THE ALLIED ARMIES IN THE TUNISIA CAMPAIGN, NOVEMBER 1942-MAY 1943 - Sergeant Hart from Northampton, England instructing French recruits in the use of a Bren light machine gun on a firing range. In North Africa vast number of Frenchmen flocked to the Colours and volunteered for military service. Many of them fought in France, some have even been prisoners of war, but all have as their objective the total defeat of Germany. These recruits are clothed in British uniforms, retaining as their distinctive mark the French casque and forage cap. On the cap they wear a red, white and blue flash for Bri
THE ALLIED ARMIES IN THE TUNISIA CAMPAIGN, NOVEMBER 1942-MAY 1943 - Sergeant Hart from Northampton, England instructing French recruits in the use of a Bren light machine gun on a firing range. In North Africa vast number of Frenchmen flocked to the Colours and volunteered for military service. Many of them fought in France, some have even been prisoners of war, but all have as their objective the total defeat of Germany. These recruits are clothed in British uniforms, retaining as their distinctive mark the French casque and forage cap. On the cap they wear a red, white and blue flash for Britain and on their tunic sleeves the reverse, the colours of equipment was used in all training, British NCOs with front line experience have been loaned to the French for the purpose of instruction. Tabarka, 17 January 1943 British Army, British Army, 1st Army, French Army
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