The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Reinforced concrete walls and brickwork of this building were blown out and crumpled by explosions of bombs dropped by Allied aircraft in their non-stop attacks on the town. This photograph was taken one hour after the town had fallen and the Allied troops had marched in. Since June 1942 it has been one of the main supply ports for Rommel's armies in North Africa, and it has been one of the main targets for the bomber aircraft of the Allied Air Forces. Night after night, and often by day, Handley-Page Halifax and Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber aircraft have dropped their huge loads of bombs on the quays and stores and on the shipping in the harbour. They have kept up a constant siege of the port from the air. These raids were planned as efficiently as a railway system. The men who flew on them called them 'the Mail Run'. A few words told the story of their operations in the communiques every day. But the ruined store buildings, shattered quays and sunken shipping show how great was the weight of our attacks against the Axis lines of supply.
Reinforced concrete walls and brickwork of this building were blown out and crumpled by explosions of bombs dropped by Allied aircraft in their non-stop attacks on the town. This photograph was taken
Roof-less buildings stand among scattered masonry rubble and wreckage of motor vehicles in a corner of the bomb-torn town one hour after the town had fallen and the Allied troops had marched in. Since
Only the framework of buildings remain in this street of the bomb-shattered town one hour after the town had fallen and the Allied troops had marched in. Since June 1942 it has been one of the main su
Benghazi, Cyrenaica, Libya. 28 November 1942. A burned out supply train on a siding near the railway station at Benghazi. The town of Benghazi and its harbour in Cyrenaica was blasted for months by Al
Western Desert, Egypt. 5 November 1942. One of our Wellingtons is being worked on by three ground crew members before a raid. The Desert Air Forces of the Allies are operating a formidable number of a
Western Desert, Egypt. 5 November 1942. The Desert Air Forces of the Allies are operating a formidable number of aircraft. All day and during the night the air is alive with the drone of their engines
