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A British infantryman with fixed bayonet in the wet desert

In the foreground a soldier in the flat, broad-brimmed British steel helmet, a pullover, shorts and puttees steps forward through churned, water-logged sand, rifle and long bayonet held across his body; other infantrymen advance to either side, and a vehicle stands on the flat horizon. The source describes Eighth Army troops advancing through rain and mud at Hell Fire Pass, the Halfaya Pass on the Egyptian-Libyan border, in the autumn of 1942.

Period
c. November 1942–December 31, 1943
Credit
US National ArchivesPublic Domain (NARA) · Digitalisierung und Bearbeitung: © zb Media GmbH

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HFE007750
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0' 12"
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16:9
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24 fps
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1920 × 1080
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