Picture No | 10653015 |
Date | 1942 |
Description | Defences of El Agheila, Libya, by G. H. Davis |
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Where Rommel planned to make his final stand in Libya during the Second World War: El Agheila and its formidable natural defences. A map of the El Agheila terrain, naturally protected by a bottleneck entrance, salt marshes, sand dunes and deep wadis. Inset are photos of Mussolini's marble arch and El Agheila fort.
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Source | Illustration by George Horace Davis in ‘The Illustrated London News’, 5 December 1942, pp630-1 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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