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Erwin Rommel in a Horch 901 car. Libya. June 30, 1941. Hulton Archive.

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British U class submarine HMSM UPHOLDER underway. 1940. Royal Navy official photographer via Imperial War Museum.

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WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-08-05. MR. WINSTON CHURCHILL, LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR LESLIE MORSHEAD, GENERAL SIR CLAUDE AUCHINLECK, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, LIEUTENANT-GENERAL W.H.C. RAMSDEN.

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Italian Troops in combat, Tripoli. API via Lombardy Historical Collection. 1911.

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Erwin Rommel in a Horch 901 car. Libya. June 30, 1941. Hulton Archive.

Why Was Nazi General Rommel Called the "Desert Fox"?

By Bundesarchiv, Bild 101I-719-0240-22 / Jesse / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5413491

History Lesson: How Erwin Rommel Became the Infamous "Desert Fox"

British U class submarine HMSM UPHOLDER underway. 1940. Royal Navy official photographer via Imperial War Museum.

Meet the British 'Sub With the Funny Nose' That Went Toe-To-Toe With Nazi Forces

WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-08-05. MR. WINSTON CHURCHILL, LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR LESLIE MORSHEAD, GENERAL SIR CLAUDE AUCHINLECK, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, LIEUTENANT-GENERAL W.H.C. RAMSDEN.

Rommel Met His Match: Sir Claude Auchinleck

Italian Troops in combat, Tripoli. API via Lombardy Historical Collection. 1911.

'Tripoli Will Be Italian': Italy's Brutal Colonial Adventure in Libya

The crew of "ARAB." A US Army M3 Lee tank of the 13th Armored Regiment, 1st Armored Division in El Guettar, Tunisia, 1943. U.S. Army Signal Corps.

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Crew of M-3 Tank #309503, 2nd Bn., 12th Artillery Regiment, 1st Army Division, at Souk el Arba, Tunisia. 23 November 1942. U.S. Army Signal Corps.

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