British forces taking large numbers of Italian prisoners during the Western Desert Campaiign in Egypt during WWII. Marmon-Harrington Armored Cars are shown.. Several large fires. Italian prisoners brought in by the truck full and processed into holding areas. High winds and sand storms wreak havoc on soldiers tents and encampment. (World War II period).
The history of the region of Palestine. An animated map of Egypt, Syria desert and Judea. A statute of Assyria King Ashurbanipal. An inscription on a wall depicts the successor of the King on a chariot. The horses of the King. In 721, King of Assyria Sargon on a chariot moving to capture Samaria, capital of Israel. A man walks in ancient ruins of an old Roman amphitheater. Aerial view of olive orchids in the region. Art carving depicts Assyrian warrior Nebuchadnezzar capturing Jerusalem, and a woman pleading for her life.
Map of Crete showing its distance to Athens (Greece), Tobruk (Libya), Alexandria (Egypt) and Beirut (Lebanon) during World War II. Luftwaffe Junkers Ju-52 aircraft parked on an airfield (likely Maleme airfield). German military officer points to the area near Chania on a map of Crete during a meeting with troops. German officer briefing soldiers and pilots. Allied prisoners of war march in Crete. A medic applies medicine to a British soldier’s wounded hand. A German soldier points to captured British prisoners. A prisoner sits on the ground and leans on a wall near a German guard.
A British Airways Short S23 C flying boat, arriving from Khartoum,comes in for water landing in Cairo. British Commander-in-Chief, in the Middle East, Field Marshal Sir Archibald Wavell and French General Georges Catroux conversing on a boat, among a group of people. British Airways launch brings Officers (passengers) from the flying boat. General Charles De Gaulle seen with Marshal Wavell and British Chief Air Marshal Sir Arthur Murray Longmore together with French General Catroux. General de Gaulle walks gangway off the boat and stands with the British Marshals, on shore. . Brief view of British Marshals in downtown, Cairo.