Lance Sergeant Brown of the British Eight Army and Sergeant A. Randall of the 1st US Armored Division were the first two men to meet and shake hands during the link-up between the Eight and First Armies on the Gabes-Gafsa road in Tunisia, April 7, 1943. 


Desert-Armies Link-up

A formation of Hawker Hurricane aircraft fly over the English countryside; 1939.
The airmen believed the Hurricane was superior to the more famous Spitfire.


Pre-war flight

German prisoners and their guards wait in a roadside ditch during the attack by the British 6th Armored Division on the town of Pichon in Tunisia, North Africa; April 8, 1943.