South African and Australian soldiers enjoy a game of cards in a gun pit in North Africa during WW2 (1942)
Easily identified by their distinctive headgear, two South African soldiers sit on the left and two Australian soldiers sit on the right. This photo was taken by a Sgt. Travis on the 21st of July.
19 days prior, following two weeks of reverses on the North African front, a motion of censure was brought against Winston Churchill in the House of Commons proposing that "this House, while paying tribute to the heroism and endurance of the Armed Forces of the Crown in circumstances of exceptional difficulty, has no confidence in the central direction of the war." Churchill gave a lengthy speech before the vote, conceding that the campaign in North Africa had not been going well but insisting that things would improve once vast amounts of American military supplies arrived. The motion was defeated, 475 to 25.
Easily identified by their distinctive headgear, two South African soldiers sit on the left and two Australian soldiers sit on the right. This photo was taken by a Sgt. Travis on the 21st of July.
19 days prior, following two weeks of reverses on the North African front, a motion of censure was brought against Winston Churchill in the House of Commons proposing that "this House, while paying tribute to the heroism and endurance of the Armed Forces of the Crown in circumstances of exceptional difficulty, has no confidence in the central direction of the war." Churchill gave a lengthy speech before the vote, conceding that the campaign in North Africa had not been going well but insisting that things would improve once vast amounts of American military supplies arrived. The motion was defeated, 475 to 25.