East African Campaign. 1941. Hobok Fort in Abyssinia falls to the South African 1st Infantry Division.

 

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WWII. New Guinea Campaign. Australian Commando - 2/6th Independent Company - Sergeant W. R. Twohill.
Painted by William Dargie in December 1942, oil on canvas.
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General Auchinleck, Commander in Chief of the Middle East Forces, inspects a Bofors anti tank gun of the New Zealand Patrol at a Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) parade in Cairo, Egypt. Photograph taken on 5 October 1941.

 

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WWII. New Guinea Campaign. October 1942. A Japanese soldier captured near Nauro, Kokoda. This soldier suffered starvation, like many Japanese soldiers during their withdrawal over the Kokoda Track. He is being cared for by an Australian stretcher bearer. Photo by WO1 Thomas Fisher. [AWM 026824]

 

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WWII. New Guinea Campaign. Battle of Buna–Gona. 1 January 1943. Fighting during the final assault on Buna. Australian machine gunners in action around 5:30pm. (L-R) Corporal Charles Knight (KIA), Private John Senior behind the Vickers gun and Sergeant G.C. Lowe. Photo by George Silk. [AWM 014037]

 

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Australian Matilda tanks advance along a jungle trail on Bougainville - 27 April 1945

 

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American medium tank M3 "Lee" (M3 Lee), destroyed at a railway station during the fighting in Egypt. A modification of this vehicle was in service with the British forces under the designation M3 Grant. October 1942.
Source: worldwarphotos

 

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WWII. New Guinea Campaign. Battle of Buna–Gona. 1 January 1943. Fighting during the final assault on Buna. Australian machine gunners in action around 5:30pm. (L-R) Corporal Charles Knight (KIA), Private John Senior behind the Vickers gun and Sergeant G.C. Lowe. Photo by George Silk. [AWM 014037]

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This image is so powerful to me. George Silk took a series of photo's in this vignette.

The Vickers was being used to strafe the tops of the coconut trees for snipers, one of which has just killed the 1st gunner, Corp Knight. Private Senior took over the gun, telling Silk to take cover as the sniper had just killed Knight. Senior in turn (the gunner in this image) was killed by the sniper just after this photo, pulled out of the way and another gunner stepping up to take over the gun.