page_title: Benghazi burner
hierarchical_section_title: Benghazi burner
caption_attribution_description: English: Brewing-up on a Fire of Sand and Petrol in the Libyan Desert image: a soldier tends a pan on a fire outside a tent in the desert. Another soldier lies on the ground next to him, while behind them a third soldier lies in a shallow ditch with a satchel at his side.
context_page_description: The Benghazi burner or Benghazi cooker was the nickname of an improvised petrol stove or brazier, used by British Army troops and their Commonwealth and Imperial allies in the Second World War, during and after the North African Campaign.
context_section_description: The Benghazi burner or Benghazi cooker was the nickname of an improvised petrol stove or brazier, used by British Army troops and their Commonwealth and Imperial allies in the Second World War, during and after the North African Campaign.
caption: A soldier's sketch of British troops "brewing up" (making tea) in the Libyan desert, 1940 to 1943.
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