These amazing photos were taken in Algeria, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Nigeria, and some places in Africa in the early 1940s. They show us the life, as well as fierce war here during World War II.
(Photos from John Atherton)
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| Africa in the early 1940s |
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| African girl in Northwest in 1943 |
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| African girls in hair styles, 1943 |
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| Africans in 1943 |
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| Airport in North Africa in 1943 |
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| Algeria in early 1943 |
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| Algeria or Morocco, ca. 1943 |
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| American servicemen near Rock Street in Freetown, November 7, 1942 |
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| Bomber in flames in Africa, December 21, 1942 |
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| Camel transport in North Africa in 1943 |
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| Camp Kissy, Sierra Leone, November 7, 1942 |
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| Children in Africa during WWII |
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| Freetown, Sierra Leone, 1942 |
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| Freetown, Sierra Leone, November 7, 1942 |
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| Man with leopard, 1943 |
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| Martin 187 Baltimore attack-bomber in flames during World War II in Africa |
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| Men from Northern Nigeria, 1943 |
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| Military hospital in Africa in 1943 |
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| Mother and child, Africa, 1942-43 |
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| North Africa (Morocco or Algeria) in 1943 |
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| North Africa about 1943 |
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| North Africa during World War II |
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| North Africa during WWII |
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| North Africa in 1943 |
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| Northern Nigeria in 1943 |
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| Northwest Africa in 1943 |
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| P-40s flying over airport; C-47 on ground, Algeria, ca. 1943 |
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| Pulling in a fishing net in Ghana, 1943 |
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| Pulling in a fishing net in Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana, ca. 1943 |
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| Somewhere in Africa, 1943 |
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| Somewhere in West Africa, 1943 |
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| Southern Ghana in 1942 |
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| Streets in Freetown, Sierra Leone, 1942. |
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| Streets in Freetown, Sierra Leone, 1942 |
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| The plane is a Martin Baltimore type IIIA bomber which crashed on takeoff near Accra, Gold Coast (now Ghana), December 12, 1942 |
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| World War II in Africa, ca. 1943 |
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| Wrecked Italian aircraft in 1943 |
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| African baby in basket during WWII |
(Photos from John Atherton)
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