The Sale Collection: Operation Crusader - National Army Museum
On 21 November, the Sharpshooters arrived in Sidi Rezegh and found the airstrip and surrounding desert littered with wrecked aircraft and burning vehicles. For the first time, they encountered German Mark III and Mark IV tanks, which …
Operation Crusader - Wikipedia
Operation Crusader (18 November – 30 December 1941) was a military operation of the Western Desert campaign during World War II by the British Eighth Army (with Commonwealth, Indian and Allied contingents) against the Axis forces (German and Italian) in North Africa commanded by Generalleutnant (Lieutenant-General) Erwin Rommel.
Western Desert campaign - Wikipedia
The Western Desert campaign (Desert War) took place in the deserts of Egypt and Libya and was the main theatre in the North African campaign of the Second World War. Military operations began in June 1940 with the Italian declaration of war and …
The Tanks And Guns Of The Second World War's Desert War
When Italy declared war on 10 June 1940, the Italian Army in Libya threatened the vital Suez Canal in British-occupied Egypt. Italian forces attacked Egypt on 13 September. General O’Connor’s Western Desert Force was outnumbered, but his commander-in-chief, General Wavell, ordered a surprise attack at Sidi Barrani three days later.
On that date, it came under command of Headquarters, Western Desert Force (W.D.F.). It remained under command of W.D.F. until the formation of XIII Corps on 27 September 1941. During this period, the division was commanded by Major General Michael O’Moore CREAGH, who was in command from 4 December 1939 until 2 September 1941.
BBC - WW2 People's War - Western Desert
No sooner were we on our way than a Jerry column opened up on our rear; an ammo truck and a 6 pounder were hit; we knocked out a truck or two with our anti-tank guns but, as a Battery, did not stop.
The Sale Collection: Origins and early years - National Army …
During the First World War (1914-18), the 1/3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) served at Gallipoli, in Egypt, Salonika and Palestine. The unit was merged to form E Battalion, Machine Gun Corps, and served on the Western Front until the end of the war.
Tanks Equipment page - Desert Rats
The Matilda II, was used to greatest effect in the Western Desert, where the normal Italian and German anti-tanks could not touch them. This had to be left to the famous 88mm. Because of its resistance to anti-tank fire, it was wrongly used as a cruiser tank, for which it did have the speed.
Tanks of El Alamein and the Desert Wars | Company of Heroes
Armoured vehicles and artillery played a crucial role in the Second Battle of El Alamein, which ultimately led to the downfall of the Axis in the Western Desert Campaign. In total, El Alamein saw the deployment of more than 1000 Allied and 500 Axis tanks. Some models were deployed in battle for the first time at El Alamein.
Duel in the Desert: Operation Crusade’s Battle of Bardia
The distant thunder of hundreds of guns rolled across the sandy, stony ground. The assault force of New Zealand tanks and South African infantry prepared to move forward through breaches in the barbed wire and minefields protecting Axis positions before the much-fought-over Libyan coastal town of Bardia. The final British push had begun.
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