tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4524396903517100085.post6425195011747583721..comments2024-03-24T14:11:57.075+07:00Comments on World War II in Color: German Afrikakorps Guard on DutyAlif Rafik Khanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01973819067645526071noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4524396903517100085.post-73849312936159419722015-02-13T03:15:06.129+07:002015-02-13T03:15:06.129+07:00When looking at this photo in closer detail...The ...When looking at this photo in closer detail...The high-crowned pith helmet, with goggles worn to the side(as Italian troops in WW II so often did) and --particularly telling-- the apparent use of the Manlicher-Carcano carbine—a standard Italian army issue--with folding bayonet extended, would appear to indicate that this sentry photographed by Erwin Rommel is Italian, rather than German as the blog photo title suggests.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com