The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
EIGHTH ARMY ADVANCE. A SABOTAGED GERMAN s.F.H. 18, K39 GUN LEFT BEHIND BY THE AXIS FORCES AS THEY RETREATED THROUGH LIBYA. THIS IS TYPICAL OF THE THOROUGH DESTRUCTION OF ARTILLERY PIECES BY THE GERMANS.
GROUNDED. THESE PLANES WERE LEFT BEHIND BY THE GERMANS WHEN THEY HASTILY VACATED FUKA AERODROME DURING THE EIGHTH ARMY'S ADVANCE. MANY OF THE CAPTURED PLANES WERE IN GOOD CONDITION. (NEGATIVE BY F. HU
GROUNDED. THESE PLANES WERE LEFT BEHIND BY THE GERMANS WHEN THEY HASTILY VACATED FUKA AERODROME DURING THE EIGHTH ARMY'S ADVANCE. MANY OF THE CAPTURED PLANES WERE IN GOOD CONDITION. (NEGATIVE BY F. HU
EIGHTH ARMY'S ADVANCE. AN ITALIAN 90/53 90MM GUN ON A TRUCK MOUNTING JOINING THE ROWS OF DERELICT AXIS VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT JETTISONED BY ROMMEL'S ARMY.
EIGHTH ARMY'S ADVANCE. ROMMEL'S GUNNERS HAD TO LEAVE THIS GERMAN 88MM FLAK 36 DUAL PURPOSE GUN BEHIND AT EL DABA.
GOING CHEAP. NATIVES SOLD ITALIAN AND GERMAN UNIFORMS AND SOUVENIRS FOR A FEW LIRE IN BARCE, IN THE WAKE OF THE EIGHTH ARMY'S ADVANCE THROUGH LIBYA. (NEGATIVE BY F. HURLEY).
A German 8.8cm Flak 18 anti aircraft gun extensively damaged by the Eighth Army in their advance on Catania. Note the smoke billowing from further wreckage in the background.
