The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
BARDIA, LIBYA. 1942-01. THESE GERMAN PRISONERS WERE ALL SMILES BELIEVING THAT BENGHAZI WAS IN GERMAN HANDS ONCE MORE AND THEY WOULD SOON BE RELEASED. THEY WERE GENUINELY DISMAYED WHEN INFORMED THAT THE CITY WAS STILL IN BRITISH HANDS AND THAT THEY HAD BEEN MISINFORMED.
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. 9 December 1942. The breaks in the wall of the outer mole of Benghazi harbour seen from the air. They were caused by British and German demolition parties when the town cha
BENGHAZI, LIBYA. 1941-12-26. AFTER ESCAPING FROM A PRISON CAMP THESE SOUTH AFRICANS WERE CARED FOR BY FRIENDLY ARABS. THEY WERE FOUND WHEN ALLIED TROOPS ENTERED THE CITY ON THE 1941-12-25.
BENGHAZI, LIBYA. 1941-12-26. AFTER ESCAPING FROM A PRISON CAMP THESE SOUTH AFRICANS WERE CARED FOR BY FRIENDLY ARABS. THEY WERE FOUND WHEN ALLIED TROOPS ENTERED THE CITY ON THE 1941-12-25.
BENGHAZI, LIBYA. 1941-12-26. THIS BATTERED SHOP WINDOW MODEL WAS TAKEN AS A SOUVENIR BY THESE SOUTH AFRICANS AFTER THEY ENTERED THE CITY ON CHRISTMAS DAY.
BENGHAZI, LIBYA. 1941-12-26. AFTER ESCAPING FROM A PRISON CAMP THESE SOUTH AFRICANS WERE CARED FOR BY FRIENDLY ARABS. THEY WERE FOUND WHEN ALLIED TROOPS ENTERED THE CITY ON THE 1941-12-25. IN THIS SCE
