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Photograph 022193 Second World War, 1939-1945EL GAZALA, LIBYA. 1941-12. NEW ZEALANDERS CROUCHED UNDER COVER BEFORE MOVING FORWARD TO ATTACK THE ENEMY DURING THE WESTERN DESERT OFFENSIVE.

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Middle East. 1942. General Erwin Rommel about to enter a tank during the German Western Desert offensive which was finally halted at El Gazala in Libya.
EL GAZALA, LIBYA. 1941-12. NEW ZEALANDERS CROUCHED UNDER COVER BEFORE MOVING FORWARD TO ATTACK THE ENEMY DURING THE WESTERN DESERT OFFENSIVE.

TOBRUK, LIBYA, 1942. GENERAL ERWIN ROMMEL, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE GERMAN AFRIKA KORPS WATCHING OPERATIONS AT TOBRUK.

WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-07-18. CAPTURED GERMAN ANTI-TANK GUN, MADE IN 1941 ON ROADSIDE ABOUT 20 MILES EAST OF EL ALAMEIN.

EL ALAMEIN RAILWAY STATION. IT WAS NEAR HERE THAT THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION AND ALLIED TROOPS HALTED THE GERMAN PANZER DIVISION UNDER GENERAL ROMMEL IN HIS ADVANCE ON THE SUEZ CANAL AND EVENTUALLY C

WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-07-18. CAPTURED GERMAN ANTI-TANK GUN ON THE ROADSIDE ABOUT 20 MILES EAST OF EL ALAMEIN. THIS GUN WAS MANUFACTURED AS RECENTLY AS 1941.

LIBYA. ? 1942. GENERAL ERWIN ROMMEL OF THE GERMAN ARMY (RIGHT) WITH LIEUTENANT TORIWA (?), ITALIAN ARMY (LEFT), AND BRIGADIER NAVARINIA, ITALIAN ARMY (CENTRE). (DONOR: K. G. BLUHM).
