An artillery barrage, 1942

Photograph, World War Two, North Africa (1940-1943), 1942.

Gunners of the Royal Artillery open fire with their 25-pounder field guns during a barrage of enemy positions on the night before the 8th Army's main attack on Rommel's forces in Egypt on 23 October 1942.

From a collection of 34 photographs relating to different theatres in World War Two, 1940-1944.