Ruins of Fort Capuzzo, Libya, 1942

Photograph by Major Wilfred Herbert James Sale, MC, 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), World War Two, North Africa, 1942.

Fort Capuzzo was part of a fortified line built by Italian forces during their colonial occupation of Libya in the 1930s. The fort changed hands several times in the North African campaign during World War Two (1939-1945).

From an album containing 189 photographs compiled by Major W H J Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters).