The 46th Infantry Division was a British Army infantry division formed during the Second World War that fought during the Battle of France, the Tunisian Campaign, and the Italian Campaign. In March 19
Universal Carriers of the 2/5th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment in Scotland, 5 December 1940
Universal Carriers of the 6th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment drive ashore from a Landing Ship, Tank at Salerno, 8 September 1943.
Elements of the 2nd Hampshire Regiment, 27 August 1944.
At the start of 1939, the British Army was, as it traditionally always had been, a small volunteer professional army. At the beginning of the Second World War on 1 September 1939, the British Army was
Left to right Bernard Montgomery, Archibald Wavell and Claude Auchinleck who all rose to prominence during the war, pictured here in June 1946.
Valentine tank in the desert, carrying an infantry section.
25-pounders firing in support of the Guards Armoured Division September 1944
Special Air Service North Africa 1943