Allied troops battle Nazi and Italian soldiers in Libya

Record ID: 593246

  • Title: Allied troops battle Nazi and Italian soldiers in Libya
  • Date: 18th December 1941
  • Summary: Gaumont British Ident SLATE INFORMATION: Libyan War Zone Special LIBYA: Various: EXT AEROPLANES R.A.F. AND NAVAL PLANES. R.A.F. activity in Western Desert..Eve of attack in Tobruk area GUNS. Artillery in action in Tobruk area. LORRIES German prisoners in lorries & being shipped from Tobruk MILITARY BRITISH. Western Desert Battle..eve of battle address Tobruk area..Nazi prisoners..German tank & dead nazi..wounds being dressed under fire w piper..artillery..infantry moves up. (Scots)..desert burial ground..Italians..Germans in lorries and being shipped from Tobruk..Tank repairs.. R.A.F. activity..Italian tank & Warplane captured..N.Zealanders in Sidi Rezegh area. NEW ZEALAND. New Zealand troops in Sidi Rezegh area PRISONERS OF WAR. Nazi prisoners taken in Tobruk area SIKORSKI, GENERAL. decorates poles at Tobruk (in dots) TANKS. German tank captured in Western Desert..also Italian tank Military - Active; Libya WWII, World War Two, World War II, Second World War, war, Allied, Allies, tank, tanks, troop, troops, Nazi, Nazi prisoners, capture, captured, corpse, dead Nazi, Scottish pipe, artillery, regiment, Scottish, reinforcemants, infantry, shell fire, Eighth Army, 8th Army, repair, repairs, bomber, bombers, Tomahawk, Nazi planes, New Zealand
  • Embargoed: 2nd January 1942 13:00
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  • Location: Western Desert
  • Country: Africa
  • Reuters ID: LVA497PSFOKTFRQHVPLZD04TX2SZ
  • Story Text: Eighth Army and New Zealand troops battle and capture Nazi and Italian troops in Libya
  • Copyright Holder: GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
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