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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. HOWITZER AND TANK. GERMANS MOUNTED THIS 150MM. HOWITZER ON A TANK, BUT THE EIGHTH ARMY KNOCKED IT OUT WITH SCORES OF OTHERS. THE LIBYAN DESERT IS LITTERED WITH PILES OF DERELICT
EIGHTH ARMY'S ADVANCE. TWENTY-FIVE TROOPS WITH ALL EQUIPMENT COULD TRAVEL IN THIS GERMAN BATTLE BUGGY. IT IS CAPABLE OF CROSSING ANY TYPE OF COUNTRY, AND CAN ALSO BE USED FOR TOWING. AN EFFICIENT UNIT
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 GERMAN
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).
EIGHTH ARMY'S ADVANCE. HEAVY GERMAN GUNS CAPTURED BY THE EIGHTH ARMY WILL FIGHT ON OUR SIDE NOW. (NEGATIVE BY F. HURLEY).
WELL DRESSED DESERT TRIBESMEN WEAR SELECTIONS FROM GERMAN AND ITALIAN UNIFORMS. THESE COULD BE OBTAINED FOR A FEW LIRE IN BARCE SHORTLY AFTER THE AXIS LEFT ON ITS "BLITZFLITZ" WITH THE EIGHTH ARMY IN
