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Photograph 024907 Second World War, 1939-1945WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-08-22. GERMAN MESSERSCHMITT BF109 WHICH CRASHED INTO A MINE FIELD NEAR TEL EL EISA. THE ALEXANDRIA-MERSA MATRUH ROAD IS SEEN IN THE BACKGROUND.

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WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-08-08. MEN OF AN INDIAN LABOUR CORPS WORKING ON THE ALEXANDRIA-MERSA MATRUH ROAD NEAR EL ALAMEIN.
WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-08-22. GERMAN MESSERSCHMITT BF109 WHICH CRASHED INTO A MINE FIELD NEAR TEL EL EISA. THE ALEXANDRIA-MERSA MATRUH ROAD IS SEEN IN THE BACKGROUND.

WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-07-17. SIGN ON THE ALEXANDRIA-MERSA MATRUH ROAD, EAST OF EL ALAMEIN, DENOTING THAT AN UNEXPLODED BOMB IS UNDERGROUND. THE SOIL DISTURBED BY THE BOMB ON ENTERING THE GROUND

WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-07-17. GENERAL STUART M3 (BRITISH STUART I) TANK UNDER REPAIR IN THE WORKSHOP AREA OF 1ST ARMY (BRITISH) TANK BRIGADE ON THE MERSA MATRUH-ALEXANDRIA ROAD ABOUT TWENTY MILES

WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-07-18. ROAD SIGN ON THE WESTERN DESERT ROAD BETWEEN MERSA MATRUH AND ALEXANDRIA.

Western Desert, Egypt. 20 July 1942. Excavator at work on the tank- trap on the Mersa Matruh-Alexandria road, about 25 miles west of Alexandria. This work is being carried out by Royal Engineers with

Western Desert, Egypt. 18 July 1942. View of drag-line excavator at work on the construction of a tank trap near the Alexandria-Mersa Matruh road about 20 miles from Alexandria.
