Dan Steele

Photographic Colourist

A Soldier of Free French Foreign Legion and Fritz the dog, Libya, June 1942A Soldier of Free French Foreign Legion and Fritz the dog,

A soldier of the Free French Foreign Legion sits with the battalion mascot “Fritz” at Bir Hakeim, Libya, June 1942. Fritz the puppy was “captured” by the battalion at Narvik, Norway in 1940.

Colour by Dan Steele
THE BATTLE OF GAZALA, MAY-JUNE 1942 (E 13279) A soldier of the French Foreign Legion holding Fritz, his battalion mascot dog, at Bir Hakeim. Fritz was captured by the troops of the battalion in Narvik in 1940 and stayed with them. Photograph taken around the time of the Battle of Bir Hakeim, 12 June 1942.MacLaren (Lieutenant) / © IWM E 13279

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