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Photograph 010661 Second World War, 1939-1945DRAINING FLOOD WATER INTO AN ANTI-TANK DITCH NEAR MERSA MATRUH. HEAVY RAINS TURNED THE HARD, SUNBAKED DESERT INTO A VAST LAKE A FEW DAYS PRIOR TO THE OPENING OF THE SECOND LIBYAN CAMPAIGN.

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
DRAINING FLOOD WATER INTO AN ANTI-TANK DITCH NEAR MERSA MATRUH. HEAVY RAINS TURNED THE HARD, SUNBAKED DESERT INTO A VAST LAKE A FEW DAYS PRIOR TO THE OPENING OF THE SECOND LIBYAN CAMPAIGN.
DRAINING FLOOD WATER INTO AN ANTI-TANK DITCH NEAR MERSA MATRUH. HEAVY RAINS TURNED THE HARD, SUNBAKED DESERT INTO A VAST LAKE A FEW DAYS PRIOR TO THE OPENING OF THE SECOND LIBYAN CAMPAIGN.

DRAINING FLOOD WATER INTO AN ANTI-TANK DITCH NEAR MERSA MATRUH. HEAVY RAINS TURNED THE HARD, SUNBAKED DESERT INTO A VAST LAKE A FEW DAYS PRIOR TO THE OPENING OF THE SECOND LIBYAN CAMPAIGN.

DRAINING FLOOD WATER'S INTO AN ANTI-TANK DITCH NEAR MESSA MATRUCH. HEAVY RAIN'S TURNED THE HARD, SUNBAKED DESERT INTO A VAST LAKE FOR A FEW DAY'S PRIOR TO THE OPENING OF THE SECOND LIBYAN CAMPAIGN.

DRAINING FLOOD WATER'S INTO AN ANTI-TANK DITCH NEAR MESSA MATRUCH. HEAVY RAIN'S TURNED THE HAND, SUNBAKED DESERT INTO A VAST LAKE FOR A FEW DAY'S PRIOR TO THE OPENING OF THE SECOND LIBYAN CAMPAIGN.

1942-11-24. DRAINING FLOOD WATER'S INTO AN ANTI-TANK DITCH NEAR MESSA MATRUCH, HEAVY RAIN'S TURNED THE HAND, SUNBAKED DESERT INTO A VAST LAKE FOR A FEW DAY'S PRIOR TO THE OPENING OF THE SECOND LIBYAN

Western Desert, Egypt. 18 July 1942. Excavator at work on the construction of a tank trap near the Alexandria-Mersa Matruh road about 20 miles from Alexandria. Some idea of the depth of the ditch of t
