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GERMAN PANZER TROOPS TAKEN PRISONER IN THE FIGHTING NEAR EL ALAMEIN IN EARLY 1942-07, ENTRAINING AT EL ALAMEIN STATION FOR TRANSPORT TO PRISONER OF WAR CAMPS UNDER THE ESCORT OF SOUTH AFRICAN INFANTRY.
WHEN ROMMEL'S DIVISIONS WERE HALTED AT EL ALAMEIN BY BRITISH AND ALLLIED TROOPS, THE GERMANS FELT THE FORCE OF ALLIED INFANTRY AND PATROLS DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS. HERE ARE A FEW HUNDRED OF THE 2,000
EL ALAMEIN RAILWAY STATION. IT WAS NEAR HERE THAT THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION AND ALLIED TROOPS HALTED THE GERMAN PANZER DIVISION UNDER GENERAL ROMMEL IN HIS ADVANCE ON THE SUEZ CANAL AND EVENTUALLY C
WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-07-22. SOME OF THE GERMAN PRISONERS TAKEN BY THE TROOPS OF THE 24TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE DURING THE ATTACK OF 1942-07-21 TO 1942-07-22, NEAR EL ALAMEIN.
WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-08-14. VIEW OF RAILWAY HALT AT EL SHAMMAMA, A FEW MILES WEST OF EL ALAMEIN. DURING THE HEAVY FIGHTING IN THIS SECTOR IN 1942-07 TO 1942-08, THE 2/11TH AUSTRALIAN FIELD AMBU
EL ALAMEIN, EGYPT. 1942-07. INFANTRY OF THE GERMAN AFRICA CORPS IN DEFENSIVE POSITIONS. (ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS AND ASSOCIATED PRESS).
Tel El Eisa, Egypt. 1942-07. An enemy field gun abandoned near the railway station. Bitter fighting had taken place in this area before the enemy retreated.
