After the defeat of Axis forces in Northern Africa, Allied troops prepared to use the territory to launch attacks on Italy and other parts of southern Europe. Here, a U.S. Air Transport Command plane, loaded with war supplies, flies over the pyramids at Giza, near Cairo, Egypt, in 1943. US Army Photo
American GIs prepare to land in Tunisia during Operation Torch, 1943.
Camouflaged American artillery fires on German positions during Allied campaign in North Africa during WWII.
Three tank-destroyer men take refuge in foxholes under a bank during a Stuka bombing attack.
Douglas A-20 intruders in formation, about to bomb enemy position in Tunisia during Allied campaign.