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German 2 cm anti-aircraft gun of the Wehrmacht in the position before Bir Hakeim

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The Campaign in North Africa 1940-1943- Tobruk 1941 - 1942: British troops among the ruins of Tobruk after it had been devastated by air raids.

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Field Marshal Erwin Rommel visited here, he believed it would be best to oppose the landings directly at the beaches.

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In the foreground German 2 cm anti-aircraft gun, in the background German Luftwaffe bombing on Bir Hakeim

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The Brigadier commanding the tanks in Tobruk instructing tank crews about the proposed operation. Beside him are various tank Commanders. He is using a sand table for demonstrating to the troops.

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Front page of the 21 July 1944 edition of Tanin , a Turkish newspaper published in Istanbul 1908 – 1947. The newspaper became a strong supporter of the new progressive ruling party, the Committee of Union and Progress (CUP), pluralism and diversity.

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A crashed and burning German Junkers Ju 87B Stuka dive bomber near Tobruk, Libya, in 1941.

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A British infantryman takes the surrender of the crew of an enemy supply truck in the Western Desert, 2 June 1942. An infantryman takes the surrender of the crew of an enemy supply truck in the Western Desert, 2 June 1942.

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Traduzione di una lettera inviata da Rommel al generale d'armata italiano Bastico il 23 luglio 1942

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Soldiers of the Australian 2/48th Battalion man a defensive position near Tobruk in 1941

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Cropped version of A German Tank Commander Stands Atop His Tank Drinking From a Canteen National Archives Catalog, National Archives and Records Administration , U.S.A.): 242-GAP-190B-4 001 WW2 (Record Group 242: National Archives Collection of Foreign Records Seized / Series: Photographs taken by Propaganda Units of the German Armed Forces (Wehrmacht) and the Waffen-SS) A World War II German officer in a Wehrmacht Heer 'Panzer' division from the Afrika Korps drinks from a canteen while standing atop a PzKpfw III tank in early 1941. He wears a tropical uniform with shorts and lace-up boots. He is awarded the Iron Cross and the Panzerkampfabzeichen . A pith helmet and jerry cans for carrying water are visible on the tank. In the turret of the tank, a comrade is seen with a headset, eating from his mess kit.

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Czech 11thBattalion Tobruk 1941

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A smiling group of Indian soldiers in Tobruk, Libya.

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Gunners from the Australian 2/12th Field Regiment manning a captured Italian gun at Tobruk

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A German Panzer III Ausf.G tank destroyed during the eastern perimeter attack in the Tobruk battle, 14 September 1941. The officer with the field glasses is Lieutenant Colonel J.W. Crawford, commanding officer of the Australian 2/17th infantry battalion. On his right is Major Hodgman.

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A Molotov cocktail hits an abandoned German Panzer II at Tobruk on 30 April 1941.

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Australian Col. F.A. Burrows (2/13th) examining a German Panzer I at Tobruk on 30 April 1941. This tank was put out of action by rifle fire as it approached the outer defences of Tobruk on a reconnaissance.

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Tobruk 1941: British Matilda tanks move forward at Tobruk

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Soldiers from each of five different allied armies fighting together against the Germans and Italians in Tobruk, Libya. From the left they are Polish, British, Indian, Australian and Czech.

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The British Army in North Africa 1941 A Matilda tank under camouflage netting in Tobruk, 18 November 1941.

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Campaign in North Africa 1940 1943 Churchill Mk III tanks of 'King Force' moving forward towards the battle area during the Second Battle of El Alamein, 5 November 1942.

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Campaign in North Africa 1940 - 1943 'Australians storm a strongpoint'. A posed portrait of Australian troops advancing during the Second Battle of El Alamein, 3 September 1942.

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