Medjez-el-Bab on the river Medjerda, about 32 miles from Tunis, and 43 miles from Bizerta, was captured by the British First Army on November 27, 1942, after stiff enemy resistance.  Gunners of the First Army have here converted their A.A. gun to use as a field gun to counter enemy artillery fire and protect the Royal Engineers as they were repairing a bridge demolished by the retreating enemy.

A.A. gun used as a field gun near Medjez-El-Bab

Bombs had fallen near Canterbury during the Battle of Britain, on October 11, when some of the stained glass was shattered.  A direct attack was made by the Luftwaffe on the night of May 31-June 1, 1942, as a reprisal for the terrorist attack by the British Air Force on the inner city of Cologne, according to the German High Command.  In this photo, the Dean, the Very Rev. Dr. Hewlett Johnson (left) and his Secretary, Mr. A.T. D'Eye, examine the wrecked Cathedral Library.

Dean of Canterbury Surveys his Ravaged Cathedral

"Penelope" was the cruisers real name, but she was so battered and holed by bomb splinters while escorting a convoy to Malta and during a fortnight's stay in harbour there that her crew gave her the apt nick-name.  Note the many holes in her port side [above], plugged with wooden pegs.