The photographer’s caption: “With the free French forces in the Western Desert: A ‘poilu’ taking a drink after dinner—March 1942, Libya”
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French POWs in the custody of the Germans, 1940
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French and British colonial troops photographed after becoming POWs
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H.E. the High Commissioner reviewing the First Jerusalem Company of the Palestine Volunteer Force during field practice, 25 Aug 1941
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British and Palestinian cavalry at the ceremony for the opening of augmented water source in Jaamri Country at Ain Hamda, southeast of Bethlehem, 6 November 1940.
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