The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Tripoli, Tripolitania, Libya. 31 January 1943. A group of coloured soldiers of Allied forces captured at Tobruk who were released a few days ago when the Eighth Army took over Tripoli. They had been put to work by the enemy from five in the morning until ten at night in petrol and ammunition dumps. These men, who are natives from South and East Africa and India, had watched the Allied bombing while they were prisoners, and praised the success of these attacks on the harbour and dock installations in the town.
Tripolitania, Libya. C. 1943. By the beards of these Australian airmen hangs a "hair-raising" story of the desert. When Montgomery attacked at El Agheila they vowed not to shave before they reached Tr
Tripolitania, Libya. C. 1943. By the beards of these Australian airmen hangs a "hair-raising" story of the desert. When Montgomery attacked at El Agheila they vowed not to shave before they reached Tr
Tripoli, Tripolitania, Libya. 21 December 1941. This remarkable photograph captured from a German prisoner of war (POW) shows a great column of smoke from a burning fuel store still rising in the sky
Tripoli, Tripolitania, Libya. 8 February 1943. Scene of devastation on Tripoli's waterfront. Heavy raids were made on the port by Allied bomber aircraft over a long period, during which many Axis supp
Tripolitania, Libya. 6 February 1943. Twisted girders and iron sheeting are all that is left of one of the great hangars on the airfield at Castel Benito, near Tripoli. Bombs from Allied aircraft caus
Castel Benito, Tripolitania, Libya. 31 January 1943. Sappers working with detectors to remove the mines to clear the airfield near Tripoli. Before the enemy retreated they had attempted to make the la
