Physical training in the desert, North Africa, 1943 circa (b/w photo)

Physical training in the desert, 1943 circa. Photograph by Major Wilfred Herbert James Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), World War Two, North Africa, 1943 circa. Although troops were kept ‘fighting-fit’ by their officers, life in the desert was very tough. Adequate drinking water and medical supplies were not always available. Soldiers had to survive extremely high daytime temperatures and very cold nights. Newly arrived men generally spent time acclimatising in the Nile delta area before moving into the desert. From an album containing 216 photographs compiled by Major W H J Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters).