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title: Giving a Haircut in the Desert
author: James Jarche - Imperial War Museums
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/19302/giving-a-haircut-in-the-desert/
format: machine-readable-alternate
license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 2024-08-01
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# Giving a Haircut in the Desert
_Authored by James Jarche - Imperial War Museums_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/19302.png)
## Image Caption
A 1941 photograph of a British soldier giving a haircut to a comrade in North [Africa](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/africa/) during the Western Desert Campaigns of the Second World [War](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/War/) (1939-45). (Imperial War Museums)
## Cite This Work
### APA
Museums, J. J. -. I. W. (2024, August 01). Giving a Haircut in the Desert. *World History Encyclopedia*.
### Chicago
Museums, James Jarche - Imperial War. "Giving a Haircut in the Desert." *World History Encyclopedia*, August 01, 2024. .
### MLA
Museums, James Jarche - Imperial War. "Giving a Haircut in the Desert." *World History Encyclopedia*, 01 Aug 2024, .
## License & Copyright
[Original image](https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205207163) by **James Jarche - Imperial War Museums**. Submitted by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/ "User Page: Mark Cartwright"), published on 01 August 2024. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this content non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.