The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Benghazi, Cyrenaica, Libya. 27 November 1942. Benghazi harbour, which was blasted for months by Allied bomber aircraft, is full of wrecks. All kinds of ships lie beside the bomb-shattered wharves and in the harbour, battered into twisted wreckage. This is why they call Benghazi the graveyard of Axis shipping. Old and new wrecks lie together blocking the harbour.
Benghazi, Cyrenaica, Libya. 27 November 1942. The waterfront at Benghazi beyond the superstructure of a submerged merchant vessel. Benghazi harbour was blasted for months by Allied bombers and is full
Benghazi, Cyrenaica, Libya. 27 November 1942. Benghazi harbour, which was blasted for months by Allied bomber aircraft, is full of wrecks and vessels sunk in previous campaigns still block the harbour
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
Benghazi, Cyrenaica, Libya. 14 January 1942. The harbour is a mass of sunken Axis shipping in Benghazi harbour following a sustained Allied bombing campaign.
Benghazi, Cyrenaica, Libya. 27 November 1942. The bow plates of this ammunition vessel are curled right back over the shattered superstructure amidships. Tons of explosives intended for Axis armies in
Benghazi, Cyrenaica, Libya. 5 January 1942. The scene at El Berca airfield showing wreckage of the many Axis aircraft destroyed and a densely filled cemetery behind.
