Italian Campaign: Churchill Tank, possibly of the 51st Royal Tank Regiment, is given a final check in a harbour area. (Imperial War Museum Catalogue number TR 2017)

Churchill tank in Italy

Italian Campaign, crossing of the Garigliano river by the Fith Army, night 17-18 January 1944: 4.5 inch guns of 214 Battery, 69 Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery firing during the six hour barrage laid down by the British section of the 5th Army. Victor Sierra

Garigliano’s battle

Kassala, Sudan: armourers of No. 47 Squadron RAF fill Small Bomb Containers with incendiaries before loading them into the underwing panniers of Vickers Wellesley Mark I, K8527, for a bombing raid on Italian positions in Eritrea. K8527 was shot down by Italian fighters over Keren on 16 March 1941. Note that this aircraft is fitted with a lengthened cockpit canopy. Victor Sierra